Recently closed tabs and windows

My 'Recently closed tabs' and 'Recently closed windows' option isn't working. I see it under the 'History' area, but I can't click on it. Is this blocked for a certain reason, and a way for me to unblock it? I just got a new laptop and installed firefox and ever since then it hasn't worked, but it worked great on my old laptop.
Thanks!

Make sure that session restore is working properly.
See:
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Session_Restore
You can also check these prefs on the about:config page.
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.sessionstore.max_tabs_undo
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.sessionstore.max_windows_undo
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.sessionstore.resume_from_crash

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Is it possible to eliminate recently closed tabs and windows to insure complete privacy

There is a setting to eliminate history being saved, but by clicking on recently closed windows, for example, at least some history becomes immediately available, and is not eliminated by setting the history feature to never retain history. Is there a way to eliminate any possibility that someone could discover your search activities beyond the history setting?

It is best to avoid opening windows and only open links in a tab. 
Firefox will always remember at least one window.
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.link.open_newwindow (3)
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction (0)
You can (temporarily) set the pref browser.sessionstore.max_tabs_undo to 0 to clear the "Recently Closed Tabs" list. 
If you want to re-use the "Recently Closed Tabs" feature (Undo Closed Tabs) then you can reset the pref browser.sessionstore.max_tabs_undo to the default value via the right-click context menu.
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.sessionstore.max_tabs_undo
See also:
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Private+Browsing

I have a search window on a new tab that I don't want - how do I change it to show me recently closed tabs and other options?

When I installed the Conduit toolbar, I must have changed a setting because I now see the Conduit Apps search on a new tab rather than my former list of recently closed tabs and other options. How do I change what appears on the new tab when I ask for one to be opened?

See:
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Search+bar

How do i delete "recently closed tabs" and "recently closed windows"?

I simply can not get rid of cache with recently opened tabs and recently opened windows.

Delete the files sessionstore.js and sessionstore.bak and any existing files sessionstore-##.js with a number in the left part of the name like sessionstore-1.js .
See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Session_Restore
You can (temporarily) set the pref [http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.sessionstore.max_tabs_undo browser.sessionstore.max_tabs_undo] to ''0'' to clear the ''Recently Closed Tabs'' list.
Use the ''Reset'' context menu item to re-enable ''Undo Closed Tabs'' with the default value if you want to re-use that feature.
You can clear "Recently Closed Windows" if you restore a window and open a blank tab (Ctrl T) and close all other tabs with a middle click.
If you close the window with only that empty tab then that window is removed from the list.
To avoid that make sure that you close all tabs before closing a window.
Set the pref '''browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab''' to ''false'' on the about:config page to prevent closing the last tab from closing the browser.

Since updating to firefox 25 my "undo closed tab", "restore recently closed tabs", and "restore previous session" are greyed out, I have tried resetting default

I have only had this problem since updating to firefox 25. I have already tried resetting the ff deafaults. it did restore the "undo close tab" for a short while. but when i exited and restarted ff i have the same problem again. I don't want to have to keep resetting the defaults, because it is too time consuming to then set all my preferences again.

I had the same difficulty. Could not use the Ctrl+Shift+T combo to undo close tabs. The solutions mentioned here did not work. I turned off the add-on "Tab Mix Plus" and the keystroke combo worked. Updating to the latest version of Tab Mix Plus solved the issue.

When Firefox crashes, tabs aren't saved, and Recently Closed Tabs/Windows are grayed-out

Although I had "Show My Windows and Tabs from Last Time" set in Options, my tabs aren't being restored after a crash. I also had my Home Page set to my Yahoo Mail page upon opening a new session. I then changed my Home Page to a blank page, but that hasn't worked to restore my open tabs after a crash. To make matters worse, under History,Recently Closed Tabs and Recently Closed Windows stay gray, so I can't restore the open tabs from there, either.

Make sure that you not run Firefox in [[Private Browsing]] mode.
In Private Browsing mode some menu items are disabled (grayed) and some features like visited links and others are disabled and not working.
You are in Private Browsing mode if you see "Tools > Stop Private Browsing".
See [[Private Browsing]] and http://kb.mozillazine.org/Issues_related_to_Private_Browsing
You enter Private Browsing mode if you select: Tools > Options > Privacy > History: Firefox will: "Never Remember History"
To see all History settings, choose: Tools > Options > Privacy, choose the setting '''Firefox will: Use custom settings for history'''
UnCheck: [[ ] "Automatically start Firefox in a private browsing session"

Where is the 'History Recently Closed Tabs' menu in Firefox 29

There used to be a 'Recently Closed Tabs' in the old orange Firefox 28 menu. Now it seems version 29 only has a 'Restore Closed Tabs' menu item in its 'History menu'. There seems to be no option to restore individually closed tabs. I'm always closing a tab by accident, and the old method was very fast and easy.
Another person asked about this, but it seems his only solution was the 'Undo Closed Tabs Button' Add-On:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/997285?esab=a&as=aaq
In the old menu, you had access to your recent history, 'Clear Recent History', 'Restore Previous Session', 'Recently Closed Tabs', and 'Recently Closed Windows' in one easy to access spot. Now all that is buried, or doesn't seem to exist anymore.
Is there any way to re-configure the new menu to include at least the 'Recently Closed Tab's menu again?

