Up until now, it only gives you the option to Open in a New Window, which would open that folder in a new instance of the File Explorer rather than inside the same window. Then the fact that the Never Combine feature of Taskbar has been removed in Windows 11, and things only takes turn for the worse. Well, not anymore.
In the latest version of Windows 11 Build 22572, the Redmond giants have added the Open in New Tab option in the File Explorer. So you could now open multiple drives and folders inside a single instance of the File Explorer itself. Moreover, when multiple tabs are opened, the left and right arrows would also appear which will allow you to easily scroll through those tabs. Well, it beholds some nifty shortcuts as well, namely:
Ctrl + T: Open a new tabCtrl + W: Close the current tabCtrl + Tab / Ctrl + Shift + Tab: Switch between tabs forth and back.
For the unware, Windows had also tested this feature back in 2018 with Windows 10. Known as Sets, they couldn’t see the light at the end of the tunnel as it was removed in the developer preview phase itself. What about this time around? Well, as of now, this feature is only in the Insider Preview build. But using a nifty workaround, you could easily add the Open in New Tab option in File Explorer in Windows 11 stable build as well. And in this guide, we will show you how to do just that. Follow along.
How to Add Open in New Tab in Windows 11 File Explorer
How to Remove Open in New Tab from Windows 11 File Explorer
If for some reason, you wish to remove this feature from File Manager then here’s what you need to do: So with this, we round off the guide on how you could add the Open in New Tab option in Windows 11 File Explorer. Likewise, we have also listed its removal steps. As of now, it hasn’t been unconfirmed whether this feature will be incorporated into the stable build as well. So until there is an official confirmation about the same, the aforementioned tool is our best bet. Moroever, we would love to hear your views on this. Do drop them in the comments section below.
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