Disable iPad tabs

louis86 wrote:

How do disable all use of tabs in Safari and Mail on iPad ( iOS 16) ?

To the best of my knowledge, you can't disable the feature.

Hi there louis86,

If you are trying to close open tabs in Safari, these steps from Open and close tabs in Safari on iPad show how to do this:

Close tabs

Tap , then tap  in the upper-right corner of a tab to close it.

Tip: To close all tabs in this Tab Group at the same time, touch and hold Done, then tap Close All [number of] Tabs.

If you are wanting to manage the apps that you have open on you iPad, follow this from Quit and reopen an app on iPad:

To quit an app, open the App Switcher, then swipe up on the app.

This article has more on using multitasking with your iPad as well: Use multitasking on your iPad

If you are trying to accomplish something else with tabs on your iPad, please provide more details so that we can help further.

Cheers!