If you have dozens of tabs open in Safari on iPhone or iPad and need to articulate them out quickly, it can be wearisome to "Ten" them out i at a time. Luckily, there are two ways to shut all your Safari tabs at one time, and they also work in Private Browsing manner. Here'due south how.

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

The tab switcher button in Safari on iPad.

On the iPhone, it's 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 it there for a moment, preforming a "long press." In the menu that pops up, select "Shut All Tabs." (At that place will be 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 lot to ostend with another popular-upward, tap "Close All Tabs" again. After that, all of your browser tabs will close.

How to Close All Safari Tabs on the Tab Switcher Screen

There'southward another way to apace close all tabs in Safari on iPhone and iPad. Offset, open "Safari," then tap the tab switcher push once.

The tab switcher button in Safari on iPhone.

On the tab switcher screen, locate the "Done" push, 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" push—identify and hold your finger there for a moment until a popular-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 exact proper noun of the popular-up activity will vary, depending on the number of tabs you have open.

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

Safari will ask you to confirm closing all the tabs with another pop-up bulletin. Select "Close All Tabs" again. So all of your Safari tabs volition close instantly. The aforementioned action works in Individual Browsing mode. Pretty handy!

How to Reopen Recently Closed Tabs

If yous accidentally closed all of your tabs and would like to become them back, y'all tin remember them i at a fourth dimension as long every bit yous aren't in Individual Browsing fashion. Merely tap the tab switcher push button, then long-press the "+" button until a "Recently Closed Tabs" listing appears. From there you can tap on entries in the list to open up them again in Safari. Good luck!

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