Accidentally closed a safari window

I’m on iPad os15 and I accidentally closed my safari window with all of my tabs in it and remember that when this happened to me before in ipad OS 14 I could reopen it with the “reopen closed window” button after pressing safari on the dock. But when I tried in iPadOS 15 it just shows me the current one open and gives the option of adding more, so I was wondering were I could find an option to reopen it in iPadOS 15

iPad, iPadOS 15

Posted on Feb 1, 2022 10:25 AM

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Posted on Feb 1, 2022 11:36 AM

You can still Reopen Recently Closed Windows - but the method to access this feature has changed.


Starting from a Home Screen, assuming that Safari is visible in the Dock, touch-and-hold (i.e., long touch) the Safari icon; an Action Menu will appear.


From the menu, select Show All Windows; you will now see a screen that closely resembles the Task Switcher - but you will only see preview windows for your open Safari Windows. At top right, if you will see the Reopen Closed Window(s) button.




You should note that the Reopen Closed Window(s) button allows you to reopen a window for a limited period of time. If you have previously followed poor advice, you may have lost the opportunity to recover the closed window - and with it the tabs and related tab history.

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Feb 1, 2022 11:36 AM in response to arfat81

You can still Reopen Recently Closed Windows - but the method to access this feature has changed.


Starting from a Home Screen, assuming that Safari is visible in the Dock, touch-and-hold (i.e., long touch) the Safari icon; an Action Menu will appear.


From the menu, select Show All Windows; you will now see a screen that closely resembles the Task Switcher - but you will only see preview windows for your open Safari Windows. At top right, if you will see the Reopen Closed Window(s) button.




You should note that the Reopen Closed Window(s) button allows you to reopen a window for a limited period of time. If you have previously followed poor advice, you may have lost the opportunity to recover the closed window - and with it the tabs and related tab history.

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