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# Sync and restore

## Sync tabs and groups {#tabs-devices}

After [syncing](https://browser.yandex.ru/help/en/device/sync.md) your devices with your Yandex ID, you can view groups and tabs that are open on your other devices, provided they're stored in the cloud. This feature is useful in the following situations:

- If you have two computers — a work computer and a home computer. On your work computer, you've created a group with the sites that you need for work. When you return home, you need to open a site from this group to continue where you left off.

- If you have a mobile device and a computer. For example, you might find an interesting website on your smartphone or tablet and decide that you want to view it on a larger screen.

### Enable tab group syncing {#sync-on}

1. Install [Yandex Browser](https://browser.yandex.com/) on all your devices (computer, smartphone, tablet).

1. Enable syncing on all your devices.

1. Log in with the same [Yandex ID](https://yandex.com/support/passport/authorization/registration.html) on all your devices.

1. In the groups menu, move the tab groups that you want to open on other devices [to the cloud](#make-groupsoftabs).

### Store a group in the cloud {#make-groupsoftabs}

You can open and edit groups and tabs on any of your devices. To do this, move them to the cloud in the groups menu:

  1. To open the groups menu, click ![](../_image/groupoftabs-beta-menu-icon.png) to the left above the SmartBox.

  1. To the right of the group, click the cloud icon and select:

![](../_image/sync-groupsoftabs.png) — Cloud group, available on your other devices.
![](../_image/not-sync-groupsoftabs.png) — Non-cloud group, available only on this device.
![](../_image/no-sync-groupsoftab.png) — Group is added to the cloud, but syncing is currently disabled on this device.


![](../_image/screen-sync-groupoftabs.png){.border-yes}

![](../_image/1-icon.svg) — Group menu.

![](../_image/2-icon.svg) — A cloud group available on yout other devices.

![](../_image/3-icon.svg) ![](../_image/arrow1.png) — A group available only on this device.

### View groups and tabs from other devices {#look}


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1\. On the left, above the SmartBox, click ![](../_image/groupoftabs-beta-menu-icon.png).

2\. Select the device at the top of the window that opens.


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  - Android
    
      **Method 1**
      
       1. At the center top of the screen, tap **Samsung** (if you have Samsung) or the name of the tab group.

       2. Select the device.
      
      **Method 2**
      
       1. Tap ![](../_image/other-devices-icon-android.png).

       2. Select the device.
      
  - iOS
    
      1\. At the center top of the screen, tap **iPhone 11** (if you have iPhone 11) or the name of the tab group.

      2\. Select the device.
    
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1\. On the left, above the SmartBox, tap ![](../_image/groupoftabs-beta-menu-icon.png).

2\. Select the device at the top of the window that opens.


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## Restore tabs and groups {#reinstall}

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To restore tabs and tab groups after restarting Yandex Browser:

  1. Click **![](../_image/settings-icon.png)**&nbsp;→ **Settings**&nbsp;→ **Interface**.

  2. In the **Tabs and groups** section, enable the **Restore tabs and groups at startup** option.


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- Yandex Browser

  If you want to keep your tabs and tab groups after you reinstall Yandex Browser:
  
  <!-- source: en/_includes/about/install/id-reinstall/save-reinstall.md -->
  1. Close all Yandex Browser windows.

  1. Open the **Control Panel**.

  1. Click **Programs**&nbsp;→ **Uninstall a program**.

  1. In the **Uninstall/Change** window, select Yandex from the list of installed programs.

  1. Click **Uninstall** at the top of the list.

  1. Click **Uninstall** in the window that opens.

  1. Click **Delete browser**, but don't select the **Delete browser settings, browsing history, and other data** option.

  1. Install Yandex Browser again.
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  **What if the browser data and settings have already been deleted?**

   
  If you selected the **Delete browser settings, browser history, and other data** option or clicked **Reinstall** as you [deleted](https://browser.yandex.ru/help/en/about/install.md#removal-reinstallation) the browser, you won't be able to restore the previously opened tabs. You can still view the tabs in your synced history (but tab groups aren't available):
      
    1. [Enable](https://browser.yandex.ru/help/en/device/sync.md#on) syncing to transfer the history from the server to your computer.

    2. Click the [SmartBox](*smart-link) and go to the **Recently closed** tab that appears underneath it.
  


- Operating system


  If you enabled [syncing](https://browser.yandex.ru/help/en/device/sync.md), you can access the tabs that were open on your computer before you reinstalled your system. The syncing process is linked to your device name, which typically changes when you reinstall your OS. When you sync your computer using a new name, Yandex Browser thinks that it's a new device. That's why the **Other devices** tab displays a folder with your computer's old name. You can use it to view the tabs that were open in the browser before reinstalling the OS. To do this:

  1\. [Install](https://browser.yandex.ru/help/en/about/install.md) Yandex Browser.

  2\. [Enable](https://browser.yandex.ru/help/en/device/sync.md#on) syncing.

  3\. In the upper-right corner, click **![](../_image/settings-icon.svg)**&nbsp;→ **Settings**.


  4\. Go to the **Other devices** tab.

  5\. Open the folder with your computer's old name. In the **Open sites** section, you'll see a list of tabs that were open in Yandex Browser before reinstalling.

    {% note tip %}

    To open all the tabs in the list at the same time, click the header of the **Open sites** section.

    {% endnote %}



  If your computer's name hasn't changed after you reinstalled the OS, you won't see this folder, because the browser won't think that your computer is a different device. To see the folder:

  1. Rename your computer: **Control panel**&nbsp;→ **System and security**&nbsp;→ **System**&nbsp;→ **Advanced system settings**&nbsp;→ **Computer name**.

  1. Wait for the data to sync with the server.
  
  1. Go to the **Other devices** tab and open the folder with the old name of your computer.

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