iPhone Safari deletes my tabs

View recently closed tabs. Touch and hold .

Get back to the top. Tap the top edge of the screen to quickly return to the top of a long page.

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Refresh the page. Tap next to the address in the search field.

See a tab’s history. Touch and hold or .

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Block pop-ups. Go to Settings > Safari, then turn Block Pop-Ups on or off.

I'd like to say, I have an issue with Safari deleting bookmarks for no reason. I think it's a serious bug we are talking about, and these issues might be linked. Pity that no one here seems to be paying attention to it.

That being said, I have a workaround in mind for you. You could add pages you postpone to read to Safari's reading list. For that, tap on the sharing icon at the bottom of the web-page in Safari (it looks like a square with an arrow pointing up). In the menu that pops up, tap 'Add to Reading List' (icon with eyeglasses). To access the Reading List, tap the bookmarks icon (looks like a book) at the bottom of the web-page in Safari, and then tap the reading list tab (eyeglasses).

Of course, this could be an exercise in futility, since Safari seems to be deleting bookmarks on a whim. But still, something to consider, instead of having multiple tabs open all the time, which could drain CPU power and battery.

I'm having the exact same issues since iOS 10.2.1 it's driving me crazy I've tried all the fixes and latest software update still the same issue even with just one tab open!!! It's defo a bug and apple need to sort this out not happy as I rely on going back to tabs when I have time to read them I'm a researcher and need this function to work!!!! APPLE SORT THIS OUT!!!!

Perfect!!!! This solve the issue. You are supposed to turn it on. It was turned off, so it wouldn't save the pages left open.

Thank you sooo much!

Any luck with solving this problem?

I'm having the exact same issue for a few days now.

Having been using Safari with multiple tabs open the other day, I left the app to use other apps on my phone for a few minutes. When I came back, all my open tabs were gone, my reading list was wiped, and the bookmarks folder I had most recently visited appeared to have its links, but the titles were blank and the links did nothing. I was able to get those links back through my history but could do nothing about the reading list.

Now I still have this problem of Safari only remembering what I have open for a few minutes. If I go to another app for a while or set my phone down and come back to it, whatever tabs I had open (doesn't matter how many), are closed and I'm just left with the new tab page.

This is seriously frustrating. Seems clear it is a bug that needs fixing and not just a one off.

I think I have found the solution to the Safari tabs being deleted.

Go to settings->

Safari ->

privacy and security ->

Toggle the " do not track" to OFF

This solved my issue, hope it solves yours as well.

This has started happening to me now also. It is so f'in frustrating. It started the other night before the new update rolled out. My phone started acting funny so I used the reboot function and ever since then my safari tabs keep disappearing. They can disappear after 5 mins or an hour. I've tried everything that has been posted here including a full reset but no luck. Any useful help would be much appreciated. Thanks

I was having the same issue and i just figured it out!!

Make sure you have safari on in your iCloud, if it's off iCloud has no way of "tracking/saving" any tabs you have open.

I hope that helps! Let me know :)

Hi there,

Thanks for your reply.

I already had it switched on in my iCloud settings. I don't really know what else to try. I've went through everything on my phone so now at a loose end. Very frustrating.

I have also been having the same problem. I first noticed it about 3 weeks ago with my iPhone 6. I would open Safari, and all of my tabs would be gone. Last week, I had upgraded my phone to the 7Plus, and am still having the same issue. It is very frustrating, as I see different things that I don't have time to read right at that moment, but am now unable to return to.

I've just came out of the Apple Store after them having looked at my phone. They advised me that's there's nothing they could do. The guy did advise me to go into Settings>Safari>Clear History and Website data. I've done so and it looks like it's cleared the issue.

Hope this helps.

I am not sure but may be it can solve your problem-

• Go to settings
• Safari
• privacy and security
• Toggle the " do not track" to OFF