Problems with tabs

Tabs don't sync

  1. Press  → Settings.

  2. In the Syncing section, click Sync settings.

  3. Make sure that the option Window tabs and tab groups is enabled under What to sync.

Tabs freeze

You can use the task manager to close incorrectly operating tabs and view Yandex Browser performance statistics. To open the task manager, click  → Advanced → Task Manager or press Shift + Esc.

I can't create a new tab

Close the browser by pressing Ctrl + Shift + Q (on Windows and Linux) or ⌘ + Q (on macOS).

Try turning off the hardware accelerator:

  1. Click → Settings → System.
  2. In the section Performance Disable the option Use hardware acceleration if possible.
  3. Close the Browser with the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+Q (on Windows and Linux) or ⌘+Q (on macOS).
  4. Launch the Browser again for the changes to take effect.
After restarting Yandex Browser, tabs and groups disappeared

This could happen because:

  • The Restore tabs and groups at startup option in the  → Settings → Interface → Tabs and groups section is disabled.

  • An error occurred in the Browser.

To access the missing tabs and groups:

If your tabs and groups disappeared:

  1. Press Ctrl + Shift + Q (on Windows and Linux) or ⌘ + Q (on macOS). A new window with the missing tabs appears.

  2. Close the empty window.

  3. Press Ctrl + Shift + Q (on Windows and Linux) or ⌘ + Q (on macOS) to shut down frozen browser processes.

  4. Restart the browser. The tabs and groups will be restored.

Note

You can restore your tabs only when you restart Yandex Browser for the first time after they disappeared. The tabs will be lost on subsequent restarts.

If you closed Yandex Browser after the tabs disappeared:

  1. Open Yandex Browser.

  2. Click  → History.

  3. Click the item with the number of groups and tabs from the previous session.

Note

If you completely closed Yandex Browser by selecting  → Advanced → Close Yandex Browser, you can't restore the lost tab groups.

If you closed Yandex Browser after the tabs disappeared:

  1. Open Yandex Browser.

  2. On the side panel, click , select a window, tab, or tab group, and click Restore.

The browser closes with the last tab

This is normal, if two or more browser windows are open — only the current window is closed. If the only window closes and the browser icon remains in the notification area, right-click it and select Close browser. Restart Yandex Browser.

I can't drag a window

To drag a Yandex Browser window, use the SmartBox area outside the text field. The mouse pointer should look like . If your mouse cursor looks like  when you hover over the SmartBox, move the cursor to the right.

There's no print button on the page

  1. Open the context menu by right-clicking anywhere on the page and select Print.

  2. Select the connected printer. The interface switches to print mode.

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