User level: Level 1 (17 points)I started using tab groups a while ago hoping that I'll not lose pages anymore. I created a "Last session" tab group and made it current, so that all the pages that I open get saved in there. It worked for a while until today, when i closed and restarted Safari, and pooff, my "Last session" tab group is EMPTY.
Where can I find the tabs that were saved in there? The "Recently Closed" menu only shows the tabs I closed on purpose, not the one saved in the tab group.
Posted on Nov 2, 2026 12:57 PM
User level: Level 4 (2,112 points)Nov 4, 2026 4:04 PM in response to myintruder
Hi, first thing to try is the History menu in Safari. Look for Reopen All Windows from Last Session, and also check Recently Closed there.
If the tab group is still empty, open the sidebar and see if there's a second group with the same name. Safari can also start a fresh empty window instead of your saved group, so it helps to pick the group from the sidebar before quitting. Time Machine can restore it if you have a backup.
User level: Level 1 (17 points)Nov 5, 2026 1:52 AM in response to tillu_code
Thank you for the copy & paste response. "Recently Closed" only shows the pages that I closed manually. And Reopen All Windows does nothing.
My tabs in that tab group, like about 30 tabs of open PDF and videos I kept open in preparation for a project, are simply gone. I also checked on the iPad, cause the groups get synced over iCloud, and that particular group contains 0 pages.
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256387734