How to Search Recently Closed Tabs on Chrome and Edge

Apr. 6, 2021

You might already be aware of thekeyboard shortcutCtrl+Shift+T that you can use to restore your recently closed tabs. However, this shortcut is not convenient if you’re looking for a specific web page you closed recently. As a solution to this problem, web browsers have added ways to let users search recently closed tabs. In this article, you’ll learn how to do that on two of the mostpopular web browsersout there, i.e Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge.

Search Recently Closed Tabs on Chrome and Edge

1.Open theTab search menuby clicking on the downward arrow at the top right corner of Chrome. You can alternativelyuse the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+Ato access this section.

2. You will notice that Chrome now has a separate section for recently closed tabs in the tab search menu. As firstspotted byTechdows, the feature arrived with a recent Chrome Canary update, and I am testing it on Chrome Canary version 91.0.4466.2. We could expect Google to bring it to Chrome’s stable channel over the coming weeks.

3. Now, all you have to do istype relevant keywords in the search boxto 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 re-open. You can then click on the result to open that webpage.

4. Open Edge andaccess the history pop-up by clicking on the history button. You can also use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+H to open it or access History from the horizontal three dots menu.

5. When the pop-up appears,switch to the ‘Recently closed’ section. You can also see all the recently closed tabs here, including those from other devices where you use Edge.

3.Click on the search button up top and type your desired page’s keywordto find it. When the results appear, click to re-open the website.

So, that’s how you can easily search for recently closed tabs on Chrome and Edge. For more such tips, check out our article on the bestChrome tips and tricks. If you’re someone who switched to Microsoft Edge recently, you should read our article on thebest Edge flagsto find and enable some useful new features.

Subin writes about consumer tech, software, and security. He secretly misses the headphone jack while pretending he’s better off with the wireless freedom.