# Brave Mobile: Cannot enable tab groups

**URL:** <https://community.brave.app/t/brave-mobile-cannot-enable-tab-groups/263931>\
**Category:** Mobile Support\
**Tags:** android\
**Created:** [July 3, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/brave-mobile-cannot-enable-tab-groups/263931 "2021-07-03T20:00:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![AzurePlusPixel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f07891/32.png) [@AzurePlusPixel](https://community.brave.app/u/AzurePlusPixel)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/brave-mobile-cannot-enable-tab-groups/263931/1 "2021-07-03T20:00:40Z")

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**Description of the issue:** When Brave Mobile relaunches following enabling the setting “Enable Tab Groups”, it does not enable and the Settings menu still shows it as disabled.

**How can this issue be reproduced?**

1. Open Brave Mobile (I am using Android on a Pixel 5)
2. Go to Settings.
3. Go to Appearance.
4. Enable “Enable Tab Groups”.
5. Relaunch Brave as directed.

**Expected result:** Check the tab list and although it’s supposed to have tab groups, the setting was not enabled and the tab menu has not been changed.

**Brave Version( check `About Brave`):** “Brave 1.26.71, Chromium 91.0.4472.120”

**Mobile Device details** Pixel 5 (latest update)

**Additional Information:**  
Previously, Sync Settings was enabled and although tab groups are possible it may have been the cause so I disabled it on both devices and relaunched Brave on both devices as well and the issue is still present.

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**Author:** ![AzurePlusPixel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f07891/32.png) [@AzurePlusPixel](https://community.brave.app/u/AzurePlusPixel)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 3:59pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/brave-mobile-cannot-enable-tab-groups/263931/2 "2021-07-14T15:59:51Z")

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tl;dr Accessibility setting blocked grid view and thus tab grouping  
okay funny story actually I got the app that adds voice control to the Accessibility settings because I thought it’d be useful and it’s caused some changes to apps, so I was poking around the settings because I can’t edit bookmarks because holding makes a tooltip and doesn’t edit it and there was a setting that was forcing the list view, relaunched Brave after disabling it and it’s all good now

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**Author:** ![ItzMeRajat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/itzmerajat/32/93148_2.png) [@ItzMeRajat](https://community.brave.app/u/ItzMeRajat)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/brave-mobile-cannot-enable-tab-groups/263931/3 "2021-07-14T16:03:37Z")

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Glad its all good… 🙂

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**Author:** ![Mattches](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/mattches/32/25189_2.png) [@Mattches](https://community.brave.app/u/Mattches)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 5:55pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/brave-mobile-cannot-enable-tab-groups/263931/4 "2021-07-14T17:55:56Z")

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@AzurePlusPixel,  
Came here to suggest checking Accessibility settings – so nice to see you sleuthed it out yourself 🙂

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**Author:** ![Mattches](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/mattches/32/25189_2.png) [@Mattches](https://community.brave.app/u/Mattches)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 5:56pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/brave-mobile-cannot-enable-tab-groups/263931/5 "2021-07-14T17:56:00Z")

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