How to Restore Accidentally Closed Safari Tabs on iPhone
- If you’ve accidentally closed Safari tabs on an iPhone, you can easily recover them by using the Recently Closed Tabs list.
- Another alternative method is to restore deleted Safari tabs by accessing the History tab.
- And, finally the Shake to Undo feature also allows you to recover recently closed Safari tabs on iPhone.
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Did you accidentally close all tabs open in Safari on your iPhone? If you did, you’re not alone. Several people, including myself, have encountered this issue at least once. However, it is nothing to worry about as you can easily recover any deleted Safari tab. Read along to learn how to Restore accidentally closed Safari tabs on iPhone.
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How To Recover Deleted Safari Tabs on iPhone
Since Safari is the primary web browser for most of us, we have multiple tabs open within the browser. Some of us leave these tabs open as we need to revisit them later. Now, if you accidentally delete or close all of these tabs in Safari, do not panic. Recovering accidentally closed Safari tabs isn’t all that difficult.
Many people accidentally close tabs and you can find several posts regarding this issue on Apple’s Discussion Community page . Therefore, to solve this issue, we’ve put together some of the best troubleshooting methods to help you recover deleted Safari tabs on your iPhone.
1. Restore Accidentally Closed Tabs from Recently Closed Tabs List in Safari
The Safari browser on iPhone has a Recently Closed Tabs list hidden in plain sight within the browser. Not many people are aware of this feature and hence panic when they accidentally close multiple Safari tabs on their iPhones. However, we will help you navigate to the Recently Closed Tabs list and reopen all the tabs you accidentally closed on Safari.
Time needed: 1 minute
Steps to reopen websites from the Recently Closed Tabs list in Safari on iPhone.
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Once the tab opens, you can continue browsing. If you want to reopen several tabs that you accidentally closed, you will have to repeat this step multiple times.
2. Restore Deleted Safari Tabs From Safari History
Another simple method to recover accidentally closed tabs is to restore them from History. Like most browsers, Safari also stores your browsing history in the History tab. However, note that if you accidentally closed tabs in the Private Browsing Mode, then they cannot be restored.
This is because Apple does not store browsing history for any activity in the Private Browsing Mode on iPhone. If they did, the Private Browsing Mode wouldn’t be that private. But if you’re on Mac, there’s a workaround that allows you to view Private Mode browsing history .
With that said, here’s how to recover deleted Safari tabs from Safari History on your iPhone.
- Open the Safari browser on your iPhone.
- Tap the Bookmarks icon located below the address bar.
- Here, tap the History tab (clock icon).
- Next, tap the page you want to reopen.
- Alternatively, you can also tap and hold and then select the Open in New Tab or Open in New Tab Group option if you do not want to load the link on the current tab.
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3. Shake Your iPhone To Undo Changes and Recover Accidentally Closed Tabs in Safari
Have you ever tried the Shake to Undo feature on your iPhone? Chances are, you have used this feature to correct typing errors. However, the Shake to Undo feature offers a lot more and can help you undo several accidental changes, including the ability to restore recently closed tabs in Safari on iPhone.
Apart from reopening accidentally closed tabs, the Shake to Undo feature also works in other apps and services. Here are a few examples of using your iPhone’s Shake to Undo feature.
- Creating, editing, renaming, or deleting files or folders in the Files app.
- Creating, editing, or deleting events in the Calendar app.
- Editing or deleting images or videos in the Photos app.
- Rearranging apps and widgets on the Home Screen.
We understand that this feature might be helpful you right now. Because a few minutes must’ve passed since you accidentally closed these tabs. Regardless, it might come in handy in the near future. Therefore, here’s how to use the Shake to Undo feature to restore accidentally closed tabs in Safari on iPhone.
- The moment you accidentally close Safari tabs, quickly shake your iPhone . We suggest using the hammering motion as that is what seems to work for us.
- The iPhone will display an Undo Close Tab pop-up. Tap the Undo button.
- The closed tab will be restored and you can continue browsing.
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If the Shake to Undo feature is not working on your iPhone, you might have accidentally disabled it. Here’s how to enable the Shake to Undo feature on iPhone.
- Open the Settings app and tap the Accessibility option.
- Select the Touch option located under the Physical and Motor menu.
- On the next screen, enable the Shake to Undo toggle.
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Prevent Accidentally Closing Safari Tabs
Why do you have multiple tabs open in Safari? Mostly, it might be because you visit those sites often and do not want to search for them every single time. However, navigating through hundreds of tabs to revisit a website isn’t very easy. While doing so, you might accidentally close all of the open tabs too.
Therefore, in order to prevent accidentally closing Safari tabs on iPhone, we suggest bookmarking tabs you visit frequently. This will streamline the entire process of navigating websites you visit often and in turn save time. Here’s how to bookmark tabs in Safari on your iPhone.
- Head to the website you want to bookmark.
- Now, tap and hold on the Bookmark icon below the address bar.
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- On the next screen, you can edit the Name and the Link of the website .
- If you want to change the location of the Bookmark, tap the option below Location and select the Bookmark Folder of your choice.
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Conclusion
We hope you were able to restore all the accidentally closed Safari tabs on your iPhone. I can completely relate to your pain of losing all the open tabs. It has happened to me in the past too. If you have any other doubts or are aware of other methods that can help restore accidentally deleted tabs in Safari, please let us know in the comments below.
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Safari Tabs Disappeared on iPhone? How to Get Them Back!
What to know.
- You can re-open recently closed tabs in Safari by tapping and holding the plus icon.
- Lastly, check if your missing tab is hidden in another tab group or within a separate Safari profile.
- If your Safari tabs disappeared on iPad, you can try merging windows or revealing the iPad shelf.
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Why do your tabs keep closing on iPhone or iPad? Maybe you wanted to retrieve a few interesting recipes you saw online, but now the tabs for those recipes are nowhere to be seen in Safari. But don't panic! We'll show you how to retrieve those lost tabs on your iPhone or iPad.
- iPad-Specific Fixes
- Re-Opening Closed Tabs
- Frequently Asked Questions
Why Do My Tabs Disappear in Safari on iPad?
Safari closing tabs on its own seems to happen somewhat frequently to iPad users. We'll start with some iPad-specific fixes for how to get tabs back. Has your Safari app completely disappeared from your Home Screen? Find out how to get Safari back on your iPhone or iPad . For more iPhone and iPad troubleshooting pointers, be sure to sign up for our free Tip of the Day newsletter.
How to Get Tabs Back on iPad
If you're browsing the web on an iPad and you have multiple Safari windows open, then you may not be able to see all your tabs. These steps will allow all your open tabs to appear in the current window. This potentially includes some tabs that weren’t visible in the Tab Overview screen. For a more in-depth tutorial, check out our article on re-opening closed tabs in Safari .
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Reveal the Shelf on iPad
This method will show any open windows directly above the Dock. As a result, you will be able to switch between windows and potentially reveal any Safari tabs that disappeared on your iPad.
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How to Open a Closed Tab on iPhone & iPad
The purpose of this method is to find and reopen tabs you may have accidentally closed. This works on both iPhone and iPad (although the placement of the buttons in the below screenshots will look different depending on your device).
