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How can I stop web browser pages from crowding up my OS X dock?

In my dock – over to the right side between the "downloads" folder icon and the trash icon – there's always a dozen or so icons of web pages that I've got minimized in my various browsers is there a way to prevent them from appearing in the first place?


The icons take up a lot of UI space and are useless to me since I access them from inside the browser apps themselves.


(I'm on OS X Catalina)

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jan 27, 2021 10:45 AM

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Posted on Jan 27, 2021 11:10 AM

You can set it so that applications are minimized to their existing Dock icon, and not in the area you describe. Then, you right-click on the browser icon to see a list of open web pages that you can select. Less clutter.


System Preferences > Dock > √ Minimize windows into application icon, and [ ] Show recent applications in Dock.


In Big Sur, this would be in System Preferences > Dock & Menu bar panel.

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Jan 27, 2021 11:10 AM in response to JasonC1234

You can set it so that applications are minimized to their existing Dock icon, and not in the area you describe. Then, you right-click on the browser icon to see a list of open web pages that you can select. Less clutter.


System Preferences > Dock > √ Minimize windows into application icon, and [ ] Show recent applications in Dock.


In Big Sur, this would be in System Preferences > Dock & Menu bar panel.

How can I stop web browser pages from crowding up my OS X dock?

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