Recently Closed

This extension works fine except for the fact that when I click on a closed tab link in the list it opens up in a new window. Is there a setting I can change so that it will open in the window that I already have open and not a new window?

Mythical 5th Developer Mar 6, 2026

Tabs get restored to the window they were in when they were closed. Sometimes that is the current window, sometimes a background one, and if the original window has been closed then a new window is created. The process is actually handled by the browser rather than being a design choice in the extension. An option to "Restore to current window" is probably feasible though, and is definitely a good idea. Thank you for the suggestion.

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Works super well - gotta give credit where its due.

A complete disaster. This extension gives the illusion of maintaining an organized view of closed tabs across your most recent browsing sessions (or at least within a fixed time frame, such as a week). But no! What it actually does is reset the "recency" count every time you open the extension. This means it will only consider tabs closed from that moment onward as recent, while silently discarding all previous ones—even if they were closed just minutes ago—utterly defying any reasonable int... Show more

Mythical 5th Developer Jan 27, 2025

This extension uses the browser's internal list of closed tabs and windows, which is limited to the most recent 25; nothing is recorded or discarded by this extension. It displays the same information you can get in the "Recent tabs" section of the browser's History menu, but whereas that only has 8 entries, this extension displays the full list together with website domain information and an indication of when the tab was closed. Thank you for your review, the description panel has been updated (pending review) to explain the extension's purpose more clearly.

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This is so useful I would have paid for it. Chrome's own recently closed list is too small and it somehow forgot about 2 important saved tab groups. This extension allowed me to easily find the contents of and recreate the tab groups.

That's what i need thanks !

This extension is a lifesaver. The browser's own recently closed list only keeps 8 entries, but I was able to use this extension to restore windows that had been pushed off that list.

Just saved me, closed a window with 60+ tabs open in groups and didn't realize it until over an hour later since I had multiple windows open. Couldn't see it in the list, so I downloaded this and it was all there. Thank you!

this is single-handedly the most useful extension in the entire chrome web store, it VERY rarely malfunctions but even then it still works

This extension is awesome! I thought I had lost several tab (73) of them that I was working on because Google only retains the the last 8 and this extension brought back the group that had been bumped off the list after a restart. Great work guys! Thanks

Exactly what I needed!