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Disable Auto-Close Tabs
Another cause of Safari tabs disappearing is a setting that automatically closes open Safari tabs after a set amount of time. This can prevent the problem of too many open tabs but can also lead to tabs you still want open getting closed. Here's how to solve this issue on your iPhone or iPad.
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Bookmark Open Tabs
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Check Tab Groups & Safari Profiles
In Safari, you can create tab groups to separate all of your different tabs into specific groups. For example, if you have several recipe tabs open, you could place these tabs into a group called "Dinners." Additionally, iOS 17 and newer include a feature called Safari Profiles, allowing you to separate your browsing sessions into different profiles.
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If you are still having trouble opening closed tabs or locating a missing tab, it may, unfortunately, be lost forever. Next, find out the best ways to manage your Safari tabs .
Why do my tabs keep closing on iPhone? You might have your Safari tabs set to automatically close. You can change this by going into Settings, tapping Safari, and then selecting Close Tabs. Check out the above section on how to set your Safari tabs to manually close for more information.
How to close all tabs in Safari? You can close all your open tabs at once. If you've become too overwhelmed by all your open tabs, simply tap and hold the tabs button, then select Close All Tabs. Check out this tip on how to close all tabs at once for a more detailed view.
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- You can disable Safari’s auto-close tabs feature by opening Safari > clicking on Safari at the top-left corner > Settings > selecting Tabs > Automatically Close Tabs > select Manually.
- Disable iCloud Syncing and clear the website cache in Safari on your Mac.
- Disable Private Relay for your Mac by going to Settings > Profile icon > iCloud > Private Relay > disable the feature.
Basic Fixes
- Force quit and relaunch Safari : This helps give the app a fresh start if it has been running in the background for some time.
- Remove extensions : Faulty extensions that don’t receive updates can also cause such issues.
- Update Safari : Installing the latest version of the browser can surely help fix the issue.
Fix 1: Disable Auto-Close Tabs
There’s a feature in Safari that automatically closes tabs after a certain time. You must disable that feature and allow only the manual closing of tabs.
Step 1: Launch Safari on Mac. Click Safari at the top-left corner and select Settings .
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Step 2: Move to the Tabs menu. Expand the Automatically close tabs menu and select Manually .
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Restart Safari, and it shouldn’t auto-close tabs.
Fix 2: Disable iCloud Syncing in Safari
Sometimes, when you open the same tab in Safari on a different Apple device, the tab can get closed on your Mac.
Step 1: Click the Apple logo in the Mac menu bar and open System Settings .
Step 2: Select your account and open iCloud .
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Step 3: Select Show all under Apps Using iCloud .
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Step 4: Disable the toggle for Safari.
Fix 3: Disable Private Relay on Mac
Apple’s iCloud Private Relay is a privacy add-on that hides your IP address and browsing activity from advertisers and trackers. It can also cause tabs to close in Safari.
Step 1: Go to System Settings on Mac, select your profile , and open iCloud .
Step 2: Open Private Relay and disable the option from the following menu.
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Fix 4: Clear Website Data
Just as a troubleshooting process, clear the website cache in Safari and relaunch the web page.
Step 1: Go to Safari settings on your Mac.
Step 2: Move to the Privacy tab and click Manage Website Data .
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Step 3: Remove All website cache and try again.
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- Show the battery percentage
- Check battery health and usage
- Use Low Power Mode
- Read and bookmark the user guide
- Learn basic gestures
- Learn gestures for iPhone models with Face ID
- Adjust the volume
- Silence iPhone
- Find your apps in App Library
- Switch between open apps
- Quit and reopen an app
- Multitask with Picture in Picture
- Access features from the Lock Screen
- Use the Dynamic Island
- Perform quick actions
- Search on iPhone
- Get information about your iPhone
- View or change cellular data settings
- Travel with iPhone
- Change sounds and vibrations
- Use the Action button on iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max
- Create a custom Lock Screen
- Change the wallpaper
- Adjust the screen brightness and color balance
- Keep the iPhone display on longer
- Use StandBy
- Customize the text size and zoom setting
- Change the name of your iPhone
- Change the date and time
- Change the language and region
- Organize your apps in folders
- Add, edit, and remove widgets
- Move apps and widgets on the Home Screen
- Remove or delete apps
- Use and customize Control Center
- Change or lock the screen orientation
- View and respond to notifications
- Change notification settings
- Set up a Focus
- Allow or silence notifications for a Focus
- Turn a Focus on or off
- Stay focused while driving
- Customize sharing options
- Type with the onscreen keyboard
- Dictate text
- Select and edit text
- Use predictive text
- Use text replacements
- Add or change keyboards
- Add emoji and stickers
- Take a screenshot
- Take a screen recording
- Draw in documents
- Add text, shapes, signatures, and more
- Fill out forms and sign documents
- Use Live Text to interact with content in a photo or video
- Use Visual Look Up to identify objects in your photos and videos
- Lift a subject from the photo background
- Subscribe to Apple Arcade
- Play with friends in Game Center
- Connect a game controller
- Use App Clips
- Update apps
- View or cancel subscriptions
- Manage purchases, settings, and restrictions
- Install and manage fonts
- Buy books and audiobooks
- Annotate books
- Access books on other Apple devices
- Listen to audiobooks
- Set reading goals
- Organize books
- Create and edit events in Calendar
- Send invitations
- Reply to invitations
- Change how you view events
- Search for events
- Change calendar and event settings
- Schedule or display events in a different time zone
- Keep track of events
- Use multiple calendars
- Use the Holidays calendar
- Share iCloud calendars
- Camera basics
- Set up your shot
- Apply Photographic Styles
- Take Live Photos
- Take Burst mode shots
- Take a selfie
- Take panoramic photos
- Take macro photos and videos
- Take portraits
- Take Night mode photos
- Take Apple ProRAW photos
- Adjust the shutter volume
- Adjust HDR camera settings
- Record videos
- Record spatial videos for Apple Vision Pro
- Record ProRes videos
- Record videos in Cinematic mode
- Change video recording settings
- Save camera settings
- Customize the Main camera lens
- Change advanced camera settings
- View, share, and print photos
- Use Live Text
- Scan a QR code
- See the world clock
- Set an alarm
- Change the next wake up alarm
- Use the stopwatch
- Use multiple timers
- Add and use contact information
- Edit contacts
- Add your contact info
- Use NameDrop on iPhone to share your contact info
- Use other contact accounts
- Use Contacts from the Phone app
- Merge or hide duplicate contacts
- Export contacts
- Get started with FaceTime
- Make FaceTime calls
- Receive FaceTime calls
- Create a FaceTime link
- Take a Live Photo
- Turn on Live Captions in a FaceTime call
- Use other apps during a call
- Make a Group FaceTime call
- View participants in a grid
- Use SharePlay to watch, listen, and play together
- Share your screen in a FaceTime call
- Collaborate on a document in FaceTime
- Use video conferencing features
- Hand off a FaceTime call to another Apple device
- Change the FaceTime video settings
- Change the FaceTime audio settings
- Change your appearance
- Leave a call or switch to Messages
- Block unwanted callers
- Report a call as spam
