# Re-Open Closed Tab (Windows 10? 11? Whatever's current)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-open-closed-tab-windows-10-11-whatevers-current/992230>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 28, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-open-closed-tab-windows-10-11-whatevers-current/992230 "2023-10-28T15:14:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-open-closed-tab-windows-10-11-whatevers-current/992230/21 "2023-10-29T18:17:31Z")

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> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#):
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> I do know that, so I was hoping for a keystroke solution.
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> Besides, that’s inefficient if the window had half a dozen - or two dozen - tabs. ⁢

In my experience, Ctrl-Shift-T will restore whatever was most recently closed. If it was a tab, it will restore a tab. If it was a window, it will restore the whole window.

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**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-open-closed-tab-windows-10-11-whatevers-current/992230/22 "2023-10-29T18:18:44Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> In my experience, Ctrl-Shift-T will restore whatever was most recently closed. If it was a tab, it will restore a tab. If it was a window, it will restore the whole window.

You can use it repeatedly to reopen second to last, etc. I’m not sure how many it remembers

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-open-closed-tab-windows-10-11-whatevers-current/992230/23 "2023-10-29T18:22:48Z")

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I responded to PastTense and somehow skipped OldGuy’s post. Sorry.

Yes, Ctl-shift-T does work to restore a window and all the tabs in Firefox.

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2023, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-open-closed-tab-windows-10-11-whatevers-current/992230/24 "2023-11-02T02:02:46Z")

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Windows 10, FF 119.0

(for some reason I don’t have the Firefox logo on the far left, so I know nothing about it.)

Ctl-shift-n re-opens the most recently closed window.

Longer way: click on “history” (between “view” and “bookmarks” at the top of any window), then select “recently closed windows”, and click on the desired window.

The number of windows saved can be increased through “about:config” and changing the value of “browser.sessionstore.max\_windows\_undo”.

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