{"id":200246,"date":"2026-08-22T09:56:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T13:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/?p=200246"},"modified":"2026-08-22T09:56:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T13:56:04","slug":"how-to-automatically-group-your-safari-tabs-by-topics-in-os-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/how-to-automatically-group-your-safari-tabs-by-topics-in-os-27\/","title":{"rendered":"How to automatically group your Safari tabs by topics in OS 27"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Find out how to automatically organize your open Safari tabs into relevant topics to cut the confusion and streamline your multi-tab browsing experience on iPhone, iPad, and Mac running iOS 27, iPadOS 27, or macOS 27 Golden Gate.<span id=\"more-1061133\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1061140\" src=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Safari-tabs-grouped-automatically-by-topics-in-iOS-27.jpg\" alt=\"Safari tabs grouped automatically by topics in iOS 27\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1500\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Have you ever felt overwhelmed by countless open Safari tabs?<\/p>\n<p>Out of the box, Safari tabs show in the order you open them. And you can always touch and hold a tab tile and drag it to another spot to make things simpler. However, once you have more than, say, 10 or 12 tabs, manually dragging and arranging your open websites can get cumbersome. This is where Apple Intelligence in iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27 can help.<\/p>\n<p>In just a couple of taps, Apple Intelligence will automatically bundle\/group and organize your tabs into topics.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, it seems to update the bundle automatically as you browse, which can be helpful (or irritating for some, as you may no longer see that tab in that bundle). Allow me to explain with an example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I opened the Tesla and Starlink website homepages in a few tabs, and Apple Intelligence automatically grouped them under the &#8216;<em>Internet &amp; Energy<\/em>&#8216; label (<em>Cars<\/em> would have been a better name, but Tesla is also a massive energy company, so it&#8217;s fine, I guess).<\/li>\n<li>Once I went to the order page for some Tesla cars, they all left the &#8216;<em>Internet &amp; Energy<\/em>&#8216; group and changed to &#8216;<em>Tesla Offers<\/em>.&#8217; Starlink website links got bundled in their own separate topic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1061143\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1061143\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1061143 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Auto-changing-topic-names-in-Safari-in-iOS-27.jpg\" alt=\"Auto changing topic names in Safari in iOS 27\" width=\"1671\" height=\"509\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Apple Intelligence currently offers just one choice, and that is to organize by topics. You can&#8217;t organize it by website or other parameters, as seen in the screenshot below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I opened 5 iDownloadBlog links. It bundled my author page tabs and didn&#8217;t include the other two.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1061145\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1061145\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1061145\" src=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tabs-not-grouped-by-website-name-in-Safari.jpg\" alt=\"Tabs not grouped by website name in Safari\" width=\"350\" height=\"695\" \/><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Similarly, initially all four Apple website links were in their own &#8216;<em>Apple Devices<\/em>&#8216; bundle, but when I visited the iPad purchase link, it was pushed out of that bundle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1061146\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1061146\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1061146\" src=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/A-tab-exiting-a-topic-group-automatically.jpg\" alt=\"A tab exiting a topic group automatically\" width=\"350\" height=\"695\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>If you have a device that supports Apple Intelligence, set it up and see for yourself if you find it useful.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how to organize your Safari tabs automatically by topic.<\/p>\n<h2>iOS 27<\/h2>\n<p><strong>1)<\/strong> Update your iPhone to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idownloadblog.com\/2026\/06\/09\/install-ios-27\/\">iOS 27<\/a> (currently it&#8217;s in beta).<\/p>\n<p><strong>2)<\/strong> Open <strong>Safari<\/strong> and visit some websites if you don&#8217;t already have them open.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3)<\/strong> Tap the <strong>tabs button<\/strong> to see all your open website tabs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4)<\/strong> Tap the <strong>three-line icon<\/strong> in the upper left corner.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1061138\" src=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tap-three-lines-icon-in-Safari-tabs-view-on-iPhone-in-iOS-27.jpg\" alt=\"Tap three lines icon in Safari tabs view on iPhone in iOS 27\" width=\"1676\" height=\"1665\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><strong>5)<\/strong> Select <strong>Organize Tabs<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Automatically Create Topics<\/strong>. Apple Intelligence will now rearrange your open tabs into topics.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1061136\" src=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Organize-by-Automatically-Create-Topics-in-Safari-on-iOS-27.jpg\" alt=\"Organize by Automatically Create Topics in Safari on iOS 27\" width=\"1676\" height=\"1665\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve bundled websites into a few topics, you can filter to see just one (filters seem to stay available even if you turn off Automatically Create Topics after enabling it once).<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Tap the same <strong>three-line icon<\/strong> at the top and select a topic to see only the websites in that topic.