Sometimes while working with browsers, users see an inscription like "Failed to restore the tab." What it is? How to deal with the problem? Next, we will try to find the answers to these questions. In addition, let's talk about restoring tabs in browsers in general. It is not as difficult as it seems. Even a child of preschool age will cope with the mentioned tasks!
Keyboard shortcuts
If, while working with an Internet browser, a person sees the inscription “Failed to restore the tab,” you should use the standard keyboard shortcuts to open certain pages.
There are separate combinations for each browser. We will get to know the most popular options.
How to restore tabs in Chrome? To do this, press Ctrl + Shift + T. This combination forcibly restores previously opened sites. A similar combination is used in Opera and Mosil.
If the user works with Safari, he will have to click on Cmd + Z. A similar combination only works on Mac computers.
The above combinations didn’t help and still couldn’t restore the tabs? Then you should pay attention to other recommendations.
Mozilla and the recovery team
How to restore tabs in Mozilla? The following tip only works in this browser. And therefore, it is not suitable for other Internet browsers.
Firefox has a special command to force recovery of previously closed tabs. It is used in practice not too often, but it does.
To restore tabs in Mozilla Firefox, you will need:
- Launch a web browser.
- In the address bar, type about: sessionrestore.
- Press the "Enter" button.
- Click on the Restore control.
- Wait a while.
After a few seconds, the tabs will be restored. Usually this technique helps many users. But what if you still couldn’t restore the tab?
Function menu
For example, you can use the special function menu. Every Internet browser has it. Only not everyone knows how to use it correctly.
How to restore tabs in Chrome? User can act like this:
- Launch a web browser.
- Click RMB on the tab manager.
- Select the option "Restore tab" in the menu that appears.
Such an algorithm of actions allows you to quickly and easily return the last closed page. If you repeat the action, the penultimate site will open, and so on.
Important: a similar algorithm of actions will help to cope with the task in almost all browsers for Windows. It does not provide for any special skills of the user. It is enough to know how to run programs on a PC.
Menu in settings
Failed to restore the tab? A similar error does not occur too often, but it causes a lot of trouble. Fortunately, users can correct the situation by various methods.
Another scenario that is actively used in real life is working with the "Recently Closed Pages" menu. Reception can not always be activated, but in most cases it is available.
The algorithm of actions will be approximately as follows:
- Launch the required Internet browser.
- Click on the button responsible for entering the main menu of the application. Typically, the corresponding control is located to the right of the address bar. On it, the user will see either 3 stripes, or 3 points.
- Select "History". It is enough to move the cursor over the corresponding inscription.
- Examine the menu "Recently Closed ...".
- Click on the page you want to go to.
In reality, everything is simpler than it seems. The proposed instruction works with almost all browsers. Therefore, it is considered universal.
"History" to help
Failed to restore the tab? Then it can be found and rediscovered. The "History" option will help to cope with such an operation. Usually, in all browsers, after initialization, saving the history of visited pages is enabled. She is useful to us!
How to restore tabs in Yandex? If the previously suggested instructions did not help, you can do this:
- Go to the Internet browser.
- Take a look at the main application menu.
- Select the "History" option. In "Mozilla" is the item "Journal".
- Click on the line "View History". Sometimes the corresponding option is simply labeled "History" or "View All ...".
As soon as the list of visited pages appears on the screen, the user has to find the desired tabs and click LMB on them. In the course of the actions taken, the browser will open previously viewed web resources.
When tricks are useless
We figured out how to restore tabs in Chrome and beyond. But sometimes all the instructions described are useless. They will not work under any circumstances.
Currently, restoring tabs is partially or completely unavailable when:
- the user works in the "Incognito" mode;
- in the browser, the function of saving the history of visited pages is disabled;
- a person has completed a session.
Now it’s clear how to behave if you could not restore the tab. Even a novice PC user will be able to cope with the task.