The state of your browser is like the state of your kitchen: If the counters are cluttered with pots, pans, and dirty dishes, it’s going to be significantly more difficult to cook dinner than if you were getting started in a clean and tidy space.

Research has found that a browser with so many tabs that you can barely see the favicons is a stressful, productivity-killing time suck. One study from 2014 analyzed how poorly-organized computer screens affected physicians’ response times and productivity in emergency rooms. It found that cluttered screens increased the time it took for doctors to find medical records as well as how long it took to scan and identify needed information within those records. If a doctor was already stressed, the negative effects became even more pronounced.

Most of us, of course, are not doctors or nurses desperately attempting to sift through messy electronic medical records while a patient waits. But we still have often disorganized work lives in which timeliness is crucial — even if it’s just a report you have to turn in by 2 p.m. — and scanning through 50 tabs to find the one website that will help you complete your task is, frankly, a waste of time.

But, like your kitchen or desk, your browser doesn’t have to be messy. Several different tools and methods can help you keep a tidy, well-organized browser and stave off information overload.

OneTab

If you’re in the market for a tab organizer that is easy to use and extremely no-frills, the browser extension OneTab is an excellent option. Its functionalities are limited but simple: When you click the browser extension, it automatically closes all your tabs and lists them as links in a new window. You can rename this tab group and share them with a link — or a QR code if that’s your jam, for some strange reason. It’s currently available for Chrome and Firefox.