MacBook Air tabs won't close

on my iPhone I have tabs from my MacBook Air that aren't on my computer and I try to close them, only to have them open right after. I have restarted both my computer and iPhone and have not had them go away. what is going on?

iPhone SE, iOS 14

Posted on May 24, 2021 2:30 PM

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1 reply

CarlAVII

Community Specialist

May 25, 2021 11:38 AM in response to Alyssa-Katherine

Hello Alyssa-Katherine,

Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.

We understand that you are having difficulties in closing tabs in Safari on your iPhone. These tabs were ones that were on your MacBook Air. This sounds like you are using iCloud Tabs to share the open tabs between your devices. We would recommend taking a look at this support article on using iCloud Tabs, to include closing tabs on your devices. Closing shared tabs is a little different than closing tabs created on the device.

Set up and use iCloud Tabs - Apple Support

Best regards.

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