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Close tabs
clear browser history
Close tabs on the smartphone
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Delete tabs on the mobile phone

Close open tabs and delete visited tabs - it's very easy. Find the solution here!

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Have you visited a website but no longer want to see it? Then you should close the associated tab. If you don't want this page to appear in your browser history, clearing the history will help. In this tipps + tricks article, we'll show you how it all works.

Close tabs

If you use a browser on your computer, you can close tabs using the X button. The tabs are listed above as small tabs. If you click on the X in the right area of ​​a tab, it will be closed..

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Use the X to close a tab.

clear browser history

All pages visited via your browser are stored in a chronicle or a history. But that is not a problem either: Regardless of whether you use Firefox, Chrome, Edge or another browser: your browser history can be deleted without any problems. Individual tabs can also be removed from it. In the following we have put together the corresponding instructions for the most common browsers:

  • Clear Chrome History
  • Clear Edge History
  • Clear Firefox history
  • Clear Safari History

Close tabs on the smartphone

Android

1st step:

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At the bottom, tap the square and file icon. As a rule, a number is displayed there. This number shows how many tabs are currently open in this browser.

2nd step:

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As soon as you have touched the symbol, an overview of your tabs will open. Tap the X on one of the tabs and close it.

iPhone

1st step:

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Go to the two squares at the bottom of Safari to open the tab overview.

2nd step:

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You can now close the tabs and remove them from the overview using the X at the top left.

Delete tabs on the mobile phone

You can also delete tabs individually or in the history on your smartphone. The procedure is slightly different - depending on the browser and operating system. You can find the most important information here:

  • Clear Android history
  • Clear iPhone history

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