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Best alternatives to Recently Closed (2026)

10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Recently Closed, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.

Recently Closed: reviews, users and permissionsBest Functionality & UI extensions

Recently Closed today

≈5K users4.3★ from 26 ratingsUpdated 22 months ago3 permissions

Recently Closed alternatives, compared

  1. 1

    Easy Undo Closed Tab

    Quickly restore closed tabs with one click

    ≈4K users4.7★ from 123 ratingsUpdated 14 months ago4 permissions
    • A similar number of users to Recently Closed
    • Rated 0.4 stars higher
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (4 vs 3)
    • Listed under Tools
    Easy Undo Closed Tab alternativesCompare side by side
  2. 2

    Reopen closed tab

    Reopen Closed Tab: Easily restore closed tabs in one click. Enhance your browsing with the convenient "Reopen tab" button

    ≈10K users4.1★ from 17 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years1 permissions
    • About 2.0× more users than Recently Closed
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 3)
    • Listed under Tools
    Reopen closed tab alternativesCompare side by side
  3. 3

    Recover Closed Tab

    Recover closed tabs with one click! Works in incognito mode. Right-click icon or webpage to show history.

    ≈10K users4.5★ from 52 ratingsUpdated 4 weeks ago4 permissions
    • About 2.0× more users than Recently Closed
    • Rated 0.2 stars higher
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (4 vs 3)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
    Recover Closed Tab alternativesCompare side by side
  4. 4

    Tab Restore

    Tab Restore helps to restore recently closed tabs and window sessions.

    ≈10K users4.2★ from 56 ratingsUpdated 13 months ago2 permissions
    • About 2.0× more users than Recently Closed
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 3)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
    Tab Restore alternativesCompare side by side
  5. 5

    Undo Closed Tabs 2.0

    Re-open all the closed tabs 🗂️ with one click.

    ≈2K users3.9★ from 12 ratings2 permissions
    • About 2.5× fewer users than Recently Closed
    • Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 3)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
    Undo Closed Tabs 2.0 alternativesCompare side by side
  6. 6

    Simple Sexy Undo Close Tab

    Manage your browser history and recently closed tabs

    ≈2K users4.7★ from 21 ratingsUpdated 7 months ago6 permissions
    • About 2.5× fewer users than Recently Closed
    • Rated 0.4 stars higher
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (6 vs 3)
    • Listed under Tools
    Simple Sexy Undo Close Tab alternativesCompare side by side
  7. 7

    Recent Tabs and History (Wrona History Menu)

    Restore, filter or remove recently closed tabs, windows and history including those from other devices.

    ≈6K users4.8★ from 73 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years7 permissions
    • A similar number of users to Recently Closed
    • Rated 0.5 stars higher
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (7 vs 3)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
    Recent Tabs and History (Wrona History Menu) alternativesCompare side by side
  8. 8

    Button: Restore Recent Tabs

    Restore closed tabs with just one click.

    ≈3K users4.2★ from 14 ratingsNot updated for 4+ years1 permissions
    • About 1.7× fewer users than Recently Closed
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 3)
    • Listed under Accessibility
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  9. 9

    Undo Closed Tabs for Google Chrome™

    FREE! A simple popup to undo closed tabs, just that and a bit more.

    ≈1K users4.0★ from 64 ratingsUpdated 3 months ago9 permissions
    • About 5.0× fewer users than Recently Closed
    • Rated 0.2 stars lower
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (9 vs 3)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
    Undo Closed Tabs for Google Chrome™ alternativesCompare side by side
  10. 10

    Recent Tabs

    Cycle through your most recently used tabs (MRU) like Alt+Tab, but, with the shortcut keys Ctrl+Q or Ctrl+`(~) or assign your own!

    ≈20K users4.2★ from 387 ratingsUpdated 3 months ago2 permissions
    • About 4.0× more users than Recently Closed
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 3)
    • Listed under Tools
    Recent Tabs alternativesCompare side by side

Recently Closed alternatives: questions

What is the best alternative to Recently Closed?

By users, the most popular alternative is Recent Tabs with ≈20K users and a 4.2-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Easy Undo Closed Tab.

Which Recently Closed alternative has the best rating?

Recent Tabs and History (Wrona History Menu) has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.8 out of 5 from 73 ratings.

Is there a Recently Closed alternative that asks for fewer permissions?

Reopen closed tab asks for 1 permissions, against 3 for Recently Closed.

How many alternatives to Recently Closed are there?

We list 10 close alternatives to Recently Closed on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.

Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.