Why Did All My Chrome Tabs Disappear?

There are many reasons one or all of your open Chrome tabs might disappear.

There are a number of ways you might recover the tabs that you previously had open.

Steps to restore recently closed tabs in Chrome on a Windows-based PC.

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How Do I Recover Lost Tabs in Chrome?

Each of the causes listed above have their own individual solution to restore the tab or tabs.

The easiest solution is to restore a single tab, or several tabs, you have just accidentally closed.

Image of Ctrl and Shift keys

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If you select yes, all tabs will automatically recover.

you might repeat this process multiple times to continue opening previous tabs that you might have accidentally closed.

Another method to do this is using a keyboard shortcut.

Chrome’s recent history menu item selected in Chrome running on a Windows-based PC.

Just hold down theCtrlandShiftkeys on your keyboard and press the “T” key.

Each time you press “T” it will restore each of the previous tabs you accidentally closed.

You’ll see a list of recent tabs you had open.

Screenshot of long term Chrome history

Select any of these to reopen that page.

This will open a listing of past tabs you had open over a longer time range.

Scroll down to see the tabs you had open a few hours or a few days ago.

The Tabs from other devices selection highlighted in Chrome on a Windows-based PC.

Right-click thewhite dotto the left of the group to give it a name and a color.

The easiest way to save the tabs you have open is to go toBookmarks>Bookmark All Tabs.

Alternatively, pressShift+Command/Ctrl+Don your keyboard.

Enter a name for the new folder, and then it will appear on your Favorites bar.

hit the folder to open any or all of the saved tabs later.