Have you accidentally closed a page open in your web browser without having previously placed it in your favorites? Don’t panic, you can easily find it in a few seconds.
A second of inattention, a keyboard shortcut performed by reflex: it does not take more for a Web page opened in a browser to close instantly. And to realize a few minutes later or a long time later that you had not finished reading it or that it contained information that you needed. Fortunately, all browsers now have something to save you by keeping not only a history of your browsing but also a function allowing you to reopen with one click the tabs that you have recently closed, voluntarily or not. Good news: whatever browser(s) you use, the principle remains fairly identical. Here’s how to do it on both PC and Mac.
A hotkey or a drop-down menu, choose whichever method works for you to reopen a recently closed tab in Chrome.
► If the tab has just been closed, press the keys CTRL + Shift + T (on Windows) or cmd + Shift + T (on macOS). The last closed tab will instantly reopen in a new browser tab. If you perform this keyboard shortcut again, the tab that was closed before will reopen.
► If the tab was closed long before other tabs; click on the three vertical points at the top right of the window. From the menu that appears, choose Historical. Immediately a sub-menu appears. It contains a section named Recently closed in which appear all the tabs that you have closed during your session.
► Finally, you can also right-click on a blank area of the tab bar at the top of the browser window. From the menu that appears, choose Reopen closed tab.
Mozilla’s browser works on the same principle as Google Chrome. Better, it uses the same shortcuts.
► If the tab has just been closed, press the keys CTRL + Shift + T (on Windows) or cmd + Shift + T (on macOS). The last closed tab will instantly reopen in a new browser tab. If you perform this keyboard shortcut again, the tab that was closed before will reopen.
► If the tab was closed long before other tabs; click on the three horizontal lines at the top right of the window. From the menu that appears, choose Historical. Immediately another menu appears. It contains a section named Recently closed tabs in which appear all the tabs that you have closed during your session.
► Finally, you can also right-click on a blank area of the tab bar at the top of the browser window. From the menu that appears, choose Reopen closed tab.
Based on Chromium like Google Chrome, there is no reason for Microsoft’s browser to deviate from the principle of Google’s. We therefore find the same operation to reopen recently closed tabs.
► If the tab has just been closed, press the keys CTRL + Shift + T (on Windows) or cmd + Shift + T (on macOS). The last closed tab will instantly reopen in a new browser tab. If you perform this keyboard shortcut again, the tab that was closed before will reopen.
► If the tab was closed long before other tabs; click on the three horizontal points at the top right of the window. From the menu that appears, choose Historical. Immediately a sub-menu appears. It contains a section named Recently closed in which appear all the tabs that you have closed during your session.
► Finally, you can also right-click on a blank area of the tab bar at the top of the browser window. From the menu that appears, choose Reopen closed tab.
The browser differs a little from its competitors but easily leaves the possibility of finding the tabs closed inadvertently.
► If the tab has just been closed, press the keys cmd + Shift + T. The last closed tab will instantly reopen in a new browser tab. If you perform this keyboard shortcut again, the tab that was closed before will reopen.
► If the tab was closed long before other tabs, pull down the History menu at the top of the screen. From the pop-up menu, choose Recently closed. Immediately a sub-menu appears. It contains all the tabs that you have closed during your session.
► Finally, you can also right-click on the + button nestled on the far right of the tab bar at the top of the browser window. All previously closed tabs are displayed.
