Description of the issue: when opening Brave, it keeps opening a new tab Steps to Reproduce (add as many as necessary): 1. 2. 3. just opening the app. If I swap to a different app then go back, it’s fine, but if I tap the shortcut to open it, half the time it just starts on a new tab instead of the…

@brakheart You should check these browser settings (skip the one you can’t find): Settings > New Tab Page > Opening Screen > Last open tab; Settings > Brave Shields & privacy, disable Clear data on exit and Close tabs on exit; Also disable this if you don’t use it, sometimes the browser starts w…

Possibly the Related issues tab, further down your topic page, here, is worth a look: [Screen Shot 2026-06-10 at 3.09.16 AM]

@Mattches OP is investigating the ‘Related’ topics below … but no fix found: ‘ Brave keeps opening new tabs when launching app - #3 by Acanis ’ Though the following post (by leh) might have the fix: ‘ Brave keeps opening new tabs when launching app - #5 by leh ’

In Mobile I can’t seem to find that.

Nope, new tabs go to the home page. And yeah, still happening. I think it might be tied to a one UI or Android update as I think this started around the time my phone was pushed an update

Ok. This isn’t the cause: Settings > New Tab Page > Opening Screen. Try changing these settings next: Settings > Brave Shields & privacy > Shred > Never Settings > Brave Shields & privacy, disable Clear data on exit and Close tabs on exit. That’s all I could think of that might cause this…

Yeah, both of those are disabled as well

You haven’t confirmed this: Settings > Brave Shields & privacy > Shred > Never? Since it’s Samsung, it might be related to this bug which occurs after opening web links from external apps, using picture-in-picture mode: [image] Bug in brave external link in brave view Mobile…

I started having this same issue a few days ago. I have an Oppo Find X9 and Brave’s version is Brave 1.91.169, Chromium 149.0.7827.59. However, it happens after a while of Brave not being open (haven’t timed it, but it seems like a couple hours at least), not just when closing and reopening it via …

I think you may have solved it. How the heck did this get turned on with the last update? [Screenshot_20260610_233442_Brave]

Brave keeps opening new tabs when launching app

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Acanis June 10, 2026, 7:25am 3

Yeah, just now looked through those. People been dealing with this since 2024 it seems, but none had a fix.

I’ll keep reading through them to see if I can find something, but it’s looking like a legacy bug that hasn’t been patched yet.

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Brave keeps opening new tabs when launching app

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