iPhone Safari Tabs Disappeared? What Closed Them on iOS 26
Most of them were never closed.
Most of them were never closed.
Almost nothing is actually being deleted. iOS offloads, moves, hides or blocks apps, and each of those is undone in seconds once you know which one you are looking at.
Auto-Brightness is only one of several ceilings on the screen, and the newest one arrived with iOS 26 switched on.
A keyboard you are not looking at is usually the reason, and Apple puts its range at about 33 feet.
Two settings decide whether your cards appear at all, and one is not in Wallet settings.
Closing apps in the app switcher is what leaves widgets on old data, plus the setting that turns itself on under 20 percent and the one Apple names after widgets.
The app is never the cause.
Shared Albums moved to Collections in iOS 26.
Purchase sharing takes two switches, not one.
Start in the Outbox, not Settings.