PreviousTab

PreviousTab

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Version 1.0.10 Updated 2026-06-15 Developer hasnat ullah
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Description

PreviousTab gives Safari a tab-history cursor — navigate back to the tab you were just using, then forward again, using only the keyboard

PreviousTab gives Safari a tab-history cursor — navigate back to the tab you were just using, then forward again, using only the keyboard.

This is not page history. It tracks which tabs you've actually switched to, in the order you switched to them. Think of it as a cursor moving through your recent tab activity — independent of what's loaded in each tab, and independent of where tabs sit in the tab bar.

Safari makes it easy to accumulate dozens of open tabs, jump between windows, and open links from other apps. What it doesn't give you is a way to retrace your tab-switching steps. PreviousTab fills that gap. Every time you activate a tab, it's recorded. When you press the shortcut, you jump to whichever tab was active before that — not the tab next to it, not the last page in that tab, but the actual tab your cursor was on.

Default shortcuts

⌘⌥, — go to the previous tab
⌘⌥. — go to the next tab in history
Shortcuts can be customized in Safari's extension settings.

Key features

Tab-switch cursor, not page history
PreviousTab tracks which tabs you activated and when. It's a cursor through your switching activity — so going "back" means the tab you were on before, not the previous page inside a tab.

Forward navigation
After stepping back, you can move forward through the same history. Switching to a different tab manually resets the forward path, matching your new direction.

Works across windows
Switching focus between Safari windows is tracked too. PreviousTab keeps your tab-history flow intact whether you're working in one window or several.

New tabs don't break your flow
Opening a link in a new tab captures the opener's context so your navigation history stays coherent, not fragmented.

Keyboard-first
Built for speed. Navigate your tab history without touching the mouse or searching through the tab bar.

Built for Safari on macOS
Designed specifically around Safari's tab and window model for reliable, natural behavior.

PreviousTab does not require an account, does not collect browsing data, and does not track you. It runs locally and exists for one purpose: making tab navigation in Safari faster and more intentional.

Known limitations 
- sometimes with screen view not updating till safari is restarted
- tab group change looses history items, could save in memory on ever a tab group switch back hope

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