- Connect external devices or servers
- Modify files, folders, and downloads
- Search for files and folders
- Organize files and folders
- Set up iCloud Drive
- Share files and folders in iCloud Drive
- Use an external storage device, a file server, or a cloud storage service
- Share your location
- Meet up with a friend
- Send your location via satellite
- Add or remove a friend
- Locate a friend
- Get notified when friends change their location
- Notify a friend when your location changes
- Turn off Find My
- Add your iPhone
- Add your iPhone Wallet with MagSafe
- Get notified if you leave a device behind
- Locate a device
- Mark a device as lost
- Erase a device
- Remove a device
- Add an AirTag
- Share an AirTag or other item in Find My on iPhone
- Add a third-party item
- Get notified if you leave an item behind
- Locate an item
- Mark an item as lost
- Remove an item
- Adjust map settings
- Get started with Fitness
- Track daily activity and change your move goal
- See your activity summary
- Sync a third-party workout app
- Change fitness notifications
- Share your activity
- Subscribe to Apple Fitness+
- Find Apple Fitness+ workouts and meditations
- Start an Apple Fitness+ workout or meditation
- Create a Custom Plan in Apple Fitness+
- Work out together using SharePlay
- Change what’s on the screen during an Apple Fitness+ workout or meditation
- Download an Apple Fitness+ workout or meditation
- Get started with Freeform
- Create a Freeform board
- Draw or handwrite
- Apply consistent styles
- Position items on a board
- Search Freeform boards
- Share and collaborate
- Delete and recover boards
- Get started with Health
- Fill out your Health Details
- Intro to Health data
- View your health data
- Share your health data
- View health data shared by others
- Download health records
- View health records
- Monitor your walking steadiness
- Log menstrual cycle information
- View menstrual cycle predictions and history
- Track your medications
- Learn more about your medications
- Log your state of mind
- Take a mental health assessment
- Set up a schedule for a Sleep Focus
- Turn off alarms and delete sleep schedules
- Add or change sleep schedules
- Turn Sleep Focus on or off
- Change your wind down period, sleep goal, and more
- View your sleep history
- Check your headphone levels
- Use audiogram data
- Register as an organ donor
- Back up your Health data
- Intro to Home
- Upgrade to the new Home architecture
- Set up accessories
- Control accessories
- Control your home using Siri
- Use Grid Forecast to plan your energy usage
- Set up HomePod
- Control your home remotely
- Create and use scenes
- Use automations
- Set up security cameras
- Use Face Recognition
- Unlock your door with a home key
- Configure a router
- Invite others to control accessories
- Add more homes
- Get music, movies, and TV shows
- Get ringtones
- Manage purchases and settings
- Get started with Journal
- Write in your journal
- Review your past journal entries
- Change Journal settings
- Magnify nearby objects
- Change settings
- Detect people around you
- Detect doors around you
- Receive image descriptions of your surroundings
- Read aloud text and labels around you
- Set up shortcuts for Detection Mode
- Add and remove email accounts
- Set up a custom email domain
- Check your email
- Unsend email with Undo Send
- Reply to and forward emails
- Save an email draft
- Add email attachments
- Download email attachments
- Annotate email attachments
- Set email notifications
- Search for email
- Organize email in mailboxes
- Flag or block emails
- Filter emails
- Use Hide My Email
- Use Mail Privacy Protection
- Change email settings
- Delete and recover emails
- Add a Mail widget to your Home Screen
- Print emails
- Get travel directions
- Select other route options
- Find stops along your route
- View a route overview or a list of turns
- Change settings for spoken directions
- Get driving directions
- Get directions to your parked car
- Set up electric vehicle routing
- Report traffic incidents
- Get cycling directions
- Get walking directions
- Get transit directions
- Delete recent directions
- Get traffic and weather info
- Estimate travel time and ETA
- Download offline maps
- Search for places
- Find nearby attractions, restaurants, and services
- Get information about places
- Mark places
- Share places
- Rate places
- Save favorite places
- Explore new places with Guides
- Organize places in My Guides
- Clear location history
- Look around places
- Take Flyover tours
- Find your Maps settings
- Measure dimensions
- View and save measurements
- Measure a person’s height
- Use the level
- Set up Messages
- About iMessage
- Send and reply to messages
- Unsend and edit messages
- Keep track of messages
- Forward and share messages
- Group conversations
- Watch, listen, or play together using SharePlay
- Collaborate on projects
- Use iMessage apps
- Take and edit photos or videos
- Share photos, links, and more
- Send stickers
- Request, send, and receive payments
- Send and receive audio messages
- Animate messages
- Send and save GIFs
- Turn read receipts on or off
- Change notifications
- Block, filter, and report messages
- Delete messages and attachments
- Recover deleted messages
- View albums, playlists, and more
- Show song credits and lyrics
- Queue up your music
- Listen to broadcast radio
- Subscribe to Apple Music
- Play music together in the car with iPhone
- Listen to lossless music
- Listen to Dolby Atmos music
- Apple Music Sing
- Find new music
- Add music and listen offline
- Get personalized recommendations
- Listen to radio
- Search for music
- Create playlists
- See what your friends are listening to
- Use Siri to play music
- Change the way music sounds
- Get started with News
- Use News widgets
- See news stories chosen just for you
- Read stories
- Follow your favorite teams with My Sports
- Listen to Apple News Today
- Subscribe to Apple News+
- Browse and read Apple News+ stories and issues
- Use Offline Mode to read downloaded News content
- Manually download Apple News+ issues
- Listen to audio stories
- Solve puzzles in Apple News
- Solve crossword and crossword mini puzzles
- Solve Quartiles puzzles
- Search for news stories
- Save stories in News for later
- Subscribe to individual news channels
- Get started with Notes
- Add or remove accounts
- Create and format notes
- Draw or write
- Add photos, videos, and more
- Scan text and documents
- Work with PDFs
- Create Quick Notes
- Search notes
- Organize in folders
- Organize with tags
- Use Smart Folders
- Export or print notes
- Change Notes settings
- Make a call
- View and delete the call history
- Answer or decline incoming calls
- While on a call
- Have a conference or three-way call on iPhone
- Set up voicemail
- Check voicemail
- Change voicemail greeting and settings
- Select ringtones and vibrations
- Make calls using Wi-Fi
- Set up call forwarding
- Set up call waiting
- Block or avoid unwanted calls
- View photos and videos
- Play videos and slideshows
- Delete or hide photos and videos
- Edit photos and videos
- Trim video length and adjust slow motion
- Edit Cinematic mode videos
- Edit Live Photos
- Edit portraits
- Use photo albums
- Edit, share, and organize albums
- Filter and sort photos and videos in albums
- Make stickers from your photos
- Duplicate and copy photos and videos
- Merge duplicate photos and videos
- Search for photos
- Identify people and pets
- Browse photos by location
- Share photos and videos
- Share long videos
- View photos and videos shared with you
- Watch memories
- Personalize your memories
- Manage memories and featured photos
- Use iCloud Photos
- Create shared albums
- Add and remove people in a shared album
- Add and delete photos and videos in a shared album
- Set up or join an iCloud Shared Photo Library
- Add content to an iCloud Shared Photo Library
- Use iCloud Shared Photo Library
- Import and export photos and videos
- Print photos
- Find podcasts
- Listen to podcasts
- Follow your favorite podcasts
- Use the Podcasts widget
- Organize your podcast library
- Download, save, or share podcasts
- Subscribe to podcasts
- Listen to subscriber-only content
- Change download settings
- Make a grocery list
- Add items to a list
- Edit and manage a list
- Search and organize lists
- Work with templates
