How to Open Multiple Pages at Once in Chrome, Firefox, Opera, and Edge

All modern browsers support tabbed browsing for users to open multiple pages within a single window. Yet, few, if any, browsers incorporate features that enable their users to open multiple page tabs at once. So, users who need to open multiple pages must usually do so in a one-at-a-time fashion.

However, numerous browser extensions enable you to open multiple page tabs simultaneously in those browsers. Here’s how you could open multiple webpages at once in Google Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Opera with some additional extensions.

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How to Open Multiple Pages With Open Multiple URLs

Open Multiple URLs is an extension that enables you to open multiple websites by entering their URLs in a list text box. It doesn’t pack in a huge number of options, but it’s a straightforward add-on with which to open multiple webpages at once. you could utilize that extension in Google Chrome, Opera, Edge, and Firefox by downloading it from the links below.

When you’ve added that extension to your browser, click theOpen Multiple URLsbutton on the URL toolbar. Chrome and Opera users will need to click theExtensionbuttons in those browsers to select that add-on. Or select thePinoption for Open Multiple URLs to add it to Chrome’s or Opera’s URL toolbars.

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Clicking Open Multiple URLs brings up that extension’s text box, where you can input URLs to open in separate lines. You don’t need to enter full website addresses there. Entering domain name suffixes for sites will usually be sufficient.

If you need to open numerous anchor text links on a page, it’s best to copy and paste their URLs into the extension’s list box. You can do that in Chrome by right-clicking a linked page and selectingCopy linkaddress.

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Opera, Edge, and Firefox include the same option in their context menus. PressCtrl+Vto paste each copied link, and click theOpen URLsbutton. Our guide provides further details aboutcopying and pasting on various platforms.

Download: Open Multiple URLs forGoogle Chrome|Edge|Opera|Firefox(Free)

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How to Open Multiple Pages With Bulk URL Opener

Bulk URL Opener works similarly to the Open Multiple URLs extension. It has a list box in which you can enter and open website addresses at once, much the same. However, one notable difference is that this extension enables you to save URL lists. You can add Bulk URL Opener to Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Opera from the download pages linked below.

To open multiple webpages with Bulk URL Opener, click that add-on button on your browser’s URL toolbar or Extensions menu. Input the full website addresses of the pages you want to open in Bulk URL Opener’sList of URLsbox.

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Those URLs must also include “https://www” to work. you may set an opening interval by dragging the slider on theOpen each URL afterbar. Then clickOpen URLs.

Saving website lists will save you from re-entering URLs to open your favorite sites. To save a list, input all the website addresses to include within theList of URLsbox. Then click the cog button to view further options. Input a title in theList namebox, and press theSave Current List of URLs as Listbutton.

With a list saved, you can reopen it anytime you need to open the pages it includes. So, saving a list is a way tobookmark websitesfor a series of pages. Select a list on the drop-down menu. Click theLoad Listoption to input its website addresses. Then you can press theOpen URLsbutton to view the pages in your browser.

Download: Bulk URL Opener forGoogle Chrome|Opera|Edge|Firefox(Free)

Neither Bulk URL Opener nor the Open Multiple URLs add-on is ideal for opening multiple links on a page, since you have to enter addresses in both extensions. Snap Links Plus is a different kind of add-on for opening multiple pages that enables you to select links on a webpage by dragging a rectangle around them. However, that extension is only available for Firefox.

Open the Mozilla page for Snap Links Plus linked below and click theAdd to Firefoxbutton. After installing that extension, open the Google search engine to try it out.

Input a keyword in Google to view search results. Then hold the right mouse button to drag a rectangle around all the page links you want to open. Release the right mouse button to open all the pages selected with the rectangle.

You can adjust some settings for Snap Links Plus by inputtingabout:addonsin Firefox’s URL bar. Click the ellipses button for Snap Links Plus and selectOptions. Then select theOptionstab to view the settings for the add-on.

There, you can configure how you select links to open with the extension. Click theNo Modifierdrop-down menu to select a keyboard key for combining with the mouse action. You can also choose a different mouse button on the adjacent drop-down menu.

Download: Snap Links Plus forFirefox

Open Selected Links is another useful extension for selecting and simultaneously opening multiple links on a webpage. However, it works differently since you can select to open multiple pages from the context menu.

This extension is available on the Chrome Web Store, from which you’re able to add it to Chrome, Opera, and Edge. You can also add Open Selected Links to Firefox from its Mozilla page.

After adding Open Selected Links to your respective browser, bring up a webpage that includes numerous page links; then press and hold the left mouse button and select multiple-page links to open by dragging the cursor over them. Right-click with the links’ text selected, and move the cursor over theOpen Selected Linkssubmenu. Click theOpen all selected links in the current windowoption.

Or you can select multiple pages to open via theOpen Selected Linksextension button. First, select some multiple-page links with the cursor. Then click theOpen Selected Linksbutton to view checkboxes for opening pages. Select the checkboxes for the pages you want to view, and press theOpenbutton.

Download: Open Selected Links forChrome|Edge|Opera|Firefox

How to Open Multiple Pages With Web Apps With URL Opener

There are also web apps with which you can open multiple pages simultaneously. URL Opener is one such web app you can input page addresses to open. To do so, bring upURL Opener, then input the full URLs for sites in that web app’s text, and click theSubmitbutton. SelectOpen Allto bring up the entered pages in your browser.

Open Webpages Simultaneously in Chrome, Opera, Edge, and Firefox

you could open multiple pages more efficiently in Opera, Edge, Chrome, and Firefox by opening them simultaneously with the extensions and apps in this guide. Bulk URL Opener and Open Multiple URLs are useful for opening non-linked webpages. Snap Link Plus and Open Selected Links are better for opening multiple links on pages. You can also add numerous extensions for managing and searching multiple page tabs to those browsers.

If you’re trying to find something open on your browser, searching through open page tags might help. Here’s how to in Chrome, Edge, and Firefox.

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