My request is for pinned tabs to be permanent, meaning that they should persist across all windows. If I open a new window, Brave does not keep my pinned tabs in that new window. If I have multiple windows open and I close my main window first, then when I reopen Brave my pinned tabs are gone.
I am honestly perplexed that this is being done intentionally. I am requesting that the default behavior be changed to keep pinned tabs persistent across all Brave windows as that makes sense. If for some reason you think that the majority of users don’t want persistent pinned tabs (which I think is ridiculous), then make this a toggleable setting in the “Get started” or “Appearance” section of the Brave settings.
I shouldn’t have to re-pin my favorite tabs every time I open a new Brave window, nor should I have to worry about which window I close first in order to keep my pinned tabs whenever I re-open Brave. Please implement this change as it is the only thing about Brave that is driving me crazy. Please and thank you.
Pins are something Chrome/Chromium got wrong and Safari got right because Safari keeps permanent pins even after closing all windows. Brave’s behavior is the same as Chrome (since it is Chromium based after all) but Safari tabs are better implemented.
I just had this happen after nearly 7 months of Pinning tabs on my Brave Browser thinking they were like bookmarks basically. I would Pin them and usually minimize my browser or either close with the (X)shutdown=true) button at top right, then hit restore after reopening. I was so pissed off that I researched new browsers that offered this feature and came out with a Newer browser called “Floorp” which I believe is Firefox ESR based but, I could be wrong on that. I use it and my god it does this permanent Pin feature well and is also cross platform meaning you can open a tab on your pc then pull up your phone and open Floorp and that same instance is already open on your phone, it is all open source code which is even better…meaning more privacy. Alot of Linux guys apparently use this. The Pins is a feature that you will need to enable though after downloading Floorp. I can confirm it is my new daily driver. I came across this after doing some digging on Reddit. Also, I can confirm that folks have been asking for this “Bookmark/Pin” feature since 2019, and they havent made a move towards this. So, if they cant listen to their customer base they will lose us. Good Luck and hope you all enjoy!
Floorp works the same way Brave does: if you have pinned tabs in one window, then open another window, the second one has no pinned tabs. If you close the first window before the second, the tabs will not be there when you re-open the browser.
It also has a weird way of working with pinned tabs between workspaces. When you pin a tab and then switch to another workspace, the tab is pinned there too. If you unpin it, it will be unpinned in the workspace in which you pinned it.
Agreed. I have a few sites I want immediate access to via pinned tabs. However, every time the browser updates (it may be more frequent), the pinned tabs are gone. This happens on the latest versions of Brave, whether for macOS or Windows. It seems like a simple fix, yet one that’s been overlooked for some time.
I know this isn’t what and I could guess many/most/if not all have found this workaround but in case some haven’t discovered it…
My workaround for this is to simply go to:
brave://settings/ then while staying within Get started (since that’s the default menu) under On Startup choose Continue where you left off and the pins should remain (as well as the other windows but at least the things you want to keep around for sure do too)
With that said, I have also added my vote to the suggestion