- Use Smart Lists
- Print reminders
- Use the Reminders widget
- Change Reminders settings
- Browse the web
- Search for websites
- Customize your Safari settings
- Change the layout
- Use Safari profiles
- Open and close tabs
- Organize your tabs
- View your Safari tabs from another Apple device
- Share Tab Groups
- Use Siri to listen to a webpage
- Bookmark favorite webpages
- Save pages to a Reading List
- Find links shared with you
- Annotate and save a webpage as a PDF
- Automatically fill in forms
- Get extensions
- Hide ads and distractions
- Clear your cache and cookies
- Browse the web privately
- Use passkeys in Safari
- Check stocks
- Manage multiple watchlists
- Read business news
- Add earnings reports to your calendar
- Use a Stocks widget
- Translate text, voice, and conversations
- Translate text in apps
- Translate with the camera view
- Subscribe to Apple TV+, MLS Season Pass, or an Apple TV channel
- Add your TV provider
- Get shows, movies, and more
- Watch sports
- Watch Major League Soccer with MLS Season Pass
- Control playback
- Manage your library
- Change the settings
- Make a recording
- Play it back
- Edit or delete a recording
- Keep recordings up to date
- Organize recordings
- Search for or rename a recording
- Share a recording
- Duplicate a recording
- Keep cards and passes in Wallet
- Set up Apple Pay
- Use Apple Pay for contactless payments
- Use Apple Pay in apps and on the web
- Track your orders
- Use Apple Cash
- Use Apple Card
- Use Savings
- Pay for transit
- Access your home, hotel room, and vehicle
- Add identity cards
- Use COVID-19 vaccination cards
- Check your Apple Account balance
- Use Express Mode
- Organize your Wallet
- Remove cards or passes
- Check the weather
- Check the weather in other locations
- View weather maps
- Manage weather notifications
- Use Weather widgets
- Learn the weather icons
- Find out what Siri can do
- Tell Siri about yourself
- Have Siri announce calls and notifications
- Add Siri Shortcuts
- About Siri Suggestions
- Use Siri in your car
- Change Siri settings
- Contact emergency services
- Use Emergency SOS via satellite
- Request Roadside Assistance via satellite
- Set up and view your Medical ID
- Use Check In
- Manage Crash Detection
- Reset privacy and security settings in an emergency
- Set up Family Sharing
- Add Family Sharing members
- Remove Family Sharing members
- Share subscriptions
- Share purchases
- Share locations with family and locate lost devices
- Set up Apple Cash Family and Apple Card Family
- Set up parental controls
- Set up a child’s device
- Get started with Screen Time
- Protect your vision health with Screen Distance
- Set up Screen Time
- Set communication and safety limits and block inappropriate content
- Set up Screen Time for a family member
- Charging cable
- Power adapters
- MagSafe chargers and battery packs
- MagSafe cases and sleeves
- Qi-certified wireless chargers
- Use AirPods
- Use EarPods
- Apple Watch
- Wirelessly stream videos and photos to Apple TV or a smart TV
- Connect to a display with a cable
- HomePod and other wireless speakers
- Pair Magic Keyboard
- Enter characters with diacritical marks
- Switch between keyboards
- Use shortcuts
- Choose an alternative keyboard layout
- Change typing assistance options
- External storage devices
- Bluetooth accessories
- Share your internet connection
- Allow phone calls on your iPad and Mac
- Use iPhone as a webcam
- Hand off tasks between devices
- Cut, copy, and paste between iPhone and other devices
- Stream video or mirror the screen of your iPhone
- Start SharePlay instantly
- Use AirDrop to send items
- Connect iPhone and your computer with a cable
- Transfer files between devices
- Transfer files with email, messages, or AirDrop
- Transfer files or sync content with the Finder or iTunes
- Automatically keep files up to date with iCloud
- Intro to CarPlay
- Connect to CarPlay
- Use your vehicle’s built-in controls
- Get turn-by-turn directions
- Change the map view
- Make phone calls
- View your calendar
- Send and receive text messages
- Announce incoming text messages
- Play podcasts
- Play audiobooks
- Listen to news stories
- Control your home
- Use other apps with CarPlay
- Rearrange icons on CarPlay Home
- Change settings in CarPlay
- Get started with accessibility features
- Turn on accessibility features for setup
- Change Siri accessibility settings
- Open features with Accessibility Shortcut
- Change color and brightness
- Make text easier to read
- Reduce onscreen motion
- Customize per-app visual settings
- Hear what’s on the screen or typed
- Hear audio descriptions
- Turn on and practice VoiceOver
- Change your VoiceOver settings
- Use VoiceOver gestures
- Operate iPhone when VoiceOver is on
- Control VoiceOver using the rotor
- Use the onscreen keyboard
- Write with your finger
- Keep the screen off
- Use VoiceOver with an Apple external keyboard
- Use a braille display
- Type braille on the screen
- Customize gestures and keyboard shortcuts
- Use VoiceOver with a pointer device
- Use VoiceOver for images and videos
- Use VoiceOver in apps
- Use AssistiveTouch
- Adjust how iPhone responds to your touch
- Use Reachability
- Auto-answer calls
- Turn off vibration
- Change Face ID and attention settings
- Use Voice Control
- Adjust the side or Home button
- Use Apple TV Remote buttons
- Adjust pointer settings
- Adjust keyboard settings
- Control iPhone with an external keyboard
- Adjust AirPods settings
- Turn on Apple Watch Mirroring
- Control a nearby Apple device
- Intro to Switch Control
- Set up and turn on Switch Control
- Select items, perform actions, and more
- Control several devices with one switch
- Use hearing devices
- Use Live Listen
- Use sound recognition
- Set up and use RTT and TTY
- Flash the indicator light for notifications
- Adjust audio settings
- Play background sounds
- Display subtitles and captions
- Show transcriptions for Intercom messages
- Get live captions of spoken audio
- Type to speak
- Record a Personal Voice
- Lock iPhone to one app with Guided Access
- Use built-in privacy and security protections
- Set a passcode
- Set up Face ID
- Set up Touch ID
- Control access to information on the Lock Screen
- Keep your Apple ID secure
- Use passkeys to sign in to apps and websites
- Sign in with Apple
- Share passwords
- Automatically fill in strong passwords
- Change weak or compromised passwords
- View your passwords and related information
- Share passkeys and passwords securely with AirDrop
- Make your passkeys and passwords available on all your devices
- Automatically fill in verification codes
- Automatically fill in SMS passcodes
- Sign in with fewer CAPTCHA challenges
- Use two-factor authentication
- Use security keys
- Manage information sharing with Safety Check
- Control app tracking permissions
- Control the location information you share
- Control access to information in apps
- Control how Apple delivers advertising to you
- Control access to hardware features
- Create and manage Hide My Email addresses
- Protect your web browsing with iCloud Private Relay
- Use a private network address
- Use Advanced Data Protection
- Use Lockdown Mode
- Use Stolen Device Protection
- Receive warnings about sensitive content
- Use Contact Key Verification
- Turn iPhone on or off
- Force restart iPhone
- Back up iPhone
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- Restore all content from a backup
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- Sell, give away, or trade in your iPhone
- Erase iPhone
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- Important safety information
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- Find more resources for software and service
- FCC compliance statement
- ISED Canada compliance statement
- Ultra Wideband information
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- Apple and the environment
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- Unauthorized modification of iOS
Open and close tabs in Safari on iPhone
![safari not closing tabs iphone](https://help.apple.com/assets/65E21662495F1A6C8701F50A/65E21663EF8273BE1D0C2734/en_US/f8660f96ce0f82918cdf1d0c55951e06.png)
Note: If you’re using the Single Tab layout, the menus and other items may look different from what’s described in this guide. See Change the layout of Safari .
