In settings I see "After a day", "After a week", and "After a month" options. I don't see "On Exit". Surely Apple didn't fail to add a ridiculously simple feature that a million people have googled to find and every other browser in the world supports.
iPhone 6s
Lawrence Finch wrote:
Browsers on the iPhone never exit, which is probably why there is no "On Exit” option.
Good point!
And, given the number of people who've posted freaking out because they've lost their 312 open browser tabs becasuse of something or other, I can understand why it might not be an option.
Lawrence Finch wrote:
Browsers on the iPhone never exit, which is probably why there is no "On Exit” option.
Good point!
And, given the number of people who've posted freaking out because they've lost their 312 open browser tabs becasuse of something or other, I can understand why it might not be an option.
Apple doesn't read here in this user-to-user forum for feedback or suggestions. You can, however, let them know your thoughts here:
Interestingly, I can't find that feature on the Chrome browser for iOS either. It offers me the options of never or after 7, 14 or 21 days. So, maybe not "every other browser"?
I don’t see it on Firefox either. Browsers on the iPhone never exit, which is probably why there is no "On Exit” option.
IdrisSeabright wrote:
I wonder if the OP is seeing the "Close Private Tabs when leaving private browsing".
Safari has that option also.
Unacceptably restricting an option because some people can't operate the phone/software properly is not the proper path. There's no danger here. It's not like when Microsoft let you format the system drive in Win 95 without a "Are you sure" prompt.
BobApplePayne wrote:
Unacceptably restricting an option because some people can't operate the phone/software properly is not the proper path.
In your opinion. Apple apparently has a different opinion about how things should be done.
There's no danger here. It's not like when Microsoft let you format the system drive in Win 95 without a "Are you sure" prompt.
There is certainly "danger" to people who care a lot about their tabs. I don't happen to be one of them but I also recognize that no everyone uses their devices in the same way as I do, that their needs and wants may be different than mine.
Lawrence Finch wrote:
And where did you find that setting? I can’t find it.
I couldn't find it, either. I found that Firefox will move tabs to "Inactive" after 14 days.
I wonder if the OP is seeing the "Close Private Tabs when leaving private browsing".
@Lawrence Finch: If you flip the Firefox window off the screen, it closes. When you bring up Firefox again using the Home Page icon, there are no tabs open. I do have the Settings > Homepage set to "Homepage", not "Last Tab". There are never any tabs open when I start FFox.
So "on close" then if you prefer. FFox closes all tabs at exit.
On an iPhone? How do you close Firefox on an iPhone?
And where did you find that setting? I can’t find it.
Close all Iphone/IOS 17 Safari tabs on exit?
