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[annmariebetts7884]

Why does ebay keep opening new tabs chrome and microsoft edge - how can I stop it as I now have about 20 tabs open

[wastingtime101]

It's typically a browser setting, but if it suddenly started happening with 2 browsers then you might have malware on your system. Read this page for some tips @annmariebetts7884.

[eburtonlab]

If you mean that search results are opening in a new tab when you click on item listings, there is a setting in your search results customization menu you can change to prevent that.

From the search results, click on the "customize" link in the upper right where you can choose between list and gallery view:

From there you should see some options:

Change the setting to "Open item page" in "Same tab" to prevent new tabs from opening.

[annmariebetts7884 · Accepted solution]

Great - thanks it worked perfectly.

[eburtonlab]

You are very welcome.

[jadurrant@tpa.ebay.com]

this actually helped a lot, thank you for sharing this.