Recently Closed

Recently Closed

Reopen recently closed tabs or windows.

What is Recently Closed?
Recently Closed is a minimal Firefox add-on that provides quick access to recently closed tabs and windows. It includes a toolbar button to reopen the last closed tab or window and a right-click option to view a list of all recently closed tabs and windows stored by Firefox.
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Stats
By: arielg
Users: 191 ▼ -4
Rating: 4.20 (10)
Version: 1.0 (Last updated: 2019-04-28)
Creation date: 2019-04-28
Weekly download count: 2
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • sessions
  • menus
  • tabs
Size: 11.70K
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Summary

Recently Closed is a simple and extremely minimal web extension for a quick access to the Firefox menu items, History ➔ Recently Closed Tabs  and  History ➔ Recently Closed Windows.

A toolbar button that when clicked reopens the last closed tab or window and a right mouse click on that same button to get access to the list of all recently closed tabs and windows that Firefox stored.

― At Your Own Risk ― The list of recently closed tabs/windows is saved and managed by the browser (Not this extension!) and can be increased by modifying the following browser preferences.

  1. browser.sessionstore.max_serialize_back - maximum number of pages from "back" history that can be restored (default 10).
  2. browser.sessionstore.max_tabs_undo - maximum number of closed tabs stored/restorable for each window (default 10).
  3. browser.sessionstore.max_windows_undo - maximum number of closed windows stored/restorable per session (default 3).
Attention: The Mozilla's JavaScript API, sessions​, restricts the number of retrieved recently closed sessions to 25 at the most. So no matter what values are set in the browser.sessionstore.max_* preferences, the number of menu item sessions will never be more than 25.

―――――――――― Note: I wrote this in a couple of hours, and it's exactly what I need. I'm sure there are existing extensions that offer this exact functionality and with much more options. Shop around if you want or need more.

User reviews
by Aniale, 2023-12-09
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Safety
Risk impact

Recently Closed may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

Recently Closed has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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