You’re happily using your web browser. Thinking you are done with a page, you close a tab. But you were wrong. You were not done with the page.

Option 1: Open the last-closed tab

This keyboard combination will open your last-closed tab in a new browser tab. Works in all browsers.

Windows: SHIFT + CTRL + T

Handy mnemonic: “SHIfT. Wait. I’m in CTRL. Open the T(ab) I just closed.”

Mac: SHIFT
+ COMMAND + T

Handy mnemonic: “SHIfT. Wait. I’m in COMMAND. Open the T(ab) I just closed.”

Option 2: Open browser history

This keyboard combination will open your web browser history in a new tab. Works in all browsers.

Windows: CTRL + h

Handy mnemonic: “I’m in CTRL of my browser h(istory).”

Mac: COMMAND + h

Handy mnemonic: “I’m in COMMAND of my browser h(istory).”