You can click History in the 3-bar Firefox menu button on the Navigation Toolbar to see the sections for recently closed tabs and recently closed windows.
You can also unhide the menu bar and open the History menu.
*Press the F10 key or tap the Alt key to bring up the hidden Menu bar.

I can´t restore my tabs (and I´ve already checked the History-Recently Closed Tabs)

If, by accident, I click on the bottom part of Firefox (above Windows´ taskbar) the browser sort of minimizes and I can´t reopen it, I have to cancel everything I´m doing. As I usually work with many tabs, a pop-up asks me if I want Firefox to save my tabs for next start, and I click on "Yes", but then, when I open it, I can´t restore them at all, even if I go to History-> Recently Closed tabs...
How can I solve this???
Please, I´d really appreciate it if you could help me, because this is so annoying, and makes me waste a lot of time!

Hi Morbus,
Thanks for your quick response. I set Tools>Options>General>Show my windows and tabs from last time as you told me, but it didn´t work. I also disabled add ons and ran the Safe Mode, though I still got no solution, so this is my Troubleshooting Info:
Application Basics
Name Firefox
Version 3.6.7
Profile Directory
Open Containing Folder
Installed Plugins
about:plugins
Build Configuration
about:buildconfig
Extensions
Name
Version
Enabled
ID
AboutPink 0.7 false [email protected]
Forecastfox l10n 0.7.2008093001 false
Freecorder Toolbar 2.5.6.0 false {1392b8d2-5c05-419f-a8f6-b9f15a596612}
Java Console 6.0.05 false
Noia 2.0 eXtreme OPT 3.76 false [email protected]
Personas 1.5.1 false [email protected]
RealPlayer Browser Record Plugin 1.0 false
PinkPaulaPack 2.0 false [email protected]
Modified Preferences
Name
Value
accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar 0
browser.history_expire_days 0
browser.history_expire_days.mirror 180
browser.places.importBookmarksHTML false
browser.places.importDefaults false
browser.places.leftPaneFolderId -1
browser.places.migratePostDataAnnotations false
browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion 2
browser.places.updateRecentTagsUri false
browser.startup.homepage http://www.google.com
browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone rv:1.9.2.7
extensions.lastAppVersion 3.6.7
network.cookie.prefsMigrated true
places.last_vacuum 1279077206
print.print_bgcolor false
print.print_bgimages false
print.print_command
print.print_downloadfonts true
print.print_evenpages true
print.print_in_color true
print.print_margin_bottom 0.5
print.print_margin_left 0.5
print.print_margin_right 0.5
print.print_margin_top 0.5
print.print_oddpages true
print.print_orientation 0
print.print_pagedelay 500
print.print_paper_data 0
print.print_paper_height 11,00
print.print_paper_size 5636352
print.print_paper_size_type 1
print.print_paper_size_unit 0
print.print_paper_width 8,50
print.print_printer
print.print_reversed false
print.print_scaling 1,00
print.print_shrink_to_fit true
print.print_to_file false
print.print_unwriteable_margin_bottom 0
print.print_unwriteable_margin_left 0
print.print_unwriteable_margin_right 0
print.print_unwriteable_margin_top 0
privacy.clearOnShutdown.cookies false
privacy.cpd.cookies false
privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs true
privacy.sanitize.promptOnSanitize false
privacy.sanitize.sanitizeOnShutdown true
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Closed all firefox windows by clicking the x 'cancel', then 'close tabs'. After reboot, couldn't recover open tabs, (options were not highlighted under History , i.e. Recently Closed Tabs or Recently Closed Windows). Why couldn't I recover my tabs?

When rebooting mac, I closed all firefox windows by clicking the cancel "x" and then clicked "close tabs". After rebooting I could not recover my open tabs, as none of the options were highlighted under History , i.e. Recently Closed Tabs or Recently Closed Windows.

We're sorry to hear that Firefox is crashing. In order to assist you better, please follow the steps below to provide us crash IDs to help us learn more about your crash.
#Enter ''about:crashes'' in the Firefox address bar and press Enter. A Submitted Crash Reports list will appear, similar to the one shown below.
#Copy the '''5''' most recent Report IDs that start with '''bp-''' and then go back to your forum question and paste that into the "Post a Reply" box. (Please don't take a screenshot of your crashes, just copy and paste the ID's. The below image is just an example of what your Firefox screen should look like)
:[[Image:aboutcrashesFx29|width=500]]
Thank you for your help!
More information and further troubleshooting steps can be found in the [[Firefox crashes - Troubleshoot, prevent and get help fixing crashes]] article.

When I close a tab, and I go through my history of "Recently Closed Tabs" or press Ctrl+Shift+T, my recently closed tab doesn't open and it doesn't get saved in the "Recently Closed Tabs" options under history. What do you think happened?

