How to close all tabs on iPhone

Clean up Safari.
 By 
Meera Navlakha
 on 
A person holding an iPhone.

It's easy to rack up open tabs on your iPhone or iPad. But everyone knows it can be a nuisance.

If you're looking to shut down all tabs at once, there's a quick way to do it. You can close every Safari tab on an iPhone in a few easy steps, no matter which iOS model you have. Here's how to do it.

How to close all tabs on iPhone

Total Time
  • 1 min
What You Need
  • iPhone

Step 1: Click on one of your open tabs on Safari.

Step 2: On the bottom right side, click and hold on the tab icon.

Step 3: Select "Close All [X] tabs."

And they're gone!

A screenshot of an article on Safari on iPhone.
Credit: Screenshot / Mashable.

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Meera Navlakha

Meera is a journalist based between London and New York. Her work has been published in The New York Times, Vice, The Independent, Vogue India, W Magazine, and others. She was previously a Culture Reporter at Mashable. 

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