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When I click on a link, it opens a new tab. How do I stop this? Please answer ASAP!

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How do I stop this? I perfer the link to open in the current tab. This happens when I use google.

How do I stop this? I perfer the link to open in the current tab. This happens when I use google.

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hello, you can set that within google's preferences: https://www.google.com/preferences

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Just to follow on to philipp's post: In Google preferences, it is a checkbox referring to opening results in a new window. Firefox normally diverts new windows to new tabs.