Safari tabs didn’t populate in my new iPhone

After moving everything over from my iPhone 12 Pro to my new iPhone 16 pro, all of the tabs in Safari are gone on the new phone, as well as all of the tab folders. Is there a way to restore them?



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iPhone 16 Pro, iOS 18

Posted on Apr 7, 2025 2:13 PM

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Posted on Apr 10, 2025 8:52 AM

I believe if you back up your iPhone to your Mac, restoring that backup to a replacement iPhone will restore all its tabs along with everything else. Provided you still have your old iPhone and you did not already overwrite its previous backups, then you can still do that.


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Apr 10, 2025 8:52 AM in response to ALEr1826

I believe if you back up your iPhone to your Mac, restoring that backup to a replacement iPhone will restore all its tabs along with everything else. Provided you still have your old iPhone and you did not already overwrite its previous backups, then you can still do that.


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Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup

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