Safari saves my incognito browsing tabs on recently closed.

Is there any way to resolve this or remove recently closed entirely?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.1

Posted on Dec 18, 2021 11:51 PM

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Dec 20, 2021 7:16 AM in response to lakshya14

Hello lakshya14,


Welcome to Apple Support Communities!

If we understand your post correctly, Safari is saving your Private Window tabs on recently closed. We'd like to help!


Private Browsing stores everything it does during a session as Safari normally does, it is all discarded when you close the last open window or tab: cookies, history, website data... everything will be gone, as if you did not use Safari at all during that time. It also prevents your browsing activity from appearing on devices sharing your iCloud ID.


"Websites can’t modify information stored on your device, so services normally available at such sites may work differently until you turn off Private Browsing.

Note: None of the above applies in other Safari windows you may have open that don’t use Private Browsing."


More information about Private Browsing can be found here: Use Private Browsing in Safari on Mac


Let us know if you have any questions.

Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.

Take care!



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