Open a link in a new tab
Touch and hold the link, then tap Open in New Tab.
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View a tab’s history
You can see which webpages you previously visited in this tab.
![safari not closing tabs iphone the Back button](https://help.apple.com/assets/65E21662495F1A6C8701F50A/65E21663EF8273BE1D0C2734/en_US/6a2ce9f8f356d0a4dcdcfc384ef38ef9.png)
Tip: To close all tabs in this Tab Group at the same time, touch and hold Done, then tap Close All Tabs.
Open a recently closed tab
![safari not closing tabs iphone the New Tab button](https://help.apple.com/assets/65E21662495F1A6C8701F50A/65E21663EF8273BE1D0C2734/en_US/12d48fa9a82b5d7e291da08f1769ba33.png)
How to close all Safari tabs on iPhone
There's a super-simple way to close down every tab in Safari
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Whether you've just picked up an iPhone 13 or have been using iOS for a while, iPhones and iPads have a whole bunch of features that you may not know about. But here's one particularly handy trick that everyone should be aware of — being able to close all of your Safari tabs at once.
Quickly racking up browser tabs and forgetting about them is something we're all guilty of. And while iOS 15 is a highly optimized and efficient operating system, it's probably not a good idea to have endless tabs sitting around in the background.
Thankfully, there's a quick and easy way to close down every tab in Safari on your iPhone or iPad . Here's how to do it.
How to close every tab in Safari on iPhone or iPad
1. To instantly close every tab in Safari on your iPhone or iPad, simply tap and hold the tab icon, then tap " Close all [X] tabs ."
![safari not closing tabs iphone Screenshot from an iPhone showing how to close Safari tabs — this screen shows the pop-up enabling you to close tabs](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vLJCgmHC6LXHkvETzGhqV6-320-80.jpg)
2. To confirm, tap " Close all [X] tabs ."
![safari not closing tabs iphone Screenshot from an iPhone showing how to close Safari tabs — this screen shows the pop-up asking if you definitely want to close all tabs](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bqRv6hAiKkiPRphhZJLyb6-320-80.jpg)
3. Safari also has the option to automatically close unused tabs after a set period of time. To do this, tap one of the time periods that appears, or tap " Don't Close Automatically " if you don't want Safari to shut your tabs automatically.
![safari not closing tabs iphone Screenshot from an iPhone showing how to close Safari tabs — this screen shows the automatic closing options](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bVWXxgNHFfE9L69URQGKj6-320-80.jpg)
Now you know how to shut all your tabs in Safari, you might also want to find out how to move the Safari address bar back to the top on iOS 15 . You could also check out another hidden iPhone trick that will save you a ton of time, and find out how to recover deleted messages on iPhone , how to zoom with one hand in Apple Maps or a trick that boosts your headphone volume instantly .
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Dale Fox is a freelance journalist based in the UK. He's been a tech nerd ever since childhood, when he used the money from his first job as a paperboy to buy a subscription to GamesMaster magazine. Dale was previously a presenter and editor in China, where he also worked as a copywriter for OnePlus at its Shenzhen HQ.
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How to close all tabs on iPhone and iPad at once (iOS 17)
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Having too many tabs open in Safari can affect its performance and lead to an inefficient browsing experience. While you can close tabs individually in Safari, depending on the number of open tabs, it can become quite tedious and time-consuming.
Fortunately, you can close all tabs on your iPhone or iPad in one go. In this article, I will show you all the possible ways to do it.
How to close all Safari tabs on iPhone and iPad
It’s pretty easy to close all your Safari tabs on iPhone and iPad. Here are the steps you need to follow:
- Launch Safari on your iPhone and long-press the tab switcher icon in the bottom-right corner of the screen. On an iPad, this icon will be in the top-right corner.
- Select Close All [number] Tabs .
![How to close all tabs on iPhone and iPad at once iOS 17 Open Safari long press two square icon select close tabs tap close all tabs](https://www.igeeksblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Open-Safari-long-press-two-square-icon-select-close-tabs-tap-close-all-tabs.jpg)
How to close all Safari tabs on iPhone from the tab switcher screen
Another way to close all your Safari tabs at once is to use the Tab Switcher screen. This view shows you all your open tabs in a grid, making it easy to take a quick look and close them all at once.
- Inside Safari, tap the tab switcher icon.
- Take a look at the tabs if needed.
![How to close all tabs on iPhone and iPad at once iOS 17 Tap two square icon Long press done](https://www.igeeksblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Tap-two-square-icon-Long-press-done.jpg)
- Tap Close All [number] Tabs .
![How to close all tabs on iPhone and iPad at once iOS 17 Select close all tabs tap close all tabs](https://www.igeeksblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Select-close-all-tabs-tap-close-all-tabs.jpg)
How to close Safari tabs automatically on iPhone and iPad
If you have the habit of leaving a lot of Safari tabs open, you can set your iPhone or iPad to automatically close tabs after a certain amount of time. This way, you won’t have to worry about too many tabs slowing down your browser.
- Open the Settings app.
- Scroll down and select Safari .
- Tap Close Tabs .
![How to close all tabs on iPhone and iPad at once iOS 17 Select Safari tap close tabs select from options](https://www.igeeksblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Select-Safari-tap-close-tabs-select-from-options.jpg)
Safari will now automatically close your tabs based on your chosen time frame.
How to close similar Safari tabs at once on iPhone
When you’re researching something, you may end up opening a bunch of tabs related to the same topic. In such a situation, you can close them all at once using a handy feature in Safari. This ensures your other important tabs remain intact.
- Open the tab switcher screen in Safari.
- Tap the top of the screen to reveal the search bar .
- Type a word you think would be common on all the tabs you want to close, and you’ll see all the open tabs that match this word.
