This article explains how to reopen tabs or windows you may have closed by accident in the Safari web browser. You can also use the History list to reopen sites.

What to Know

  • Undo a closed tab: Go to Edit > Undo Close Tab, press Command+Z, or click and hold the plus sign to the right of the Tabs bar.Or, select History > Reopen Last Closed Tab, go to History and mouse over Recently Closed, or press Shift+Command+T.Restore a closed window: Go to History > Reopen Last Closed Window. Or, History > Reopen All Windows From Last Session.

How to Undo a Closed Tab in Safari

You can open your lost tab using four methods. The first is to either select Undo Close Tab from the Edit menu, or press Command+Z on your keyboard.

Another way to reopen a page you’ve closed is to click and hold the plus sign at the far right of the Tabs bar. Usually, you click this once to open a new tab, but holding opens a menu with a list of ones you’ve recently closed. Select the one you want to reopen.

You can restore multiple tabs you’ve closed by using the command repeatedly.

The third way is to select Reopen Last Closed Tab under the History menu or press Shift+Command+T on your keyboard.

Finally, you can find a list of tabs you’ve recently closed under the History menu. Mouse over Recently Closed to see a list of pages you can reopen, and then click the one you want to restore.

Restoring Closed Windows

If you close a Safari window, you can reopen it just as you can reopen a closed tab, but the command is under a different menu. Select Reopen Last Closed Window under the History menu, or press Shift+Command+T on your keyboard.

Reopen Safari Windows From Last Session

Besides being able to reopen closed Safari windows and tabs, you can also open all Safari windows that were open the last time you quit Safari.

The Reopen Last Closed Window and Reopen Last Closed Tab commands share the same spot in the History menu and keyboard shortcut. Which you see depends on which you closed most recently.

Safari, like all the Apple apps, can make use of OS X’s Resume feature, which was introduced with OS X Lion. Resume saves the state of all the open windows of an app, in this case, any Safari window you have open. The idea is that the next time you launch Safari, you can resume right where you left off.

From the History menu, select Reopen All Windows From Last Session.

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