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iPad/iPhone: Links open in the Background - so it goes

  • Oct 25, 2025
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On the left in the Background, will open in the Browser for you has some advantages when you're surfing with an iPad or iPhone on the go. For example, you can have multiple search results load, you can then without any additional loading times viewing. While in the mobile Version of Chrome, by default, on the left in the Background are open, you need to adjust for this Feature in the Safari settings on your iPhone/iPad. What you need to do in this case, we describe in this tip.

So Safari works in the Background

  • Open the settings App on your iDevice and scroll down to the entry "Safari".
  • In this context menu you can find under "General" the option "open New Tabs in Background". You activate this item, in which you can move the slider to the right. This Feature is enabled, the Background of the controller in green.
  • You want to open in Safari, send a Link, press and hold the Link until a pop-up menu appears. If you then choose to "open In new Tab", the Link opens in the Background.
Left open in the Background
As a test device in this practice tip a iPad Air with iOS 8.1 was used. If you haven't had iOS 8 installed have read in this article more about the pros and cons of iOS 8.

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