How To Restore Closed Windows

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So, you lot've just closed a browser window with a agglomeration of important tabs. Whoops. Even if you've got another Chrome or Firefox window however open, Ctrl + Shift + T can't bring them dorsum. That flim-flam only works if your one killed window quit you out of the browser entirely. But don't worry, not all is lost. Y'all can still restore those tabs and I'm going to tell yous how to do information technology.

Chrome

In a Chrome window, click on the three-dot carte du jour button in the upper right of your screen. Information technology should be on the same level as the address bar at the far right. Choose History to see a list of windows and tabs you've airtight. Killed windows sport a rectangular icon and a characterization like "2 tabs" or "7 tabs." Hover your cursor over each of those entries to see the tab names and thus place the window that yous want to bring dorsum. When y'all observe the one you want, click on "Restore window."

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Other Chromium-based browsers like Edge and Opera follow a like process—though in Opera, you'll access your history through the Opera card in the top left corner of the browser window.

Firefox

Firefox doesn't allow y'all every bit much leeway equally Chrome does, but if you lot just airtight that window, you should be able to get it back.

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In a Firefox window, click on the icon with 3 lines in the upper right of the screen. This hamburger icon is on the same level every bit the address bar all the way to the far right. Choose History, then Recently Closed Windows. Yous will come across the concluding 3 windows you airtight. Unlike Chrome, you don't get more information about each window'due south tabs past hovering your cursor over each entry. Yous'll only see a list of the final agile tab per window. If you tin can't remember which window is the one desire, you can select an entry at random or cover all your bases with "Reopen all windows." Not the most elegant solution, but it still saves your salary.

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