Have you ever accidentally closed a tab on your computer even though you actually meant to quit a different one? Maybe the browser randomly closed your tabs, leaving you to lose your spot on certain sites or misplaceimportant information.
Whether you have one or 75 tabs open, it can be frustrating when they get closed by accident. But restoring them to normal is not too hard of a process.
Here is what you need to do to reopen closed tabs on a Mac or PC for any browser, including Google Chrome and Safari.
How to reopen closed tabs?
The easiest and quickest way to restore closed tabs on a Mac for any browser is reopen the browser andhold the "shift+command+T" keys. If you have a PC, to reopen a browser, hold the "shift+control+T" keys.
This will restore the most recently closedtabs, whether it's just one or multiple.However, if you had multiple windows of several tabs open, you will need to do the key function for however many windows you had open.
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How to reopen closed tabs onChrome
If you are looking for a more in-depth process breakdown, here is how to restore closed tabs on Google Chrome:
- Open Google Chrome.
- Click"History" in the top bar of your screen on a Mac. If you are on a PC, select the three vertical dots in the top right of the window and go to "History."This will give a drop menu.
- Go to "Recently Closed" and you will see all your previously visited sites.
- If you had only one tab, select the site and it will be restored.
- If you had multiple tabs, there will be an option that says "[Number]Tabs."Choose this. Itwill show the group of tabs closed at the same time. Select "Restore All Tabs" or "Restore Window."
How to reopen closed tabs on Safari
Here is how to restore closed tabs on Safari:
- Open Safari.
- Click"History" in the top bar of your screen. This will give a drop menu.
- From here you have two options: "Recently Opened" or "Reopen Last Closed Window."
- For "Recently Opened," you get a clearer breakdown of which tabs you had open, including the name of the site. For "Reopen Last Closed Window," it simply restores the tab withoutspecifying the detailsuntil it is reopened.
- If you had multiple tabs, there will be an option under"Recently Opened," that says the name of the first site"and [Number] more tabs."Choose this. It will restore all tabs closed at the same time.
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