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It is easy to hit close mark when switching a tab with mouse. Chrome allows to reopen it. But, does it recover the text?

It happened to me when I was editing livejournal post. Chrome did not warn me are you sure? It just closed the tab and I see no my edit after reopen. Can I recover my last version from the cache?

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    This would only be possible is the server performed the save. Your data is lost. – Ramhound Feb 24 '15 at 17:32
  • possible duplicate of [Chrome - How do we recover the text in the text fields?](http://superuser.com/questions/349777/chrome-how-do-we-recover-the-text-in-the-text-fields) – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 Feb 24 '15 at 17:42
  • @Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 That question asks about `closing/restarting the browser`. Mine question is about recovering a tab of running browswer. Or, I just do not understand that question, it is uncertain. – Val Feb 24 '15 at 18:48
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    It would depend on a number of factors in general, some sites like (SO) make temporary saves on the server, others may use localStorage or some local side mechanism to make such saves. – Eric G Feb 24 '15 at 19:16
  • @EricG I believe that livejournal uses server. But, I do not understand when javascript makes the save to server. I am asking about browser mechanism. Why do you speak about server if browsers do somehow save textarea values? I just wonder where is this cache in chrome. – Val Feb 24 '15 at 19:22

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There's a Chrome extension that allows you to recover lost form input, but only from after you installed the extension:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/typio-form-recovery/djkbihbnjhkjahbhjaadbepppbpoedaa?hl=en

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