Bring back the tab you just closed.
Use the browser’s reopen shortcut when you close a page by mistake.
A small mistake does not need a new search.
You meant to close the tab beside the page you were reading. Now the useful page is gone. Before searching the web again, try reopening the recently closed tab.
In Chrome, press Ctrl+Shift+T on Windows or Linux, or Command+Shift+T on a Mac. Repeating the shortcut can reopen earlier closed tabs. For practice, use a simple public page where losing the current state does not matter.
Undo a closed tab
Useful tab closed
Ctrl / Command + Shift + T
An address is easier to restore than unfinished work.
Reopening a page is not a backup for everything you typed into it. Unsaved form text, temporary state, and private browsing behavior can differ. Do not test this by closing an important unfinished application.
The habit is useful precisely because it is small: remember the shortcut, try it on a harmless page, and then you have it ready when the mistake is real. If the wrong page reopens, check whether you closed another tab more recently.
Windows / Linux: Ctrl + Shift + T Mac: Command + Shift + T
Make it yours.
- Open a harmless public page in a new ordinary tab.
- Close that tab.
- Use the reopen shortcut and confirm the page returns.
What changed when you tried it?
A little nudge
Use Shift as well as Ctrl or Command; the extra key changes the action.
What to look for
The recently closed page reappears in a tab. This does not establish that unsaved work would always be recovered.
Take it one small step further
Close two harmless tabs and repeat the shortcut twice to observe the order.
Reopen the page before starting the search again.
Read more: Google Chrome · Keyboard shortcuts ↗
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