How to return a closed tab in the browser if accidentally closed

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• How to open last closed tab
• Google chrome
• Yandex browser
• Opera
• Mozilla firefox
• Internet explorer
• Restoring tabs after restarting the computer

By accidentally closing a tab in a browser, the first thought comes – how to open it back. Software developers have provided several options for solving this problem. Thanks to which any user, even not the most advanced one, can easily open a closed tab.

How to open last closed tab

There are several ways to restore a tab in a browser, all of which are guaranteed to return a page that was accidentally closed:

1. Hold Ctrl + Shift + T at the same time. To correctly type this combination, first press the Ctrl button on the keyboard, then hold down its Shift key and the English letter T (Russian E). By repeating the combination, you can return the last few pages from the hierarchy.
2. Alt + Left Arrow
3. Instead of keyboard shortcuts, you can use the right mouse button (RMB): move the cursor to the top of the browser window, click RMB when the context menu opens, select “Open Closed Tab”.
4. Each browser has a separate place where all previously viewed pages for different periods of time are stored, it is called the Visit Log or History. The desired page may not be in the History for two reasons: if it was cleared, or the page was viewed in incognito mode. Depending on the browser, you can get to the Visiting Log in different ways, so your algorithm for each program is listed below.

Google chrome

You can enter the history of the Google Chrome browser using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + H or through the settings button, which is three vertical dots in the upper right corner of the program window. After choosing the “History” item, you will be redirected to the page where all the sites that have been open recently have been collected. The list is sorted by days, hours and minutes. To go to the closed tab, left-click on it (LMB).

If the necessary page could not be found, then use the search provided in the history. It is located on top with the corresponding magnifying glass icon and a small textbar. Enter the keyword there and click the “Search History” button. If you do not remember the exact case of the key, then you can write only part of the word. In addition to a keyword or phrase, you can search by site name.

Yandex browser

If through the hotkey combination Ctrl + Shift + T you were unable to return the closed tab, then Yandex Browser History will come to the rescue. To quickly go to the section page, you need to hold down the keys Ctrl + H, you can still click LMB on the button with three horizontal lines, which is located in the upper right corner of the program.

In a new tab, a list of viewed pages sorted by visit time will appear. You can return a closed site manually by finding the desired entry in the list, or use the history search, as in the case with the previous browser. You can also search by keywords and the name (part of the name) of the site.

Opera

All previously visited and accidentally closed tabs are stored in the Opera browser history. You can go there by pressing the “Menu” button in the upper left corner of the program window. To go to the desired site, click LMB on the appropriate line in the list. The developers of the Opera browser also provide a search by history. To do this, enter the keyword in the textbar with the inscription “Search in history”.

Mozilla firefox

Previously closed pages in Mozilla Firefox can be returned through the log. To do this, in the program window, click on the icon of three horizontal lines, then select the “Library” and “Journal”. A list of tabs that were recently closed appears on the screen. To return to any of them, you just need to click LMB on the line with the desired site. To view all recently closed tabs, click at the bottom of the Show Full Log list. A list of all addresses appears on the screen. On the left you can select a specific date, and at the top there is a convenient search in the journal.

Internet explorer

In Internet Explorer, in order to return closed tabs, in addition to the hot keys Ctrl + Shift + T, a log is also used. It is located under the button with the star in the upper right corner. All previously viewed sites in Internet Explorer are stored there. For your convenience, the tabs are sorted by day. The order can be changed, for this you can select a different sort in the upper drop-down list.

Restoring tabs after restarting the computer

Often, the entire current session is lost due to an emergency restart of the computer. In this case, in order to restore a closed tab, it is recommended to adhere to the following algorithm:

1. Most browsers, upon entering after an emergency shutdown of the computer, offer to return an incomplete session correctly. A notification will pop up at the top of the program with the appropriate recovery button.
2. Mozilla Firefox has a separate item in the program settings, which is called “Restore a previous session”.
3. If the two previous paragraphs did not help return the closed tabs, then you can always use the command Ctrl + Shift + T or search by history (log).