This site will have limited functionality while we undergo maintenance to improve your experience. If an article doesn't solve your issue and you want to ask a question, we have our support community waiting to help you at @FirefoxSupport on Twitter and/r/firefox on Reddit.

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

Closing tabs automatically closes the browser

  • 3 replies
  • 1 has this problem
  • 2 views
  • Last reply by McCoy

more options

Is it possible to close all tabs and keep Firefox browser open? That is a feature I love about Opera, when you close the tabs you end up at the home page. I would love to see that option in Firefox, as it is my default browser. Thanks

Is it possible to close all tabs and keep Firefox browser open? That is a feature I love about Opera, when you close the tabs you end up at the home page. I would love to see that option in Firefox, as it is my default browser. Thanks

Chosen solution

You could try this :

Type in the address bar about:config and press Enter (promise to be careful, if asked)

Type in the search bar :

browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab

and set its value to false

Then close and restart Firefox.

'Hope this will work for you .....

Read this answer in context 👍 1

All Replies (3)

more options

Chosen Solution

You could try this :

Type in the address bar about:config and press Enter (promise to be careful, if asked)

Type in the search bar :

browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab

and set its value to false

Then close and restart Firefox.

'Hope this will work for you .....

more options

It worked wonderfully! Thanks a lot

more options

silverspine said

It worked wonderfully! Thanks a lot

My pleasure - so glad that did the trick  !