How to Search Recently Closed Tabs in Chrome and Edge 1

How to Search Recently Closed Tabs in Chrome and Edge

You may already be aware of the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+T that you can use to restore tabs you recently closed. However, this shortcut isn’t useful if you’re looking for a specific webpage that you recently closed. As a solution to this problem, web browsers have added ways that allow users to search for recently closed tabs. In this article, you will learn how to do this in the two most popular web browsers, Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge.

Search Recently Closed Tabs in Chrome and Edge

Search Recently Closed Tabs in Chrome

one. Open the tab search menu By clicking the down arrow in the top right corner of Chrome. alternatively you can Use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+A To access this section

2. You will notice that Chrome now has a separate section for recently closed tabs in the tab search menu. Firstly detected by Techdows, the feature came with a recent Chrome Canary update and I’m testing it on Chrome Canary version 91.0.4466.2. We can expect Google to bring this to Chrome’s stable channel in the coming weeks.

recently closed tabs section chrome 3. Now all you have to do is type relevant keywords in the search box To open a recently closed page To do this, click on the ‘Search tabs’ text box and start typing the name of the website you want to reopen. You can then click on the result to open that web page.

search for recently closed pages

Search Recently Closed Tabs in Edge

1. Open Edge and access the history popup by clicking the history button. You can also use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+H to open it or access History from the horizontal ellipsis menu.

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2. When the pop-up window appears, Skip to ‘last closed’. You can also see all recently closed tabs here, including those from other devices where you use Edge.

recently closed section edge

3. Click the search button at the top and type the keyword of the page you want to find. When the results appear, click to reopen the website.

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Easily Find Recently Closed Web Pages

This is how you can easily search for recently closed tabs in Chrome and Edge. For more such tips, check out our article on the best Chrome tips and tricks. If you’re someone who has recently switched to Microsoft Edge, you should read our article on the best Edge flags to find and enable some useful new features.

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