![How to close all tabs on iPhone and iPad at once iOS 17 Tap search bar write desired work tap close tabs matching to close all similar tabs in Safari](https://www.igeeksblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Tap-search-bar-write-desired-work-tap-close-tabs-matching-to-close-all-similar-tabs-in-Safari.jpg)
How to close all Safari tabs on iPhone with Tab Groups
Tab Groups is a Safari feature that lets you keep your tabs organized using folders. If you’ve used it to keep all similar tabs organized in one Tab Group, deleting that Tab Group will close all open tabs inside it. Here’s how:
- Go to the tab switcher screen in Safari.
- Long-press one of the tab thumbnails.
![How to close all tabs on iPhone and iPad at once iOS 17 Long press tab thumbnail select close other tabs](https://www.igeeksblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Long-press-tab-thumbnail-select-close-other-tabs.jpg)
Signing off…
That’s it. The above methods should help you declutter Safari on your iPhone or iPad and give you a clean slate to start fresh.
Moving forward, be sure to use Tab Groups or profiles in Safari to keep your tabs organized and avoid having an overcrowded stack of tabs again.
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How to clear the cache on your iPhone (and why you should)
How many tabs are open on your mobile browser right now? Go ahead, check -- you might be surprised by what you find.
Americans spend over five hours a day on their smartphones. That's over five hours of your phone potentially accessing, retrieving, and saving cache and cookies, which can negatively impact your iPhone's storage space .
What is cache?
Cache is the temporary storage of some data, like parts of a website from the last time you visited it, for example. Browser cache is content from a website that is stored on your phone during a browser session to help the browser execute faster the next time you visit that page.
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Cache data can slow down your phone's overall browsing performance, however, since it takes up storage space on your device, so it's good to clear it out regularly. In this article, we mainly focus on clearing web browser cache on an iPhone, but you should know that other types of cache include mobile app cache and CPU cache.
How to clear cache on iPhone
What you'll need: Everything you need to clear your browser cache is within the iPhone's settings app or the Safari app, so grab your iPhone to get started.
Keep in mind that clearing the cache can clear private data, which can close all open tabs in Safari. This is also likely to log you out of all your websites, prompting you to sign in again the next time you open them.
How do I clear the cache from Chrome on iPhone?
If Google Chrome is your preferred browser, it may have a substantial amount of data stored on your device, which could also slow down performance.
To clear the cache in Chrome, open the Google Chrome app and follow these steps:
- Tap Settings .
- Go to Privacy and Security .
- Select Clear Browsing Data .
- Select the time from which to delete the data (if you want to delete all your browsing history, choose All Time ).
- Go through the items you'd like to delete, like your Browsing History, Cookies and Site Data, Cached Images and Files, Saved Passwords , and Autofill Data.
- Confirm by tapping Clear Browsing Data at the bottom of the screen.
- Tap Done when you've deleted the Chrome cache.
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Clearing the browsing and cache data in Google Chrome doesn't close all open tabs, but it will refresh each tab and log you out of websites. Once you tap on one of the tabs you want to access, you'll have to log back in.
How can I browse on Safari without history?
If you're learning how to clear cache on an iPhone, you may also be wondering if there's a way to use Safari without saving any browsing history. You can turn on Private Browsing by following these steps:
- Open Safari .
- Tap on Tabs .
- Choose Private .
You can also enable private browsing by going to your iPhone Settings, finding Safari, and toggling on the private option.
How do I clear my app cache on my iPhone?
To clear the app cache from your iPhone Settings app, you can either delete the app and reinstall it, offload it, or try to clear the cache from within the app. Unfortunately, iOS apps don't have consistent settings across the board that would allow you to clear the cache of every app.
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Apps like TikTok and CapCut, for example, have options to Clear Cache within their respective settings. Amazon lets users delete their browsing history, while the Reddit app can clear local history. It all depends on what the app's settings let you do.
Is "clear cache" the same as offloading?
Not exactly, though app offloading can help if your phone is slowed down by low storage. To offload an app means to uninstall an app without deleting any documents or data associated with it.
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To offload an app, go to Settings , then General , choose iPhone Storage and select the app to offload, then tap Offload App . If you ever download it again, you'll pick up where you left off for that app.
Are cookies and cache the same thing?
Cookies and cache are not the same. Cookies are data files that websites send to your phone, including things like saved passwords to keep you logged into an account or even the website preferences from the previous time you visited.
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Though they do sound harmless, cookies can also track how you browse the internet. They monitor patterns in your browsing and search history, even seeing what you clicked on or what your mouse hovered over. Ever made an innocuous search on Amazon only to find ads for it on all the apps you use? Cookies likely made that possible.
Can I block cookies on my iPhone?
While you can block cookies on Safari, the ranks are divided on whether you should. Blocking cookies entirely means that websites won't be able to get information from you, but it also means that some websites may not even work correctly on your browser. A lot of users actually enjoy a more personalized browsing experience, so cookies are a good thing for them.
If you'd like to block cookies in Safari, follow these steps:
- Go to Settings and select Safari .
- Tap on the toggle next to Block All Cookies .
There are also third-party extensions that help you block cookies and trackers in Google Chrome, like Ghostery and Disconnect .
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You're browsing the web on your iPhone , reading about Apple's iPhone 16 event when you notice that things look a little off. Images are misshapen, some information is missing. You might be wondering what's going on.
Instead, you should be asking: When was the last time you cleared your cache?
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Your browser cache stores website data for faster retrieval, which can keep things a little snappier when everything matches up. But over time page elements might change -- the site might add new images, change layouts, etc. -- and that's when problems can pop up.
You can think of your browser cache like a mini fridge. It's a place where you can store items for the convenience of easier retrieval -- you don't need to trek all the way back to the kitchen for every item. However, that mini fridge gets cluttered over time, to the point where it might be difficult to find what you want or the items in the fridge have gone bad. That's why it's good to clear out your cache ( and your actual fridge ) every so often.
Whether you use Chrome , Safari or other browsers on your iPhone, your cache builds up that digital clutter over time. Clearing your cache gives the browser a new start, which can speed up your web surfing, even on iOS 17 or the upcoming iOS 18 . (If you're trying to get your phone to run faster, try managing your iPhone's storage .)
Website cookies are similar, except they store information about user data, rather than data on the website itself. Clearing your cookies gives you a chance to reset those preferences, which could improve your browsing experience. Note that clearing your cache and cookies will log you out of sites, which means you'll have to log into them again and reset any preferences. The upfront investment of that time can lead to a smoother experience down the road, and it can be a useful fix if you've recently changed settings that aren't being applied properly.
Here are step-by-step guides on how to clear your cache on your iPhone based on the browser you use .
How to clear your iPhone cache in Safari
Safari is the default browser on iPhones, and you can clear your Safari cache in a few short steps. Starting with iOS 11, following this process will affect all devices signed in to your iCloud account . As a result, all your devices' caches will be cleared, and you'll need to sign in to everything the next time you use them. Here's what to do.
1 . Open the Settings app on your iPhone.
2 . Select Safari from the list of apps.
3 . Go to Clear History and Website Data.
4 . Choose Clear History and Data in the pop-up box.
Then you're set!
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It's easy to clear your iPhone cache in Chrome.
