How to pin tabs in Safari on a Mac, and what pinning does

How do I pin a tab in Safari?

• Right click the tab and choose Pin Tab.
• Or drag the tab to the far left of the tab bar until it shrinks.

The tab becomes a small square with the site's icon, at the left of the tab bar.

What does pinning a tab do?

• It stays at the left, in the same place, so you can find it without reading tab titles.
• It shows in every Safari window, not only the one you pinned it in.
• Links to other websites open in a new tab, so the pinned site stays on its own page.
• It comes back when you quit and reopen Safari.

How do I unpin a tab in Safari?

Right click it and choose Unpin Tab, or drag it to the right, among the other tabs.

How do I close a pinned tab?

Right click it and choose Close Tab, or click it and press ⌘ W. Closing other tabs with Close Other Tabs leaves pinned ones alone.

For whole sets of tabs, see Safari Tab Groups. A site you keep open all day may be better as its own app: turn a website into an app.

Checked on 22 October 2026 on a MacBook Air (M1) with Safari 27.0.1: Pin Tab and Unpin Tab were read from Safari's own labels.