[Tip] Enable / Disable Warning on Closing Multiple Tabs in All Web Browsers

Warn on Close” (also known as Warn on Quit, Warn on Exit and Confirm on Close) is an essential feature present in almost all popular web browsers. This feature helps users in keep working on tabs and not losing their important data while accidentally clicking on Close button present in browser’s titlebar.

Imagine you have opened multiple tabs and windows in your favorite web browser and you are typing a post, a comment or filling an online form and accidentally you click on Close button, what will happen? If the browser immediately closes, you’ll lose all your running websites and all typed data.

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That’s why web browsers come with “Warn on Close” feature which shows a warning message or confirmation prompt if you have multiple tabs opened and you click on Close button. If you accept the confirmation by clicking on Close button, the browser closes but if you click on Cancel button, the browser doesn’t close its window.

This warning or confirmation message window also provides a checkbox to remember your choice whether you want to see the warning message every time you try to close the browser window with multiple tabs open or not. If you select the option to not show the warning message, the browser will no longer show the message in future.

Now there might be people who accidentally or intentionally selected the option but now they want to restore warning message on closing their browser window with multiple tabs running.

Similarly there might be people who don’t like the frequent warning message and want to disable the annoying confirmation prompt in their browsers.

In this article, for your convenience we are going to list all our exclusive articles which will help you in enabling/disabling/restoring the warning message on closing multiple tabs in your favorite web browser.

If you are also looking for restoring or disabling this warning or confirmation message, following methods will help you:

Enable / Disable Warn on Close Feature in Mozilla Firefox:

If you are using Mozilla Firefox web browser, you can disable the warning message by unchecking the “Warn me when I attempt to close multiple tabs” option given on the warning box. To restore the warning message, you’ll need to modify a preference present on about:config page as mentioned in following article:

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Enable / Disable Warn on Close Feature in Internet Explorer:

If you are using Internet Explorer web browser, you can disable the warning message by enabling the option “Always close all tabs” given on the warning box. To restore the warning message, you’ll need to take help of Internet Options window as mentioned in following article:

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How to Restore “Close All Tabs” Warning Message (Confirmation Prompt) in Internet Explorer?

Enable / Disable Warn on Close Feature in Microsoft Edge:

If you are using new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge web browser, you can enable and add warn on close multiple tabs feature with the help of following tutorial:

[Tip] Enable Confirmation on Closing Microsoft Edge with Multiple Tabs Opened

On the other hand, if you are using old legacy Microsoft Edge web browser which comes preinstalled in Windows 10 operating system, you can disable the warning message by enabling the option “Always close all tabs” given on the warning box. To restore the warning message, you’ll need to modify Windows Registry as mentioned in following article:

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[Tip] How to Restore “Close All Tabs” Confirmation Message in Microsoft Edge

Enable / Disable Warn on Close Feature in Opera:

If you are using Opera web browser, you can disable the warning message by enabling the option “Do not warn me when closing a window” given on the warning box. To restore the warning message, you’ll need to take help of Opera Settings as mentioned in following article:

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[Opera Tip] How to Enable/Disable Warn on Close Multiple Tabs

Enable / Disable Warn on Close Feature in Google Chrome:

If you are using Google Chrome web browser, you don’t need to do anything to disable the warning message as Google Chrome doesn’t come with this feature. To enable the warning message, there are some workarounds mentioned in following articles:

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Published in: Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Opera

About the author: Vishal Gupta (also known as VG) has been awarded with Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) award. He holds Masters degree in Computer Applications (MCA). He has written several tech articles for popular newspapers and magazines and has also appeared in tech shows on various TV channels.

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