Chrome is another popular browser for iPhone users. Thankfully, Google has simplified the process for clearing your Chrome cache, making it much faster to clear your data.
1 . Open the Chrome app.
2 . Select the three dots in the bottom right to open more options.
3 . Swipe over to Settings in the top menu bar.
4 . Scroll down and tap Privacy and security .
5 . Tap Clear Browsing Data to open up another menu. Select the intended time range at the top of the menu (anywhere from Last Hour to All Time). Make sure that Cookies, Site Data is checked, along with Cached Images and Files . Finally, hit Clear Browsing Data at the bottom of the screen.
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How to clear your iPhone cache in Firefox
If you're a Firefox devotee, don't worry. Clearing the cache on your iPhone is pretty straightforward. Just follow these steps.
1 . Click the hamburger menu in the bottom right corner to open up options.
2 . Choose Settings at the bottom of the menu.
3 . Select Data Management in the Privacy section.
4 . You can select Website Data to clear data for individual sites, or select Clear Private Data at the bottom of the screen to clear data from all selected fields.
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What happens when you clear the cache?
Clearing your cache removes the website data your phone stored locally to prevent having to download that data upon each new visit. The data in your cache builds over time and can end up slowing things down if it becomes too bulky or out of date. (My phone had about 150MB of data stored in Chrome when I checked.) Clearing that data gives sites a fresh start, which may fix some loading errors and speed up your browser. Clearing your cache also signs you out of pages, so be prepared to sign in to everything again.
How often do I need to clear my cache?
Most people only need to clear their caches once every month or two. That's generally the point when your browser will build up a cache large enough to start slowing things down. If you frequent a large number of sites, you should err on the side of clearing your cache more often.
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Safari tabs reappearing after closing and then disappearing when left open
The tabs in safari on my iPhone initially were reappearing after I had closed them. This went on for a few weeks. It was annoying, but I just kept closing them until they finally didn’t come back again. But then yesterday, my tabs began disappearing when I had left them open. I leave them open so I can go back and reference them. It’s only a few tabs, but it feels like my phone is gaslighting me.
Posted on Mar 25, 2022 7:53 PM
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Posted on Mar 27, 2022 7:13 AM
Amberzepeda,
Thank you for those details. Let's clear your website data to see if the issue persists.
Clear website data
You can clear website data occasionally to improve Safari performance. If you still need help, follow these steps:
- Go to Settings > Safari.
- Tap Clear History and Website data.
- Tap Clear History and Data to confirm.
More information can be found here: If Safari displays a blank page or quits on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
Can you also provide a few more details? What is your exact iOS version? Also, do you use Safari on any other devices?
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Mar 27, 2022 7:13 AM in response to amberzepeda
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Mar 26, 2022 4:41 PM in response to amberzepeda
Welcome Amberzepeda,
We understand that you're having an issue with tabs in Safari. To clarify, are you using iCloud Tabs to sync tabs across your devices? This can be found in Settings > [your name] > iCloud.
iCloud keeps the tabs you have open in Safari up to date on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac. That means you can go from one device to the next and pick up browsing wherever you left off.
Click here for details: Set up and use iCloud Tabs
If that feature is not enabled, we suggest completing the following steps:
• Restart your iPhone
• Close an app on your iPhone or iPod touch
• Make sure you're running the latest software version. (Be sure your device is backed up prior to completing this step): Update iOS on iPhone
Mar 26, 2022 7:04 PM in response to ManJor
I am not syncing, I am up to date, and I have restarted my phone to no effect.
Mar 27, 2022 8:29 AM in response to Omar_A1
I cleared it and ALL MY TABS DISAPPEARED. If I’d known they were all going to disappear I would have written the saved recipes down ahead of time 🥲
i only use safari on my phone. The iOS is 15.3.1
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Mar 27, 2022 8:39 AM in response to amberzepeda
Hey amberzepeda,
We hate to hear about the disappeared tabs and losing the recipes. Our apologies for that. Are you able to test out the issue now and is it resolved?
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Does your child use an iphone make sure you enable this messaging safety feature, i tried out apple fitness+ for a week so you don't have to, quick links, safari handles tabs efficiently, so leave them alone, but close them if it makes you happy, key takeaways.
Unlike on a desktop browser, having tabs open in the background on Safari won't slow down your iPhone. With some very limited exceptions, the tabs are "suspended" and won't use any resources until you interact with them.
If you're worried that your enormous pile of unclosed tabs in Safari for iPhone is slowing down your phone, decreasing your battery life, or wasting your storage, this is the article for you.
Listen, we understand. It's completely natural to assume that having a bunch of tabs open in Safari on your iPhone must have some sort of impact. It just feels like it should, right?
Related: How Many Tabs Can You Have Open on the iPhone?
How could keeping hundreds, if not thousands, of tabs open on your iPhone not hurt performance, battery life, or both? And surely there must be a massive storage penalty for caching all of those pages?
But that's applying an old-school desktop-oriented model of web browser use and impact to a mobile device that was designed to function in a different and more efficient way.
Despite all the claims you'll find on the web and in viral videos that you should routinely close out all your tabs to improve performance, it just doesn't matter.
When you are not actively looking at a page in Safari, the page is in a suspended state. It's, more or less, a glorified bookmark that happens to have a fancy thumbnail for your viewing convenience. The number of tabs you have in Safari doesn't decrease your battery life or make your phone run slower. If your phone needs resources, it will simply take care of all the resource management in the background without you ever intervening.
It's so efficient at this, in fact, that despite our best efforts through extensive testing to even replicate the tiniest performance hit to say, "Look! Under this extreme circumstance, you can finally see the impact of excessive browser tabs on the iPhone!" we came up empty-handed.
We loaded thousands of tabs. We tried to force web pages to stay active in the background and drain the battery. We logged into web-based resources we controlled and watched for prolonged activity indicating the browser tab in question was doing something, anything, at all.
The end result? Overwhelming evidence that the Safari experience on the iPhone is optimized to have as little impact on the user's overall phone experience as possible.
Related: Stop Closing Apps on Your iPhone
Nothing we did decreased performance. Running music off a web page loaded in the background (which is one of the only ways a site will even stay active when you aren't directly interacting with it) had no additional impact on battery life that you wouldn't get from playing any music at all continuously on your iPhone.
Just like closing apps on your iPhone has no impact on performance (and actually hurts performance and battery life), spending a lot of time fussing with your Safari tabs does nothing to make your phone faster or your battery last longer. And there's no storage performance hit either, because as soon as your phone needs to space taken up by any web page caches, it'll simply take the space and use it.
So when should you close tabs? Not to speed up your phone because, alas, that's just a placebo effect that makes you feel better.
Instead, close tabs when it helps your mental health and makes you feel happy. Whether you like starting each week with a clean slate, or you have tabs open related to a work project you'd rather not think about anymore, or for any number of reasons that you just don't want the tabs cluttering up your phone, feel free to dump them all.
Related: How to Automatically Close Safari Tabs on iPhone and iPad
In fact, you can even set up your phone to automatically close tabs for you on a schedule . Again, it'll have zero impact on performance, but who doesn't love a little automation? Setting up the tab closing schedule is like having a little Roomba for your digital detritus.
