{"id":30937,"date":"2020-07-31T09:07:51","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T13:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tcn.tidbits.com\/?p=7894"},"modified":"2020-07-30T22:39:07","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T02:39:07","slug":"prevent-unsightly-tab-buildup-in-safari-on-your-iphone-and-ipad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/prevent-unsightly-tab-buildup-in-safari-on-your-iphone-and-ipad\/","title":{"rendered":"Prevent Tab Buildup in Safari on Your iPhone and iPad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whenever you tap a link to open a Web page on your iPhone or iPad, it automatically opens a new tab. Having hundreds of tabs open won\u2019t cause any problems but can make working with tabs clumsy. You can close all tabs\u2014touch and hold the tab button and then tap Close All X Tabs\u2014but you might prefer to prevent them from building up in the first place. To do that in iOS 13, navigate to Settings &gt; Safari &gt; Close Tabs and choose from Manually, After One Day, After One Week, or After One Month.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7895 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/prevent-unsightly-tab-buildup-in-safari-on-your-iphone-and-ipad-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"378\" height=\"293\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 378px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 378\/293;\"><\/p>\n<p>(Featured image by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@startaeteam?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Starta\u00ea Team<\/a> on Unsplash)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whenever you tap a link to open a Web page on your iPhone or iPad, it automatically opens a new tab. Having hundreds of tabs open won\u2019t cause any problems but can make working with tabs clumsy. You can close all tabs\u2014touch and hold the tab button and then tap Close All X Tabs\u2014but you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Quick Tip: How to Prevent Tab Buildup in Safari on Your iPhone","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[39,48,118,57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-ios","category-safari","category-tip"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/prevent-unsightly-tab-buildup-in-safari-on-your-iphone-and-ipad.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6YLEm-82Z","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29057,"url":"https:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/clean-up-old-tabs-in-safari-in-ios-with-this-quick-trick-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":30937,"position":0},"title":"Clean Up Old Tabs in Safari in iOS with This Quick Trick","author":"computeradv","date":"June 5, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Every time you tap a link to open a Web page in Safari on your iPhone or iPad, it automatically opens a new tab. 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