How to Close Tabs in PS3

Written By
Amanda Rumble
Amanda Rumble
Published: Jul 21, 2011
Updated: Feb 5, 2019
1 minute read

Along with playing video games, the PlayStation 3 also supports watching Blu-ray discs and surfing the Internet with the included Web browser. You can view text, pictures and videos on your television screen instead of your computer monitor. If you want to load more than one page at once, you can open more than one window at a time. If you want to close them, use the shortcuts available on your PlayStation 3 controller.

Navigate to the window you want to close using the right and left arrow buttons on your keypad.

Press and hold the circle button on your controller.

Move to the "-" sign in the upper right corner of the window to close it instead of using the game pad shortcut key.

Amanda Rumble

Amanda Rumble has been writing for online publications since 2000, primarily in the fields of computing and technology. She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Buffalo in information technology. Rumble also focuses on writing…

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