Fortunately you can open recently closed tabs in the mobile version of Safari, although it is a bit of a hidden feature. Our tutorial below will walk you through the steps to follow so that you can start taking advantage of this option.

Opening Recently Closed Web Pages in the Safari iPhone Browser

The steps in this article were performed on an iPhone 6 Plus, in iOS 9. This method will work for other iPhone models that are also running iOS 9, as well as iPhone devices running the iOS 8 operating system. Note that you will not be able to open recently closed tabs if you are in a private browsing session. The window for recently closed tabs will open, but there will not be any pages listed. Do you have a child or employee that is using an iPhone, but you want to block their Web access? You can use the Restrictions feature on the device to disable the Safari browser. This feature, along with many other options on the Restrictions menu, provides a helpful way to ensure that unwanted content is not accessible on the device.

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