On an iPhone 14, you can close all open Safari tabs by launching Safari, touching and holding the Tabs button, selecting Close All Tabs, and then tapping Close All Tabs to confirm.
Our advice continues below with more information, including screenshots, on closing all open Web surfing tabs on your iPhone.
For more information on this issue, see this video on how to close all tabs on iPhone 14.
How to Close All Safari iPhone 14 Tabs (Photo Guide)
The instructions in this post were carried out using an iPhone 14 Plus running iOS 16.5.
These methods will also work on most other recent versions of iOS and most iPhone models, including the ones listed below:
- iPhone 14
- iPhone 14 Pro
- iPhone 14 Pro Max
Step 1: Launch your iPhone’s Safari browser.
Step 2: Go to the bottom of the screen and look for the Tabs symbol.
It appears as two overlapping squares.
Step 3: Hold down the Tabs icon and select Close All Tabs.
Step 4: To confirm, press the Close All Tabs button.
You may use these steps to rapidly close out all of the tabs that are open on your phone now that you know how to close all iPhone 14 tabs.
Video – Closing iPhone Safari Tabs
Summary – Safari Tab Closing
- Launch Safari.
- Press and hold the Tabs symbol.
- Select Close All Tabs.
- Select Close All Tabs once more.
Related: How to Favorite a Web Page in Safari on iPhone 13
Additional Information
If you do not want to close all of your tabs, you must do it separately.
To do so, launch Safari, tap the Tabs icon, and then tap the small X in the corner of the tabs you want to shut.
It’s worth noting that closing all of your tabs will not remove them from your history.
Go to Settings > Safari > Clear History and Browsing Data > Clear History and Data to erase your Safari history, cache, and browsing data.
You can also use the Private Browsing Mode, which you can access by hitting the Tabs button in the Safari browser and then selecting the Private option from the dropdown menu at the bottom-center of the screen.
Conclusion
Closing all of your tabs at once in Safari on the iPhone 14 is something you should do on a regular basis, especially if you have dozens of open tabs.
All of those open tabs can slow down your phone and make it harder to discover a tab that you want to utilize.
It can also be time-consuming to shut each tab separately, so knowing how to close all iPhone 14 tabs with the techniques above can make this a lot easier.
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