What To Do When You Accidentally Close Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Opera With Multiple Tabs OpenĪt that time, it was not possible to enable this functionality in Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge web browsers but now it’s possible at least in Microsoft Edge.Įdge developer team has added a hidden preference/flag to Microsoft Edge browser which can be modified to bring this useful feature to the browser.įollowing screenshot shows warn on close message activated and live in action in Microsoft Edge web browser:Īs you can see in above image, Microsoft Edge is showing a message “Do you want to close all tabs?” when trying to close all running tabs. Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge don’t Confirm or Warn Before Closing Multiple Tabs We have discussed this issue in details in following articles: Opera is an exception which is also based on Chromium engine but provides warn on close functionality as mentioned in this tutorial. Since both browsers are based on same Chromium engine, both provide similar functionality. Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome browsers don’t show any warning message or confirmation prompt when user clicks on Close button.
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Unfortunately only a few popular browsers such as Mozilla Firefox, Opera and Vivaldi come with this feature. “ Warn on Close” (also known as “Warn on Quit” or “Warn on Exit”) multiple tabs is an essential feature which must be present in all web browsers.
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In this article, we’ll discuss how to prevent Microsoft Edge from accidentally closing multiple tabs and how to force Edge to warn or confirm before quit/exit? You may lose all opened tabs and any data entered in online forms. In Microsoft Edge web browser, if you have multiple tabs opened and you accidentally click on Close (x) button present in title bar or you accidentally press Alt+F4 keys, the browser immediately closes all running tabs and doesn’t ask or confirm the action. This article will help you in enabling warning or confirmation message before closing multiple tabs in Microsoft Edge web browser.