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On my iPad Pro ios I often have multiple safari windows open When I double click home button and have them all show I have swiped up accidentally on wrong safari windows and lost all the open tabs. Many of those tabs are in privacy mode
How can I get that window and all its tabs back
iPad Pro 10.5-inch, Wi-Fi, Cellular
Tabs that are opened in Private Browsing mode are, by design, not stored in your iPad history. Once closed, this tabs/windows cannot be recovered.
Other recently closed Safari tabs can be recovered. Touch-and-hold the blue “+” icon at top right of the Safari window to see a list of recently closed tabs; tap the entry that you wish to restore.
An accidentally closed Safari window can also be reopened. 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 (or for iPadOS16, top-left) 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.
Once you get rid of them, you will need to recreate them or you can go into Safari history in the side bar and see if you can find them.
Getting safari tabs back on iPad Pro iOS
