Opening a large number of tabs at the same time not only confuses the user, but can also lead to the emergency closing of the browser, or in other words, “crashing”. In this case, the previous session will be lost and all open tabs will disappear. In this guide, we will talk about different ways to recover lost tabs.
This is not always due to errors. Sometimes you can just get confused in a hodgepodge of tabs and close the ones you need, and remember this only after half an hour. In addition, you can confuse and open the page not in a new tab, but by going to a new address in the old one. In this case, it will also be difficult to find the information you need.
While working, it’s easy to “win” extra tabs.In this article, we will consider several popular ways to open previously closed pages and not lose the necessary information.
Menu “Recently Closed”
The easiest way to get back lost tabs is to go to the menu “Recently Closed”. It is present in every modern browser and is usually located in the same place as “Story”. Press the combination to quickly open it “Ctrl+H”.
If you have not found the desired sub-item in the history tab that opens, click the global browser menu. Usually these are three dots (Chrome), three horizontal lines (Firefox) or the browser icon itself (Opera) in the left or right corner. Then find the “History” tab, where after the inscription “Recently Closed” lost tabs are displayed.
In many browsers it is possible to restore it completely if you close one of the windows. To do this, go to the tab “Recently Closed” and select the desired folder to restore.
If you have MacOS, the shortcut that opens “History” — CMD+J.
Use keyboard shortcuts to restore tabs
If you’ve just closed one of the tabs, it’s much easier to use a keyboard shortcut that opens the just-closed tab. This method works in almost all browsers. Note: In some browsers, the method may not work after restarting the computer.
In Windows, this is a keyboard shortcut “Ctrl+Shift+T”and on Mac CMD+Shift+T. Pressing the combination a few times opens the last closed tabs in reverse order (from the last to the previously closed tabs).
Using the TabCloud or Session Buddy extensions
Tab cloud and Session buddy – one of the most popular extensions that make it easier to work with tabs. They are available for Chromium-based browsers: Google Chrome, Opera, Opera GX, Yandex.Browser, Atom, and so on. TabCloud is also available for Firefox.
These extensions can recover tabs after a browser crash, sync them across multiple devices, organize workspaces, and collect tabs.
With them, you don’t have to worry about data loss – after the browser crashes, the extension will automatically load the previous working session.
Browser history
If you can’t find the right tab, need to restart your computer, or haven’t had time to install the necessary extensions, go to your browser history. For most browsers, it opens with a keyboard shortcut. “Ctrl+H”. There you will find all the previously opened tabs, transitions from one page to another and the lost session in a browser crash.
This method does not allow you to save the data you entered on these tabs. Only the HTML address and a long-term cache are stored, which means it won’t work, for example, to reopen a tab with a half-typed comment – it will disappear.
Save a work session
If you often need to open the same tabs you worked with last time, set your browser correctly. Modern versions of browsers support saving sessions – the ability to continue working where you left off.
To enable it, you need to open the browser settings, enter the word in the search “launch” or On startup and activate item “Previously Opened Tabs” (Chrome) or “Restore tabs from previous sessions” (OperaGX). If the name of the option is different in your browser, look for something with a similar meaning.
Now the browser on startup will automatically open the tabs that were active at the time of closing, and also try to restore the session that was active at the time of exit.
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We hope this article helped you. If you activate the saving of the working session, get used to the key combination “Ctrl + Shift + T” and use the search in the browser history, it will become much easier to work on the computer.
Maybe you know other ways to recover lost tabs or useful extensions for this?
Source: VG Times