How to restore suddenly missing 'X' to close open tabs on iMac in Safari?

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How to restore suddenly missing 'X' to close open tabs on iMac in Safari?

The "X" which was formerly present on the left side of each open tab in Safari when I moved the cursor there and which I would click on to close an open tab has suddenly gone missing. Somehow when I turned my iMac on today I had lost this functionality. Now I cannot easily close an open tab in Safari and have to open a drop down menu in order to close an open tab. This is both annoying and time-consuming. On my Macbook Air I still have this functionality. I would appreciate any help you might give as to how to restore the "click-on-X-to-close" function to open tabs in Safari on my iMac. I'm running OS X 10.9.2 on the iMac. Yesterday the missing "X" function to close open tabs was there, today it's not. Thanks!

Harvey Soss

iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)

Posted on Apr 17, 2014 11:48 AM

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Answer 1

Apr 17, 2014 12:30 PM in response to sosslaw

Try deleting the cache associated with Safari ..

Open a Finder window. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder

Type or copy paste the following:

~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/Cache.db

Click Go then move the Cache.db file to the Trash.

Quit and relaunch Safari to test.

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Answer 2

sosslaw Author

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Apr 17, 2014 3:06 PM in response to Carolyn Samit

Thank you, Carolyn. Actually, forcing Safari to quit and then re-opening it seems to have done the trick, at least for the present. I'll keep my fingers crossed and hold your suggestion in reserve should the problem reoccur. Again, thank you for the prompt response. It's much appreciated.

Harvey Soss

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Answer 3

Apr 17, 2014 3:36 PM in response to sosslaw

Glad it's working for you 🙂

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