The Red 'X' Button/ Quit Safari

I wish I had an answer for you. On my M1 MacBook Air, with the settings you listed in your OP, when I quit Safari. The next time I open it all the Tabs that were open, reopen.

You could try adding a second admin user account, log into it and test.

Your resolve #2: Is the preference on or off?

This screenshot was my setting. I then unchecked the "Close windows..." setting, quit Safari, then re-opened it and it brought me directly to this page in the discussions.

MichaeL4552 wrote:

Yes. Lets say i opened netflix, youtube, and yahoo in 1 safari (1 safari with multiple tabs on it)

if i press the red ‘x’ button the safari apps will close (still shown dot underneath the safari logo = its mean its still running in the background)

however, if i re-open the safari again, it wont show me where i left before. It bring me to the start page even though i havent force quit it

So try this: open Safari, open those three tabs in the single Safari window, then press the red dot to close that window, which also closes all three tabs contained in that window. Then click again on Safari; then, under the History menu, select "Reopen Last Closed Window." All three tabs should reappear. Is this what you want?

You may want to make sure "Close windows when quitting an app" is not enabled in System Preferences > General.

MichaeL4552 wrote:

So how to make it red ‘x’ not closing every web when i reopen?

It is simple. Do not use the "red 'x'" to close the window.

I ask ever family and friend with Mac and they all said if the press the X and re open it, it will bring back to the previous web/activity

Every "family and friend" you asked was mistaken.

FWIW, the red button has never quit Safari. it only closes the window and any tabs open in the window.

Did you check this setting as I mentioned previously?

"You may want to make sure "Close windows when quitting an app" is not enabled in System Preferences > General.".

however, if i re-open the safari again, it wont show me where i left before. It bring me to the start page even though i havent force quit it

You aren't re-opening Safari. You are just opening a new browser window.

What opens on that new window is controlled in the Safari Preferences.

If you Quit Safari instead of Closing the window, you can set it to re-open the tabs that were open when you quit Safari.

By using the red Dot, you are closing all of those tabs, so there is nothing to re-open.

MichaeL4552 wrote:

Then why they make ‘x’ button if its act like “quit”/ “force quit” why not just the yellow & green button?

As has been explained to you a number of times, the red button closes the window.

So your saying that every others app will re-open and bring to their last activity when i press ‘x’ but not the safari? Thats weird

No, I never said that. I'm sure at this point you can figure it out.

So how to make it red ‘x’ not closing every web when i reopen?

Not possible

i ask ever family and friend with Mac and they all said if the press the X and re open it, it will bring back to the previous web/activity

Not true.

No, no, no!!!!

Red button is not, and never was, on any mac, the same as Quit, as far as Safari is concerned.

You may think you remember it like that, but no.

Only in "single-window" applications does the red button actually makes the app quit. An example: System Preferences.

The same does NOT happen, and never did, in applications such as Safari, Preview, TextEdit, Finder, or any other app (Apple or third party) that supports multiple windows.

It should be obvious that if you CLOSED the window before quitting, then it will not automatically appear when you start the app. Just press Command-Q to quit, and there you are. Safari will start where it was before.