open safari tabs lost after ios17 update

Overnight, after having updated my iphone to ios17, all the tabs i had open in safari disappeared. Going into "recently closed" only lists the tabs that I actually closed on purpose, not the ones i kept open. History is the same- just tabs i had visited within the last 30 days, and no further back than that.

iPhone SE, iOS 17

Posted on Sep 26, 2023 11:28 PM

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TammyW_03

Community Specialist

Sep 30, 2023 09:05 AM in response to witteg

Hey witteg,

When looking for the missing tabs, did you check to see if you created a Tab Group? Here's more information, just in case: Organize your tabs with Tab Groups in Safari on iPhone - Apple Support

If that's not the case, were you possibly using private browsing? If so, it wouldn't keep a history of your browsing history as shown here: Turn Private Browsing on or off on your iPhone - Apple Support

Keep us posted.

Take care!

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