Reopen Recently Closed Tabs (Practice Article)

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If you accidentally close a tab or set of tabs you can reopen them quickly and easily in just a few steps.

How to reopen a recently closed tab

Easily reopen previously closed tabs with a simple keyboard shortcut.

  1. Hold down Shift + Apple + T to reopen your last closed tab.
  2. Use the keyboard shortcut again to reopen your other recently closed tabs one by one.
  1. Hold down Shift + Ctrl + T to reopen your last closed tab.
  2. Use the keyboard shortcut again to reopen your other recently closed tabs one by one.

You can also reopen previously closed tabs with just a couple of quick clicks.

  1. Select History from the menu bar, hover your mouse over Recently Closed Tabs, and select the recently closed tab you'd like to reopen.
  1. Click the Firefox button, navigate to the History menu, hover your mouse over Recently Closed Tabs and select the recently closed tab you'd like to reopen.
Try it out: You can easily toggle back to your other closed tabs so dive right in!
Try it out: You can easily toggle back to your other closed tabs so dive right in! Use the Ctrl + Tab shortcut to toggle betwen tabs.

How to restore all recently closed tabs

Want to restore all of your recently closed tabs? That's easy too.

  1. Select History from the menu bar, hover your mouse over Recently Closed Tabs in the History menu and select Restore All Tabs. All of your recently closed tabs will reopen.
  1. Click the Firefox button, navigate to the History menu, hover your mouse over Recently Closed Tabs and select Restore All Tabs. All of your recently closed tabs will reopen.

Restore closed tabs