# Tabs

Cowork's tabs work like a browser's, plus a few fixed tabs that are always there.

## What it is

Each tab shows a website, a mini-app such as Omni Preview, or a file. You and the AI share the same tabs: the AI can work in a page you have open, signed in as you, and opens its own tabs in the background when it needs them.

## When to use it

| Use tabs to | For example |
|---|---|
| Keep the websites you work with open | Your order system, email and a supplier portal side by side |
| Let the AI work in a page you are already signed in to | Open the page, then ask the AI to collect data from it |
| Keep track of many pages | Pin the ones you use most, or give them your own names |

## How to use it

1. **+** opens a new website tab. Hover over **+** to choose a mini-app instead, for example Omni Preview.
2. Drag a tab to move it.
3. Right-click a tab for more:

| Item | What it does |
|---|---|
| **Reload** | Load the page again |
| **Duplicate** | Open the same page in a new tab |
| **Dimensions** | **Default** or **Phone** width; see [Phone-Width View](https://docs.micromeet.ai/browser/phone-width.md) |
| **Pin** / **Unpin** | Keep a tab small at the left |
| **Alias…** | Give the tab your own name; leave it empty to use the page title |
| **Close**, **Close other tabs**, **Close tabs to the right** | Close tabs |

**AI Employees**, **Care Workspace** and **Omni Preview** are fixed tabs: always there, and they cannot be closed. The app may label some of them differently; see [Terms and Interface Names](https://docs.micromeet.ai/reference/glossary.md).

## Example

You open your order system and your shipping portal, pin both and name them "Orders" and "Shipping". Then you ask the AI: "In Orders, find today's unshipped orders, and check each one in Shipping." It works in its own background tabs, using your sign-ins.

## Limits and permissions

- When Cowork starts again it reopens your tabs, up to 20, fixed tabs included.
- A tab the AI is working in shows **The agent is controlling this tab**.
- The AI does not close tabs on its own. It closes tabs you name; never a pinned tab or the last one.

## If something goes wrong

| What you see | What to do |
|---|---|
| A page looks wrong or stopped loading | Right-click the tab › **Reload** |
| Some tabs did not come back after a restart | Only the first 20 are reopened; open the others again |
| A tab is controlled by the AI and you want it back | Click **Stop** in the chat |

## Related

- [Let the Agent Use Web Pages](https://docs.micromeet.ai/browser/agent-browsing.md): How the AI works in tabs
- [Address Bar, Search and History](https://docs.micromeet.ai/browser/address-bar-and-history.md): Open pages and find ones you visited
- [Import Chrome Sign-ins](https://docs.micromeet.ai/browser/chrome-import.md): Bring your Chrome sign-ins (macOS)