ReTab for Safari

Name: ReTab for Safari
Price: 1.99 USD
Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Author: Lychee Isle Co

Jump or cycle thru recent tabs

$1.99

2 Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Utilities
Developer

Lychee Isle Co
Language

EN
English
Size

734.2
KB

Cmd+E to jump between the most recent tabs, Cmd+G to cycle through recent tabs history, Cmd+Shift+G to cycle backwards, and Close Tab also jumps to the most recent tab (toggleable). Surprisingly it's the only option available on iOS and iPadOS. Why? Well, other macOS extensions don’t use the latest tech, so they can’t work under the stricter memory restrictions of iOS and iPadOS. But ReTab is simple and lightweight, meaning it uses minimal memory and won’t crash — built by us, for us. We love it, and we hope you do too! Why Cmd+E & Cmd+G as the default keyboard shortcuts? They're easy to hit with your left hand, and most other keys are already taken. Plus, Cmd+E is rarely used for disk ejection or “Use Selection to Find,” and Cmd+G is for "Find Again" so we think they're the perfect choices. Want it on macOS too? It's bundled together :]

Ratings & Reviews

5.0

out of 5

2 Ratings

Works as intended but could be better
07/08/2025

CheapeOne
On the plus side this works reliably for me compared to TabBack.   However it’d be nice if I could see a visual preview of my previous tabs, like Firefox / Arc do when ctrl-tabbing (or even TabBack’s lackluster list of page titles is better than nothing).  Also like other reviews it’d be nice if I could set a custom shortcut, not sure why this isn’t possible with this extension given TabBack lets you. Is it because TabBack runs in the background perhaps.

Developer Response
Thanks for the comprehensive review, and good news! With Safari 26 and later, you can now customize ReTab shortcuts directly in Safari's Extensions settings!
Works as intended but could be better
07/08/2025

CheapeOne

On the plus side this works reliably for me compared to TabBack.   However it’d be nice if I could see a visual preview of my previous tabs, like Firefox / Arc do when ctrl-tabbing (or even TabBack’s lackluster list of page titles is better than nothing).  Also like other reviews it’d be nice if I could set a custom shortcut, not sure why this isn’t possible with this extension given TabBack lets you. Is it because TabBack runs in the background perhaps.
Developer Response 09/12/2025
Thanks for the comprehensive review, and good news! With Safari 26 and later, you can now customize ReTab shortcuts directly in Safari's Extensions settings!
Saved me from my headache switching over tabs
09/21/2025

at su s h 1
This thing actually works! I always have way too many tabs open and kept losing track of stuff. Now I can just quickly jump back to whatever I was looking at before. Super simple to use and doesn't mess with anything else. Definitely worth getting if you're like me and can't keep your tabs organized.
Saved me from my headache switching over tabs
09/21/2025

at su s h 1

This thing actually works! I always have way too many tabs open and kept losing track of stuff. Now I can just quickly jump back to whatever I was looking at before. Super simple to use and doesn't mess with anything else. Definitely worth getting if you're like me and can't keep your tabs organized.
Great extension but can’t customize keyboard shortcut
01/11/2025

Tetsuwan Adam
Being able to easily switch to the last used browser tab is super useful and this extension does that as promised.However I’m not able to customize the keyboard shortcut as described in the settings - only the default Cmd+E one works. (MacOS Sequoia 15.2)

Developer Response
Thanks for the feedback Tetsuwan! Good news! With Safari 26 and later, you can now customize ReTab shortcuts directly in Safari's Extensions settings!
Great extension but can’t customize keyboard shortcut
01/11/2025

Tetsuwan Adam

Being able to easily switch to the last used browser tab is super useful and this extension does that as promised.However I’m not able to customize the keyboard shortcut as described in the settings - only the default Cmd+E one works. (MacOS Sequoia 15.2)
Developer Response 09/12/2025
Thanks for the feedback Tetsuwan! Good news! With Safari 26 and later, you can now customize ReTab shortcuts directly in Safari's Extensions settings!
Poor design
03/24/2025

akriegman
One common workflow I have is cycling through three tabs. Retab doesn’t do this. cmd+e only does two tabs, and cmd+g doesn’t update the tab order afterward, so if I use cmd+g then cmd+g again it doesn’t take me back to where I was.It’s pretty bold to charge money for an incomplete product like this. It doesn’t serve common use cases due to poor design, and it doesn’t let you change the shortcut. I’m pretty sure it’s possible to override ctrl+tab too, correct me if I’m wrong.Make this free and I’ll give it four stars. Better yet, make it open source. Then someone, maybe me, will fix these flaws, and then I’ll give it five stars.

Developer Response
Thanks for the feedback and let's get things clarified so we can improve it! So say you go to tab A > B > C, then you said cmd+g then cmd+g and where do you want it to land? Currently it'd go from C to B, then B to A; if you want go back to B again you can do cmd+shift+g; if you want to go C > B > C then you can do either cmd+e twice, or cmd+g then cmd+shift+g. Let us know your expected behavior. You can also email to info@lycheeisle.com.Regarding customized shortcuts, currently Safari is lacking the standard support and hopefully it will add support to change extension shortcut directly like other browsers do (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/manifest.json/commands).macOS allows customizing shortcuts but it's currently not working for Safari extensions in general, and we raised a bug report and Apple acknowledged it but hasn't promised when it would be fixed yet.
Poor design
03/24/2025

akriegman

One common workflow I have is cycling through three tabs. Retab doesn’t do this. cmd+e only does two tabs, and cmd+g doesn’t update the tab order afterward, so if I use cmd+g then cmd+g again it doesn’t take me back to where I was.It’s pretty bold to charge money for an incomplete product like this. It doesn’t serve common use cases due to poor design, and it doesn’t let you change the shortcut. I’m pretty sure it’s possible to override ctrl+tab too, correct me if I’m wrong.Make this free and I’ll give it four stars. Better yet, make it open source. Then someone, maybe me, will fix these flaws, and then I’ll give it five stars.
Developer Response 07/05/2025
Thanks for the feedback and let's get things clarified so we can improve it! So say you go to tab A > B > C, then you said cmd+g then cmd+g and where do you want it to land? Currently it'd go from C to B, then B to A; if you want go back to B again you can do cmd+shift+g; if you want to go C > B > C then you can do either cmd+e twice, or cmd+g then cmd+shift+g. Let us know your expected behavior. You can also email to info@lycheeisle.com.Regarding customized shortcuts, currently Safari is lacking the standard support and hopefully it will add support to change extension shortcut directly like other browsers do (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/manifest.json/commands).macOS allows customizing shortcuts but it's currently not working for Safari extensions in general, and we raised a bug report and Apple acknowledged it but hasn't promised when it would be fixed yet.

New in Safari 26: You can now edit ReTab’s shortcut directly in Safari’s extension settings. Customize it to your workflow and never lose time reaching for a closed tab again!