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PersianExcursion
PersianExcursion

Reputation: 883

How do I clear all the Source (aka View) tabs in Rstudio?

I did a bad thing and ran View(row) 8000 times using apply.

Now I have 8000 tabs in my Source pane (top left) in Rstudio.

Does anyone know how to clear them all in one fell swoop? Otherwise I'm doomed to control-W A LOT.

Things I've already tried:

Thanks in advance!

Upvotes: 22

Views: 12522

Answers (2)

EllieFev
EllieFev

Reputation: 93

Adding another answer here just in case anyone needs it.

When I tried File>Close All my laptop froze because of the sheer amount of tabs I had open.

I finally found the location where Rstudio is storing the tabs to restore upon reopening.

Navigate to .rstudio-desktop/sdb/ (stored in my root). I had three folders there, which if I open and peek into one of the files sure enough I could see my View()'d objects. I moved these three folders to a temporary location (to be deleted when I am feeling brave) and recreated the empty folders. Hey presto, I can now open Rstudio with no tabs.

Upvotes: 2

Harrison Jones
Harrison Jones

Reputation: 2506

I know that if you hit

Ctrl + Shift + W

it will close all the tabs. The same option is also under

File > Close All

So just save the tab you wanted and close all.

Upvotes: 32

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