Does anyone else have this problem? It's in my history, but not under "Recently Closed Tabs".

Make sure that session restore is enabled and working properly.
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Session_Restore
You can also check these prefs on the about:config page.
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.sessionstore.max_tabs_undo
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.sessionstore.max_windows_undo
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.sessionstore.resume_from_crash

Suddenly with version 9 and 10 i cant use the shortcut command of ctrl+shift+t to open the most recently closed tab.

Suddenly with version 9 and 10 i cant use the shortcut command of ctrl+shift+t to open the most recently closed tab. a feature used several times a day, previously. This is very Frustrating to me, i have tried looking up a tool keyconfig 20110522 and looked that it says that ctrl+shift+t is the right command, but i still cant use it WHY oh WHY?? if i could get some help figuring this out it would be so awesome, cause i love Firefox, been using it almost daily for the last 10 or so years and i don't intend to switch soon.

Hi,
Please check if this happens in [https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe%20Mode Safe Mode.] This is a temporary diagnostic session and you can exit anytime and start Firefox normally again. This session disables all the '''Extensions''', themes ('''Appearance''') and '''Plugins''' in '''Tools''' ('''Alt''' + '''T''') > '''Add-ons'''.
[http://kb.mozillazine.org/Problematic_extensions Problematic Extensions]
[https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Troubleshooting%20extensions%20and%20themes Troubleshooting Extensions and Themes]
[http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Uninstalling+add-ons Uninstalling Add-ons]
[http://kb.mozillazine.org/Uninstalling_toolbars Uninstalling Toolbars]

Firefox (33.0.1) tabs and windows get all closed when I leave computer alone for some hours.

Firefox (33.0.1) tabs and windows get automatically all closed when I leave computer alone for some hours. No crash report get created. It never happens while I am working on the computer or surfing the web. I have Windows XP SP3.

-> Restart your System in Safe Mode
* http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/boot_failsafe.mspx?mfr=true
-> Uninstall your current Firefox => [[Uninstalling Firefox]]
* DO NOT SELECT TO REMOVE USER DATA AND SETTINGS
* Restart your system
-> Do a MALWARE check with these Malware Scanning programs. You need to scan with all programs because each program detects different malware. Make sure that you UPDATE each program to get the latest version of their Databases before doing a Scan. Also, Close All other Applications (softwares) before Starting to Run Scans.
* Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware -> http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free
* SuperAntispyware -> http://www.superantispyware.com
* Ad-Aware Free Internet Security -> http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php
* Spybot Search & Destroy -> http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
* Anti-Rootkit Utility '''TDSSKiller''' -> http://support.kaspersky.com/faq/?qid=208283363
-> [[Installing Firefox on Windows]]
Check and tell if its working.

Where do i find the restore directory. cant get back my closed tabs and its not showing up in recently closed tabs

after a shutdown and adding additional memory to desktop pc. win 7.

Using the "Show my windows and tabs from last time" setting is a more reliable way to restore session data.
* [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Menu_differences Firefox/Tools > Options] > General > Startup: "When Firefox Starts": "Show my windows and tabs from last time"
Make sure that you do not use "Clear Recent History" to clear the 'Browsing History' when you close Firefox.
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Clear+Recent+History
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Firefox+does+not+ask+to+save+tabs+and+windows+on+exit

Tabs and window restore only restored one of many open windows from last session. I hate this!!

Tab and window restoration has FAILED after version 13.01 installation! Out of 7 windows open with multiple tabs, only ONE BROWSER WINDOW OPENED with NO reference to what happened to the normal session that had been in the previous version of FF. I've read about this and I DON'T LIKE IT. It is reverse engineering. WHY would you scrap someone's research for the sake of making your browser open more quickly? DAMMIT MAN I don't have time to study a browser. I may not endure this version! I don't see a way out of this ff trap, other than go to previous version which is always a bitch. Dammit!

You need to use "Firefox/File > Exit" (Mac: "Firefox > Quit"; Linux: "File > Quit") to close Firefox if you are currently doing that by clicking the close X on the title bar to close Firefox with all open windows at once. Otherwise only the last closed window will be restored. If this did happen then check History > Recently Closed Windows to see if any are listed (default is 3).

I don't want my recently closed tabs to be saved... Any way to prevent this?

It has been a long time since I have used Firefox (got a Macbook, and for some reason just used Safari for a long time), so please forgive me if I am just missing something in the Firefox settings.
Anywho, I have Firefox set up to not remember my history because I like the privacy it offers. I think it is odd that I have it set up to delete my history, yet when you go to "History", it keeps a list of all my closed tabs... Doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose of having the browser not save my history?
Is there a way to prevent Firefox from keeping this list of my recently closed tabs?

Note that Firefox keeps a list of one closed window even with browser.sessionstore.max_windows_undo set to 0, so you may have to open another window with one tab and close this window to purge websites from this list.
See also the browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab pref on the about:config page.

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