zombie tabs

I have seen a number of old posts on the issue of closed Safari tabs appearing on other devices. I tried many of the suggestions on the forum but none of the suggestions worked for me. Contacting Apple Support was not helpful, as they recommended reinstalling on all my devices from a backup. I finally found this on the web, so cannot take credit for solving it, but it did work for me. I hope it helps.

Here is the solution:

1. On your Mac, backup your Safari data — bookmarks, etc. Just in case.
2. Completely quit Safari on all devices.
3. Disable Safari syncing in iCloud settings on all devices. Choose the option to delete the data from the device on iOS, but keep the data on your Mac.
4. Launch Safari on all devices. Bookmarks, etc. should be gone on iOS.
5. Completely quit Safari on all devices, again.
6. Reboot all devices.
7. Re-enable Safari syncing in iCloud settings on all devices.
8. Launch Safari on your Mac, so it can sync the initial data.
9. Launch Safari on all iOS devices.

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