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Disable Last tabs opened in new window

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I have the "Show my windows and tabs from last time " option enable, but I would like to only have the tabs from the last window closed, so when I start firefox, I get my last tabs from my "last session" and when I create a new window using ctrl + N, I have just a blank page waiting to be used, instead of a bunch of last tabs I opened from another x session.

I have the "Show my windows and tabs from last time " option enable, but I would like to only have the tabs from the last window closed, so when I start firefox, I get my last tabs from my "last session" and when I create a new window using ctrl + N, I have just a blank page waiting to be used, instead of a bunch of last tabs I opened from another x session.

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A new window opens with the Home page(s), so if multiple pages open in a new window then check the home page.

  • Tools > Options > General > Startup: Home page

Firefox supports multiple home pages separated by '|' (pipe) symbols.

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Hi carlosjcuevasm, You may find it "Restore Previous Session" however this would open the last session as well. And then just open a new blank window.

The last session will open all of the windows from last time. Are you asking to only open one?

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You would first have to close all other windows that you have opened in that session before closing Firefox with only the last window open. That way only that last window would be restored.

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Thanks both for the help, actually, it does not matter if I close all windows before the last one with my desired tabs opened, I figured out that every time I open a new window when the first one is already opened ( again with my desired last session tabs) the new window always features the following: a gmail tab and next a blank tab.

Actually I would like just the blank tab, if that's possible I would like to know how to set it that way.

Thanks again!

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A new window opens with the Home page(s), so if multiple pages open in a new window then check the home page.

  • Tools > Options > General > Startup: Home page

Firefox supports multiple home pages separated by '|' (pipe) symbols.

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Is there any way to set ctrl+N to open a blank page rather than the Home page? I prefer windows to tabs and having the home page (which, for me, is two tabs) open when what I want is a new blank window rather than a blank tab is very frustrating. (I have set the new tab to open a blank window.)

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A new window open with the home page, so you would have to set the home page to about:blank or another page (I use about:about as the home page) to achieve this. Otherwise you would have to create a bookmark on the Bookmarks Toolbar and hold the Shift key when left-clicking this item to get a new window with the about:blank page.