diff --git a/app/client/src/components/propertyControls/TabControl.tsx b/app/client/src/components/propertyControls/TabControl.tsx
index 560592f58f..e0835cdfd7 100644
--- a/app/client/src/components/propertyControls/TabControl.tsx
+++ b/app/client/src/components/propertyControls/TabControl.tsx
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@ import React from "react";
 import BaseControl, { ControlProps } from "./BaseControl";
 import { StyledPropertyPaneButton } from "./StyledControls";
 import styled from "constants/DefaultTheme";
-import { generateReactKey } from "utils/generators";
 import { DroppableComponent } from "components/ads/DraggableListComponent";
-import { getNextEntityName, noop } from "utils/AppsmithUtils";
+import { noop } from "utils/AppsmithUtils";
 import orderBy from "lodash/orderBy";
 import isString from "lodash/isString";
 import isUndefined from "lodash/isUndefined";
@@ -222,28 +221,6 @@ class TabControl extends BaseControl<ControlProps, State> {
     );
   };
 
-  addOption = () => {
-    let tabs = this.props.propertyValue;
-    const tabsArray = this.getTabItems();
-    const newTabId = generateReactKey({ prefix: "tab" });
-    const newTabLabel = getNextEntityName(
-      "Tab ",
-      tabsArray.map((tab: any) => tab.label),
-    );
-    tabs = {
-      ...tabs,
-      [newTabId]: {
-        id: newTabId,
-        index: tabsArray.length,
-        label: newTabLabel,
-        widgetId: generateReactKey(),
-        isVisible: true,
-      },
-    };
-
-    this.updateProperty(this.props.propertyName, tabs);
-  };
-
   updateFocus = (index: number, isFocused: boolean) => {
     this.setState({ focusedIndex: isFocused ? index : null });
   };
diff --git a/app/client/src/sagas/WidgetAdditionSagas.ts b/app/client/src/sagas/WidgetAdditionSagas.ts
index 8f6d24309b..4bb8221623 100644
--- a/app/client/src/sagas/WidgetAdditionSagas.ts
+++ b/app/client/src/sagas/WidgetAdditionSagas.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import { getDataTree } from "selectors/dataTreeSelectors";
 import { generateReactKey } from "utils/generators";
 import { WidgetProps } from "widgets/BaseWidget";
 import WidgetFactory from "utils/WidgetFactory";
-import { omit } from "lodash";
+import omit from "lodash/omit";
 import produce from "immer";
 import { GRID_DENSITY_MIGRATION_V1 } from "widgets/constants";
 const WidgetTypes = WidgetFactory.widgetTypes;
@@ -405,16 +405,15 @@ function* addNewTabChildSaga(
     "Tab ",
     tabsArray.map((tab: any) => tab.label),
   );
-  const newTabIndex = Object.keys(tabs)?.length - 1;
 
   tabs = {
     ...tabs,
     [newTabId]: {
       id: newTabId,
+      index: tabsArray.length,
       label: newTabLabel,
       widgetId: newTabWidgetId,
       isVisible: true,
-      index: newTabIndex,
     },
   };
   const newTabProps: any = getChildTabData(tabProps, {
diff --git a/app/client/src/sagas/WidgetDeletionSagas.ts b/app/client/src/sagas/WidgetDeletionSagas.ts
index 458361862e..7ea1781c79 100644
--- a/app/client/src/sagas/WidgetDeletionSagas.ts
+++ b/app/client/src/sagas/WidgetDeletionSagas.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
 import { GridDefaults } from "constants/WidgetConstants";
 import { ENTITY_TYPE } from "entities/AppsmithConsole";
 import LOG_TYPE from "entities/AppsmithConsole/logtype";
-import { flattenDeep, omit } from "lodash";
+import { flattenDeep, omit, orderBy } from "lodash";
 import {
   CanvasWidgetsReduxState,
   FlattenedWidgetProps,
@@ -54,7 +54,11 @@ function* deleteTabChildSaga(
   const tabWidget = allWidgets[widgetId];
   if (tabWidget && tabWidget.parentId) {
     const tabParentWidget = allWidgets[tabWidget.parentId];
-    const tabsArray: any = Object.values(tabParentWidget.tabsObj);
+    const tabsArray: any = orderBy(
+      Object.values(tabParentWidget.tabsObj),
+      "index",
+      "asc",
+    );
     if (tabsArray && tabsArray.length === 1) return;
     const updatedArray = tabsArray.filter((eachItem: any, i: number) => {
       return i !== index;