How to Reopen Recently Closed Tabs in Edge on a Computer

One stray click and the page you were reading is gone. Edge keeps a stack of closed tabs, and you can pull them back with a shortcut, the Recently closed list, or a right-click on the tab strip.

Start with Ctrl+Shift+T on Windows or Cmd+Shift+T on Mac. For a specific site, open Settings and more, point at History, and pick it from Recently closed. Anything older lives in full History.

In this guide, I have covered:

Restore the tab you just closed with a shortcut

You closed a tab by mistake, or a page disappeared while you were reading it. One keystroke brings it back, and no menu is involved.

1. Press Ctrl + Shift + T on Windows, or Cmd + Shift + T on macOS.
2. Press the same shortcut again to reopen the next tab in the recently closed stack.

You’ll know it worked when the lost page returns as the active tab. Each extra press walks one tab further back through the stack.

That combination is one of several Edge tab commands. The Microsoft Edge keyboard shortcuts guide lists the rest.

Pick a specific page from the Recently closed list

You know which site vanished, but not how many tabs back it was. The History submenu names each closed page, so you can choose the exact one instead of guessing with the shortcut.

1. Open Microsoft Edge on your computer.
2. Click the menu labeled Settings and more.
3. Hover over History to open its submenu.
4. Under Recently closed, select the website you want to restore.
   

You’ll know it worked when the page you picked comes back as an open Edge tab.

Right-click the tab strip to reopen a closed tab

You are working with the mouse and only need the last tab back. The tab strip carries the same command, so the keyboard can stay out of it.

1. Right-click an empty area of the tab strip, or an empty area in the vertical tab list if that layout is enabled.
2. Select Reopen closed tab.
   
3. Repeat the command to restore the next closed tab.

You’ll know it worked when the tab reappears in the same window. Edge restores the most recently closed tab each time you choose the command.

This trick needs a tab strip, and phones do not have one. On Android, tabs hide behind a tab counter, so the steps to open new tabs and InPrivate tabs in Edge browser on Android cover that layout.

Search the full History page for an older tab

The page you want has already dropped off the Recently closed list. Edge’s full History still records it, so you can open it again by name or address.

1. Click the menu labeled Settings and more.
2. Hover over History, then choose History from the submenu to open the full history page.
3. Enter the site name or address in the history search box.
4. Select the matching result to open the page.

You’ll know it worked when the site loads in a new tab. It is a fresh visit, though: the closed tab’s earlier back-history entries do not come with it.

Reopening tabs on a phone works differently, so use the guide to reopen recently closed tabs in Edge browser on Android when you are not at a computer.

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