If you take dozens of tabs open up in Safari on iPhone or iPad and need to clear them out rapidly, it tin be ho-hum to "X" them out 1 at a time. Luckily, there are two means to close all your Safari tabs at once, and they also work in Private Browsing mode. Here's how.

First, open "Safari" on your iPhone or iPad. While on any folio, locate the tab switcher push button, which looks like two overlapping squares. On the iPad, you'll find it in the upper-right corner of the screen.

The tab switcher button in Safari on iPad.

On the iPhone, it'due south in the lower-right corner of the screen.

The tab switcher button in Safari on iPhone.

Place your finger on the tab switcher button and hold information technology there for a moment, preforming a "long press." In the menu that pops up, select "Shut All Tabs." (There will exist a number in the choice that lists the number of open tabs.)

In the menu that pops up, select "Close All Tabs."

When Safari asks you to confirm with some other pop-up, tap "Close All Tabs" again. After that, all of your browser tabs volition close.

How to Close All Safari Tabs on the Tab Switcher Screen

There'southward another fashion to quickly close all tabs in Safari on iPhone and iPad. Starting time, open up "Safari," then tap the tab switcher push button once.

The tab switcher button in Safari on iPhone.

On the tab switcher screen, locate the "Washed" button, which is located in the upper-right corner of the screen on the iPad and in the lower-correct corner of the screen on the iPhone.

Long-press the "Done" button—place and agree your finger there for a moment until a pop-up appears.

On the iPhone or iPad, do a long-press on the "Done" button in the tab switcher screen.

In the pop-up, select "Shut All Tabs." The verbal name of the popular-up action volition vary, depending on the number of tabs you have open.

In the pop-up, select "Close All Tabs."

Safari volition inquire you lot to confirm closing all the tabs with another pop-up message. Select "Close All Tabs" again. Then all of your Safari tabs will close instantly. The same activity works in Private Browsing mode. Pretty handy!

How to Reopen Recently Closed Tabs

If you accidentally airtight all of your tabs and would like to get them back, you can recall them ane at a time as long as you aren't in Individual Browsing mode. Just tap the tab switcher push, then long-press the "+" button until a "Recently Airtight Tabs" list appears. From there y'all can tap on entries in the list to open them again in Safari. Skilful luck!

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