# Can't restore session **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 21, 2018, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-restore-session/819946 "2018-08-21T02:52:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-restore-session/819946/1 "2018-08-21T02:52:49Z")
I ran a periodical antivirus program (SpyHunter) and discovered it had erased several pages of tabs and windows of Firefox browsing. I attempted to restore to an earlier point to get back my lost pages/tabs/windows, but no dice. Any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-restore-session/819946/2 "2018-08-21T14:07:41Z")
> [@Enola\_Straight](#): > > I ran a periodical antivirus program (SpyHunter) and discovered it had erased several pages of tabs and windows of Firefox browsing. > > I attempted to restore to an earlier point to get back my lost pages/tabs/windows, but no dice. > > Any suggestions? I only have instructions for Chrome, but I guess that it’s the same or at least similar in Firefox. Open the menu (click the three-dotted icon), got to history, and a list of recently closed tabs should appear in the menu. Sometimes after a closure of a whole session, you can reopen all those tabs by a single click in that menu. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-restore-session/819946/3 "2018-08-21T14:20:06Z")
Ok, just went to my main machine which has Firefox, and it’s a bit different. Make sure that the traditional program menu is shown, click the menu item ‘chronic’, choose ‘recently closed tabs’ and then ‘restore all tabs’. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-restore-session/819946/4 "2018-08-22T16:27:31Z")
I think that in Firefox, ctrl + h brings up the history, too (if that doesn’t help, try ctrl + shift + h). You should be able to restore your closed tabs from there.