Is it possible to close one window in Safari?

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Is it possible to close one window in Safari?

I currently have 3 open windows in Safari. Two windows are minimized. I was working in one Safari window when Safari froze. I do not want to force quit Safari (which would close all 3 windows) because I do not want to lose what I was working on in the two minimized windows. Is it possible to quit one window in Safari when frozen? Command W is not working. Is there a command I could use in the Terminal to close the specific problem Safari window?

MacBook Pro

Posted on Jan 19, 2012 11:16 PM

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Jan 19, 2012 11:22 PM in response to libk

Is it possible to quit one window in Safari when frozen?

I'm afraid not, but a suggestion would be to use tabbed browsing instead of separate windows. If you find you can't edit content on a page using tabs, click Close Tab from the Safari File menu. The other tabs stay open.

I was working in one Safari window when Safari froze.

To avoid this from happening either using windows or tabs, go to your Safari menu bar click Safari > Empty Cache. Empty the cache after each session.

Or, back to the menu bar again, click Safari > Reset Safari. Select the top 5 buttons, click Reset. That will help prevent Safari from freezing.

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Jan 19, 2012 11:22 PM in response to Carolyn Samit

I had multiple tabs open in these multiple windows. I was working on multiple projects and had too many tabs to keep the projects straight. Usually I would not have multiple windows open.

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