How To Close Open Tabs On Iphone

How to close a website tab in Safari on iPhone

Computer science 2021-11-15 12:01:14

You opened a website on your iPhone, but you don't know how to get rid of it. Fear not, it's easy to close a website by shutting down its tab in Safari. We'll show you how to do this.

What is a tab in Safari?

In Safari, a "tab" is a web page currently open in the browser.eur. It can be in the foreground and you are watching it now, or it can be in the background and you can come back to it later.

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The terms "tab" and " tabbed browsing first appeared on desktops in the 1990s. Before tabbed browsing became popular, most browsers opened every website in its own right. own separate window. With tabs, you can open multiple websites at the same time in the same browser window.

On an iPhone, the term "tab" is no longer as relevant as Safari is still an experience to use. single window, but Apple has chosen to keep the use of the term. It's a familiar way of saying that multiple web pages are open at the same time.

How to close a single tab in Safari on iPhone

First, open the Safari application. While viewing a page, press the tabs button (two rounded squaresis overlapping) in the lower right corner of the screen.

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(Under iOS 15 or higher, if your address bar is at at the bottom of the screen , you can also drag up on the bar of 'address to see a list of open browser tabs.)

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After pressing the tabs button, you will see a list of your website's currently open tabs with a thumbnail preview for each. To close a website (tab), press the small "X" button in the top left corner (iOS 14 and earlier) or the top right corner (iOS 15 or later) of the site thumbnail.

Repeat this with all any other tabs you want to close. In iOS 15 or later, you can also quickly drag thumbnails to the left to close them.

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How to close all Safari tabs at once

If you have to close many Safari tabs (even dozens or hundreds of them) and don't want to touch or browse through them one by one, you can quickly close them all at once .

To do this , hold down the tabs button (the two squares thatoverlap) until a menu appears. From the menu, select "Close all tabs."

A confirmation message will appear. Press "Close all tabs " again and all your tabs will disappear.

If youmade a mistake and closed something important, press and hold the plus ( "+ ") button at the bottom of the screen. You will see a "Recently closed tabs list that you can use to reopen the tabs you need. Happy browsing!

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