How to Restart Firefox Without Closing Tabs

If you use Firefox as your primary web browser, there is no question that you have a strong command of the software. The vast majority of Firefox users, however, need to be made aware of certain aspects of the browser, such as the ability to restart it without closing any tabs.

This functionality, for example, might be beneficial when you have a significant number of tabs open simultaneously. You may restart Firefox with it to free up some RAM, and you won’t have to go through the hassle of locating and reopening your primary tabs, either.

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Curious about how to restart your browser without losing any tabs? Worry no more, and just read the steps below. 

How Do I Restart Firefox Without Closing Tabs?

There are many ways to restart Firefox without closing it, and each uses a different browser feature. The functions of the methods are a little other, and some of them also do this on their own.

Use About: profiles.

From the about profile page, you may restart Firefox while keeping all of your open tabs intact. This is the quickest and easiest method, and it does this by utilizing a built-in Firefox function that usually restarts your browser and saves your open accounts simultaneously.

You can apply this approach in the following manner:​

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  • Open Firefox.
  • Open a new tab, and in the search bar, type about: profiles.
  • Click on Restart, usually in the About Profiles tab.
  • It will quickly restart the browser without losing any of your tabs.

Open Previous Windows and Tabs

The open previous windows and tabs setting in Firefox is another way to do what you can do when you restart Firefox without closing tabs. When it is turned on, the data from your last session will be automatically restored every time you open Firefox.

To turn on this method, do the following:second 8

  • To access the General preferences in Firefox, select Settings from the drop-down menu that appears after clicking the button that looks like three horizontal lines.​​
  • Under Startup, you must ensure that the settings for opening previous windows and tabs are checked.

Use About:restartrequired

It’s not a feature of Firefox that saves your session data when you restart it; it’s more of a side effect that does the job perfectly.

When a Firefox update is done, it will tell you to restart your browser. If you say yes, Firefox will continue, but it will save all the information from your last session.

The good thing is that you can quickly get to the menu that tells you to restart. Here is how to do it:third 2

  • Launch Firefox and initiate a new tab.
  • To find out more, type “about:restartrequired” into the search box.
  • Select the option to Restart Firefox.

Pin Tabs

When you pin your tabs in the Firefox browser, they will remain there indefinitely after you do so. Your web browser will always start without your intervention, regardless of how frequently you restart it.

This feature is not helpful when you have many tabs open, but it is ideal for charges that you need to access frequently for work or other reasons.fourth 4 1

  • To pin a tab in Firefox, right-click on the tab you wish to save.
  • Click on the Pin Tab.
  • Regardless of how often you restart Firefox, this tab will continue to be pinned (unless you unpin it).

Task Manager Restart

Whenever Firefox experiences a crash, it will either automatically restore your previous session or prompt you to decide whether or not you wish to correct it.

If you use the task manager to close your Firefox browser, it will believe that the browser has crashed. Therefore, you may also use this to restart the browser while maintaining the data from the previous session.fifth 4

  • To bring up your start menu, right-click on it.
  • Choose the Task Manager.
  • Select Firefox, then click the End task button.
  • Relaunch Mozilla Firefox.

 

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