<\/li>\n<li>Tap the same button to exit topic view.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1061139\" src=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Filter-By-topic-in-Safari-in-iOS-27.jpg\" alt=\"Filter By topic in Safari in iOS 27\" width=\"1676\" height=\"1665\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><em>Tip:<\/em> Tap the <strong>three-dot icon<\/strong> and select <strong>Arrange Tabs By<\/strong> to reorganize them by <strong>title<\/strong> (A to Z) or <strong>website<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1061137\" src=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Arrange-Tabs-By-in-Safari-on-iPhone.jpg\" alt=\"Arrange Tabs By in Safari on iPhone\" width=\"1676\" height=\"1665\" \/> <\/p>\n<h2>iPadOS 27<\/h2>\n<p><strong>1)<\/strong> Visit a few sites in Safari on your iPad running <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idownloadblog.com\/2026\/06\/09\/install-ios-27\/\">iPadOS 27<\/a> (currently it&#8217;s in beta).<\/p>\n<p><strong>2)<\/strong> Tap the <strong>tabs icon<\/strong> to see a tiled view of all your open websites.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3)<\/strong> Tap the <strong>three-dot icon<\/strong> in the top-left corner and select <strong>Organize Tabs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4)<\/strong> Then choose to <strong>Automatically Create Topics<\/strong> (same as iPhone) or <strong>Show Related Tabs<\/strong>. Since we already covered the former in the iPhone section, we&#8217;ll choose the latter here.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1061153\" src=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tapping-Organize-Tabs-and-then-Show-Related-Tabs-in-Safari-in-iPadOS-27.jpg\" alt=\"Tapping Organize Tabs and then Show Related Tabs in Safari in iPadOS 27\" width=\"2234\" height=\"1712\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><strong>4)<\/strong> Return to your normal browsing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5)<\/strong> Based on your open tabs, Safari may suggest grouping them into topics by showing a <strong>little arrow icon<\/strong> in the address bar and a number saying how many tabs will be added to that group. Tap it and select <strong>+Organize<\/strong> to group suggested tabs (tapping the blue &#8216;Automatically Organize&#8217; button (if you see it) enables the same feature we discussed in the iPhone section).<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1061152\" src=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Organize-tabs-manually-by-suggested-topic-on-iPad.jpg\" alt=\"Organize tabs manually by suggested topic on iPad\" width=\"2231\" height=\"1215\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Since you have not selected the automatic option, repeat step 5 for other topics to group them manually as needed.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1061155\" src=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Organizing-several-Starlink-websites-on-iPad-in-iPadOS-27.jpg\" alt=\"Organizing several Starlink websites on iPad in iPadOS 27\" width=\"2231\" height=\"1089\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><strong>6)<\/strong> As you browse, Safari will automatically organize related tabs into groups. Tap the pill-shaped topic groups in the address bar to expand the tabs and see websites only from that group. On iOS, you can do this by filtering, as discussed above.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1061151\" src=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Safari-tabs-organized-by-topics-on-iPad-in-iPadOS-27.jpg\" alt=\"Safari tabs organized by topics on iPad in iPadOS 27\" width=\"2231\" height=\"539\" \/> <\/p>\n<h2>macOS 27<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Update your Mac to macOS 27 Golden Gate or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idownloadblog.com\/2026\/06\/16\/install-macos-27-on-partition\/\">install it on a partition to try out beta without affecting your current setup<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Open <strong>Safari<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Safari<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Settings<\/strong> in the top menu bar.<\/li>\n<li>Go to the <strong>Tabs<\/strong> tab.<\/li>\n<li>Set <strong>Organize Tabs<\/strong> to &#8216;<strong>Automatically Create Topics<\/strong>&#8216; or &#8216;<strong>Show Related Tabs<\/strong>.&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>We have already discussed these basics in the iPad section above.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border aligncenter wp-image-1061141 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Organize-tabs-set-to-Automatically-Create-Topics-in-Safari-on-macOS-27.png\" alt=\"Organize tabs set to Automatically Create Topics in Safari on macOS 27\" width=\"1672\" height=\"1054\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a screenshot showing websites grouped by topics on macOS 27:<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1061142\" src=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Safari-tabs-grouped-automatically-by-topics-in-macOS-27-Golden-Gate.png\" alt=\"Safari tabs grouped automatically by topics in macOS 27 Golden Gate\" width=\"2100\" height=\"306\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><em>What do you think of this? I enabled it, and it surprisingly seems helpful for my use case.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Also, new in iOS 27:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.idownloadblog.com\/2026\/07\/20\/safari-notify-me\/\">How to have Safari notify you of website changes and updates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.idownloadblog.com\/2026\/08\/19\/block-write-with-siri\/\">How to block &#8216;Write with Siri&#8217; on iOS 27 keyboard<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Source link: https:\/\/www.idownloadblog.com\/2026\/08\/21\/group-by-topics-safari\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find out how to automatically organize your open Safari tabs into relevant topics to cut the confusion and streamline your multi-tab browsing experience on iPhone, iPad, and Mac running iOS 27, iPadOS 27, or macOS 27 Golden Gate. Have you ever felt overwhelmed by countless open Safari tabs? 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