Remove Tab Group Favorites under bookmarks

I want to remove the TAB GROUP FAVORITES under bookmarks on iMac Monterey v 12.6. Simple request, impossible to get an answer.

iMac 24″, macOS 12.6

Posted on Sep 23, 2022 12:24 PM

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Posted on Nov 11, 2022 7:52 PM

Hi there!


If you're looking for an answer.. here it is! So please don't look elsewhere, you're not going to find it..


As this feature is incredibly buggy, you're not going to be able to do this on a Mac.. so please.. don't try.. instead, you'll need an iPhone connected to the same Apple ID and synced. I don't own an iPad so I don't know if it would work on one..


As I don't want to create more of a problem I don't want to try and recreate the steps.. but here they are..


Go to Safari on iPhone on iOS 16.


Open up the Tabs.


Press on "X Number Tab" With an arrow beside it.


You'll now see your Tab Groups.


Hold down on the Tab Group you'd like to delete and options will appear to delete them.


I'd recommend being very careful and doing this at a slow pace, as I for one don't know if the options will suddenly disappear. Do this for all of them if you'd like..


I wouldn't recommend renaming them. In my experience, this causes more trouble than its worth, however if you want to do that, you can..


Once you've deleted all of them, I would recommend just not touching them. As this feature is quite buggy and doesn't work smoothly, if in the future you decide to use it, you may find yourself unable to delete your Tab Groups, and that's probably the reason, that you are here on this thread.


I hope this helps.


-Levi


*Please note you won't be able to delete your Tab Groups from Bookmarks in Safari. I am running iOS 16.1.1.

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Nov 5, 2022 7:02 AM in response to n01000738

They are actually very handy if you want to do specific routines. I use it to check my bank and credit card accounts every morning and read the news and social media. With one click I can open all those tabs at once. It is very frustrating to not be able to remove the ones that I created and don't use and having Apple give us steps that don't work is very disturbing. The only thing I see is "copy" when I follow the instructions. Do they even try the solutions the offer? The answer is no. Could someone that is smart enough to attempt to delete one and see that it doesn't work please step in and answer this question?

Nov 12, 2022 12:15 AM in response to brooklynbabe

Hi,


Having the same issue. Had a clean up of my devices and iCloud including purging / organising Safari bookmarks and tabs across devices (MacBook, iPad and iPhone).


Iphone and iPad no problem, re-organised and they sync well with iCloud. MacBook a different story - doesn't play well with iCloud, syncing is buggy [having issues with iCloud Drive which is a whole other issue]. But really annoying is the inability to delete and start again (extreme option). Just can't delete 'Tab Group Favourites' from the MacBook. All control clicks and button combo's attempted, there just isn't a delete function available.


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