How to Open Multiple Links at Once in Chrome

If you have ever had a list of 15 links and opened them one by one - copy, new tab, paste, enter, repeat - you already know the problem. It is a small tax, but you pay it every single time you do research, work through a reading list, or check a batch of URLs.

There are a few ways to open many links at once, and they range from “built into your keyboard” to “one click.” Let us walk through them.

Method 1: Middle-click (the one everyone forgets)

If the links are already on a page in front of you, the fastest built-in trick is the middle mouse button.

• Middle-click a link → opens it in a new background tab.
• Hold Ctrl (or Cmd on Mac) and click → same thing.

No extension needed. The catch: you still have to click every link individually, and it only works for links you can see and reach on the page.

Method 2: Paste a list into the address bar

Chrome will not open a list of URLs from the address bar - it treats multiple lines as a single search. So the “manual” approach for a pasted list is to open a blank tab, paste one URL, hit enter, and repeat.

For two or three links, fine. For a batch of twenty, this is exactly the repetitive task worth automating.

Method 3: Bookmark folders

You can drop links into a bookmark folder and choose “Open all” to launch them as tabs at once.

It works, but it is heavy for a one-time batch: you have to save each link as a bookmark first, keep the folder tidy, and clean it up afterward. Great for a fixed set of sites you open daily. Clumsy for the ad-hoc list you will never need again.

Method 4: A bulk link opener extension

This is where the whole thing collapses into a single action. A dedicated extension lets you either paste a list of URLs or scan every link on the current page, pick the ones you actually want from a checklist, and open them all in one click.

That is exactly the job Salvo does. You bring the links - from your clipboard or the page you are on - and it opens them as tabs, a new window, or a tab group. Everything runs locally, so your clipboard and the pages you visit never leave your browser.

Which method should you use?

Here is the honest breakdown:

• A couple of links on a page you are looking at → middle-click. No tools required.
• A fixed set of sites you open every morning → a bookmark folder.
• A one-off (or frequent) list of many URLs, or every link on a page → a bulk link opener like Salvo.

The first two are free and built in, and for small jobs they are all you need. The moment the batch gets big enough that clicking feels like a chore, that is the signal you have outgrown the manual methods.

Wrapping up

Opening links one by one is one of those tiny frictions you stop noticing because you assume it is just how browsers work. It is not. Between middle-click, bookmark folders, and a purpose-built opener, there is a right tool for every size of batch.

If you regularly deal with lists of links, do yourself a favor and try opening them all at once. Once you feel how much faster it is, going back to one-at-a-time feels absurd.

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