How to Reopen a Closed Browser Tab — Ctrl+Shift+T
Question: how do you reopen an accidentally closed browser tab?
Answer: press Ctrl + Shift + T — three keys at once — and the closed tab opens again.
The shortcut works in Chrome, Firefox, Opera and Edge. Press it several times and tabs come back one by one, starting with the most recently closed.
Other ways to get a tab back
- Right-click the tab bar → “Reopen closed tab” (in Firefox — “Reopen Closed Tab”).
- Browser history — Ctrl + H. It lists all the pages you opened, even if the tab was closed long ago.
- On a Mac — Cmd + Shift + T.
If the whole browser closed
If you accidentally closed the whole browser window, open the browser again and press Ctrl + Shift + T — in Chrome and Firefox this restores the last closed window with all its tabs. To keep your tabs on every start, turn on “Continue where you left off” in Chrome’s settings or “Open previous windows and tabs” in Firefox.
A handy shortcut — remember it!