Lost Edge Session After Crash - How to Recover?

Question

Frustrated user here!

Just lost my last session in Edge after it unexpectedly crashed. I had several important tabs open that I was actively working on, and now they're all gone.

Is there any way to recover a lost session in Edge? Or is my work lost forever?

Is anyone else experiencing this issue with Edge? Any suggestions?

Answer 1

This advice doesn't work. I lost my browsing history for today (yesterday and earlier is there). I also lost all the icon shortcuts on the edge opening page. Is this the best Microsoft can do in 2024?

Also the blue screen of death flashes up so quickly then disappear, that I am unable to capture the data on it. The BSOD is created the an error code, and displayed for a finite time. Why on earth can't the operating system also record that information somewhere for later analysis? Please help us out here!

Answer 2

Hi @Mohammed Elamine KIBOUB ,

If Edge closed unexpectedly, it will ask you if you wish to restore the previous browsing session. You click restore, it will open previous tabs.

However, if the restore box does not appear, you can do the following:

First, navigate to edge://settings/clearBrowsingDataOnClose and check if turn on the option Browsing history.

If you didn't enable this option, you should be able to find them in your browsing history and restore them. Just use the shortcut key Ctrl+Shift+T. You can press as many as you can until your desired tabs are restored.

Also, you could press Ctrl + H to open your browsing history. Under the “Recently Closed” tab, you can find and reopen the tabs from your last session.

If you have any updates, please kindly let us know.

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