Majority of computer and smartphone users use the popular Google search to search the internet. With default settings, as soon as you start typing the search keyword in the search box on Google’s homepage, the search engine automatically starts showing suggestions and results.
And when you click on one of the search results, the result will be opened in the same tab, irrespective of your web browser and operating system. In other words, when you click on a link, the resulting page will be opened in the same tab instead of a new tab.
While there is nothing wrong with this default behaviour, you need to either open the Google webpage all over again or hit the back button on your browser if the initially clicked webpage didn’t provide the required or sufficient information you are looking for.
Obviously, when search results appear, you can right-click on a result and then click open in new tab page option but you might want configure Google to open each search result in a new tab page instead in the same tab by default.
Here is how you can configure Google to open each search result in a new tab page.
Each search result in new tab
Step 1: Open Google.com in your web browser. Sign-in to your Google account if you haven’t already. While you don’t need to have or sign-in with your Google account, configuring Google to open search results in a new tab page when you are signed in enables you see the same behaviour on any PC just by signing into your Google account.
And if you don’t want to sign-in or don’t have a Google account, you can simply proceed further.
Step 2: Enter a word to the result. Now, instead of clicking on one of the results, click on the small Gear icon located upper-right of the webpage and then click Search Settings to open settings page.
Step 3: Here, under Where results open section, check the box labelled Open each selected result in a new browser window before clicking the Save button.
You should now see a small dialog with “Your preferences have been saved” message. Click OK button.
That’s it!
Sharon says
This worked for me. Thanks for the info. Don’t know why folks are saying there is no gear. There is on my screen. It sits directly to the left of the google apps icon in the upper right corner. I think perhaps they missed the first step where you instructed to actually put something in the address bar and do a search first. Anyway – it worked for me….thanks so much for helping me fix this minor annoyance.
AmbitiousGirl says
Thank you!! 1. Guys, click on the ‘Settings’ option that is present on the menu (where All, Images, Videos, etc are listed). 2. Then click search settings
3. When search settings tab opens locate ‘Where results open’
4. Check the box for ‘Open each selected result in a new browser window’
Danilo Ramon says
fix my problem in google search
Robyn Gilliom says
My request was to open each result in a new tab, not a new window. What happened to that option??????
Will says
How about getting new searches to open in a new tab every time… how do we do that!??
Cecilia Wolf says
It stopped working and this item is no longer in the settings. What happened? The icon for “settings” was removed from the search page :-( at least in Android (Chrome app or the native Internet app).
TJ says
Yes, this is very old (circa 2012) even though the date says May 28 2016. The gear has been gone a long time and can no longer be enabled.
You can do the same thing by Choosing the Settings from the Google Search page and check the box “Open each selected result in a new browser window “
Scott says
This must be old, there is no gear on the google page any more.