How to Change the Safari Tab Bar Style on iPad

Aug. 2, 2021

The process to switch between the Safari tab bar style is pretty straightforward. Just follow the steps below to do so:

1. Open theSettingsapp on your iPad.

2. Scroll down until you see Safari on the left sidebar and tap it.

3. Up next, scroll down on the right pane. Under Tabs, you will now see theoption to switch between the compact tab bar and separate tab bar. Select the one you want to use, and you are done.

Your chosen layout will be immediately visible, and you can see the same by opening Safari on your iPad.

As you can see below, there’s a subtle but still noticeable difference between both the tab styles.

The compact tab bar layout takes up real estate right beside the address bar and squeezes the extra space to display more tabs that the user may have open. While this layout looks a bit more organized, it was also not liked by many iPad users.

The separate tab bar style, on the other hand, is pretty similar to the older layout that Safari browsers users are familiar with. It gives the address bar back its space at the top and dedicates a section below for all the tabs. Here, users can quickly click their desired tabs to get back to what they were doing.

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