Don't care and don't want to bother closing them? That's fine too. I never do. You can open up Safari on my phone at any time and, save for those rare moments I've closed tabs for the purpose of writing articles here at How-To Geek, it's perpetually pegged at the maximum number of tabs.
And hey, while we're talking tabs, do check out all these tips and tricks for wrangling your pile of Safari tabs to keep them as organized (or not) as you prefer.
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This build includes all the improvements in Windows 11, version 22H2.
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Physically, yes I can click the x or swipe to close out a tab. But as soon as I close out of safari and go back in the next time, all the tabs I closed came back. And if I open a new tab it just adds to the open tab count. Even if I have it set to clear my tabs automatically, still they all remain. The weird part is, if I use one of the open ...
If you haven't already, restart your iPhone as restarting can resolve many odd issues: Restart your iPhone. If the tabs still don't close as expected, the following steps should help: Install any available software updates as they include fixes and security updates, and may help to resolve this issue. If an update is needed, back up first.
I have the same problem. My iPhone keeps showing a tab that is supposedly open on my iPad. The tab isn't on my iPad. I've tried closing the tab on the phone, but it just keeps showing as open. I have cleared safari history, restarted both iPad and iPhone without safari iCloud share and then allowing share. But the tab stays on iPhone!
All you have to do is open up the tab view in Safari and long press on the "+" icon to get a look at all of the tabs that you've recently closed. play. Even if you're aware of the gesture, it's ...
Time needed: 1 minute Steps to reopen websites from the Recently Closed Tabs list in Safari on iPhone. Open the Safari browser on your iPhone. Tap the Tabs icon at the bottom right corner.
Open Safari, and Select a tab. Long press the Bookmark icon on your iPhone or the address bar on your iPad, and a menu will pop up. Tap Add Bookmarks for [X] Tabs. The X represents the number of tabs. Create a name for the new folder. Now you can find your saved tabs anytime by tapping the Bookmark icon in Safari.
Long-press the "Done" button — place and hold your finger there for a moment until a pop-up appears. In the pop-up, select "Close All Tabs." The exact name of the pop-up action will vary, depending on the number of tabs you have open. Safari will ask you to confirm closing all the tabs with another pop-up message. Select "Close All Tabs" again.
On an iPhone: Open Safari and tap the Tabs button (two overlapping squares) in the bottom-right corner. Tap and hold the Plus (+) button at the bottom of the screen. A list of recently closed tabs appears, tap an item to open it in a new tab. Tap and hold the Plus button to see your closed tabs.
Fix 2: Disable iCloud Syncing in Safari. Sometimes, when you open the same tab in Safari on a different Apple device, the tab can get closed on your Mac. Step 1: Click the Apple logo in the Mac ...
Here's how to set it up. First, open Settings. Scroll down until you see "Safari" and tap it. In Safari settings, swipe down until you see the "Tabs" section, then tap "Close Tabs." One the "Close Tabs" screen, you have the option to set the lifespan of an open Safari browser tab. When set, Safari will close tabs that have not been viewed ...
Open the Safari app on your iPhone. To find the app, swipe down from the middle of the home screen on your iPhone and type Safari in the search bar. Then tap and hold the tab switcher icon. The tabs switcher icon looks like two overlapping squares in the bottom-right corner of your screen. Next, select Close All XX Tabs. Finally, tap Close All ...
Open and close tabs in Safari on iPhone. In the Safari app , use tabs to help you navigate between multiple open webpages. Note: If you're using the Single Tab layout, the menus and other items may look different from what's described in this guide. See Change the layout of Safari.
1. To instantly close every tab in Safari on your iPhone or iPad, simply tap and hold the tab icon, then tap " Close all [X] tabs." 2. To confirm, tap " Close all [X] tabs." 3. Safari also has the ...
To do so, press and hold the tabs button (the two overlapping squares) until a menu pops up. In the menu, select "Close All Tabs." A confirmation message will pop up. Tap "Close All Tabs" again, and all your tabs will disappear. If you've made a mistake and closed something important, hold down the plus ("+") button at the bottom of the screen.
Open up Safari. Long press on the "Tabs" icon denoted by two squares. On iPhones, it's at the bottom of the browser in portrait mode or at the top in landscape mode. On the iPad, it's at the top ...
Open the Safari app on your iPhone. Tap and hold the tabs icon, which looks like two overlapping boxes and appears in the bottom-right corner of your screen. In the pop-up menu, tap "Close All ...
Here are the steps you need to follow: Launch Safari on your iPhone and long-press the tab switcher icon in the bottom-right corner of the screen. On an iPad, this icon will be in the top-right corner. Select Close All [number] Tabs. Confirm by tapping Close All Tabs.
Safari automatically reopens a previous session I'm having issues with Safari in my iPhone XR with iOS 15.5. Each time I reopen the app the tabs that appear are those of a particular previous session, both in "normal" and "private" mode. This makes me unable to open new tabs and let them "stored" for reading afterwards.
Clear out the Safari cache and close tabs. If you use Safari often, your iPhone may be storing web history and data that you simply do not need. To clear Safari's browser cache, go to Settings ...
To close specific tabs at once, first, open Safari and then tap the Tabs button. Next, scroll to the top of your collection of open tabs and search for the tabs you want to close. An example may be all tabs that have Twitter open, or maybe all tabs from the Apple Store. When the tabs are selected, press and hold "Cancel."
Keep in mind that clearing the cache can clear private data, which can close all open tabs in Safari. This is also likely to log you out of all your websites, prompting you to sign in again the ...
Open the Settings app on your iPhone. 2. Select Safari from the list of apps. 3. Go to Clear History and Website Data. 4. Choose Clear History and Data in the pop-up box. Then you're set!
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These several tabs are shown from other devices (iPad, iPhone) on the Safari Start Page. They can be closed on the Start Page, but do not stay closed. They reappear persistently on the Start Page. These tabs are not visible on Safari on the other devices. They are only visible on the Start Page, along with many other tabs that operate normally ...
There are two other tab tricks that you might find useful while using Safari on your iPhone. First, you can tap any tab with two fingers to open it in a new tab. If you have specified tabs open "In Background" under Settings > Safari > Open Links, then these will open without pulling focus to the new tab. Lastly, you can also get back any tabs ...
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iCloud keeps the tabs you have open in Safari up to date on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac. That means you can go from one device to the next and pick up browsing wherever you left off. Click here for details: Set up and use iCloud Tabs. If that feature is not enabled, we suggest completing the following steps: • Restart your iPhone ...
Key Takeaways. Unlike on a desktop browser, having tabs open in the background on Safari won't slow down your iPhone. With some very limited exceptions, the tabs are "suspended" and won't use any resources until you interact with them. If you're worried that your enormous pile of unclosed tabs in Safari for iPhone is slowing down your phone ...
Keyboard focus sometimes might get lost when you press Shift + Tab. ... (IME)] When a combo box has input focus, a memory leak might occur when you close that window. [Country and Operator Settings Asset] This update brings COSA profiles up to date for certain mobile operators.