How to Restore Last Session on Google Chrome on PC or Mac

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A step-by-step guide to reopening your Chrome tabs and windows
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The "Restore Last Session" button in Google Chrome was removed in the past, but you can still get your tabs back if you accidentally closed the browser window. Here's how to recover a recently closed Chrome session using your Windows or Mac computer.

Things You Should Know

  • To restore all recently closed tabs in Chrome, use the shortcut CTRL + Shift + T (Windows) or CMD + Shift + T (Mac).
  • You can also click "â‹®" → hover over "History" → hover over "[#] tabs" → "Restore window".
  • To enable "Continue where you left off", open the Settings. Click "On startup", then select "Continue where you left off".
Method 1
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Restoring Recently Closed Tabs

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    Open Google Chrome on your computer. The Chrome icon looks like a multicolored ball with a blue dot at the center. You can find it in your Applications folder on a Mac and your Start menu on Windows.
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    You can find this in the top-right corner of the window. It will open a drop-down menu.
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    A side menu will open.
    • Under Recently closed , you should see [#] tabs . This indicates the number of closed tabs from your last closed session.
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    A side menu will open with a list of your recently closed tabs.
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    This is at the top of the menu. The full window will be restored with all listed tabs. [1] If you'd rather open a single tab, click the individual page listed below Restore window to open it.
    • Alternatively, you can use the keyboard shortcut : CTRL + Shift + T (Windows) or CMD + Shift + T (Mac) to restore all recently closed tabs quickly.
    • If this doesn't restore the tabs you need, you can always check your browser history to open it manually.
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Continuing Where You Left Off

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    The Chrome icon looks like a multicolored ball with a blue dot at the center. You can find it in your Applications folder on a Mac, and your Start menu on Windows.
    • Google Chrome has a feature that allows you to keep your tabs after the browser window is closed . When Chrome is opened again, the tabs from your previous session will be restored.
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    This will open your browser settings in a new tab.
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    This tab is in the left panel, underneath Default browser . This will allow you to change your browser's startup behavior.
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    When this option is selected, your browser will restore and load all of your recent tabs from your last session whenever you start it up again.
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    What do I click to open my history?
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    There are three dots on the top right of Chrome. Click that and you'll see the history tab there. You can also just press control and H to pull it up.
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    What do I do when I had multiple windows with a couple of tabs and I close them, then opened a new one which I also closed?
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    You can go into your Chrome history and open the tabs you previously closed. To open history, click the 3 dots in the top right corner and either press the history button or hover over it to select one of the recent tabs you closed.
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