diff --git a/src/tui/mainview.zig b/src/tui/mainview.zig
index 443c100..f72bb06 100644
--- a/src/tui/mainview.zig
+++ b/src/tui/mainview.zig
@@ -460,7 +460,6 @@ const cmds = struct {
         {
             self.closing_project = true;
             defer self.closing_project = false;
-            try close_splits(self, .{});
             try self.close_all_editors();
             self.delete_all_buffers();
             self.clear_find_in_files_results(.diagnostics);
@@ -937,30 +936,10 @@ const cmds = struct {
     pub fn close_split(self: *Self, _: Ctx) Result {
         if (self.views.widgets.items.len == 1 and self.views.widgets.items[0].widget.dynamic_cast(home) != null)
             return command.executeName("quit", .{});
-        try self.remove_active_view();
-
-        if (self.closing_project) return;
-
-        const buffers = try self.buffer_manager.list_unordered(self.allocator);
-        defer self.allocator.free(buffers);
-        for (buffers) |buffer| if (buffer.get_last_view()) |view|
-            if (view >= self.views.widgets.items.len)
-                buffer.set_last_view(null);
+        return self.remove_active_view();
     }
     pub const close_split_meta: Meta = .{ .description = "Close split view" };
 
-    pub fn close_splits(self: *Self, _: Ctx) Result {
-        while (self.views.widgets.items.len > 1)
-            try self.remove_view(1);
-
-        if (self.closing_project) return;
-
-        const buffers = try self.buffer_manager.list_unordered(self.allocator);
-        defer self.allocator.free(buffers);
-        for (buffers) |buffer| buffer.set_last_view(0);
-    }
-    pub const close_splits_meta: Meta = .{ .description = "Close all split views" };
-
     pub fn focus_split(self: *Self, ctx: Ctx) Result {
         var n: usize = undefined;
         if (!try ctx.args.match(.{tp.extract(&n)})) return error.InvalidFocusSplitArgument;
@@ -1505,7 +1484,7 @@ pub fn handle_editor_event(self: *Self, editor: *ed.Editor, m: tp.message) tp.re
 
     if (try m.match(.{ "E", "close" })) {
         if (!self.closing_project) {
-            if (self.get_next_mru_buffer_for_view(self.active_view, .non_hidden)) |file_path|
+            if (self.get_next_mru_buffer_same_view_only(.non_hidden)) |file_path|
                 self.show_file_async(file_path)
             else {
                 if (self.views.widgets.items.len == 1)
@@ -1650,12 +1629,6 @@ pub fn get_view_for_file(self: *Self, file_path: []const u8) ?usize {
     return null;
 }
 
-pub fn get_file_for_view(self: *Self, view_: usize) ?[]const u8 {
-    const view = self.views.get_at(view_) orelse return null;
-    const editor = view.get("editor") orelse return null;
-    return if (editor.dynamic_cast(ed.EditorWidget)) |p| p.editor.file_path else null;
-}
-
 pub fn get_active_file_path(self: *Self) ?[]const u8 {
     return if (self.get_active_editor()) |editor| editor.file_path orelse null else null;
 }
@@ -1720,20 +1693,15 @@ pub fn focus_view(self: *Self, n: usize) !void {
     if (self.views.get_at(self.active_view)) |view| view.focus();
 }
 
-fn remove_view(self: *Self, view: usize) !void {
+fn remove_active_view(self: *Self) !void {
     if (self.views.widgets.items.len == 1) return; // can't delete last view
-    if (view >= self.views.widgets.items.len) return;
-    self.views.delete(view);
+    self.views.delete(self.active_view);
     if (self.active_view >= self.views.widgets.items.len)
         self.active_view = self.views.widgets.items.len - 1;
-    if (self.views.get_at(self.active_view)) |active_view| active_view.focus();
+    if (self.views.get_at(self.active_view)) |view| view.focus();
     tui.resize();
 }
 
-fn remove_active_view(self: *Self) !void {
-    return self.remove_view(self.active_view);
-}
-
 fn replace_active_view(self: *Self, widget: Widget) !void {
     const n = self.active_view;
     if (self.views.get_at(n)) |view| view.unfocus();
@@ -1937,15 +1905,7 @@ fn extract_state(self: *Self, iter: *[]const u8, mode: enum { no_project, with_p
     for (buffers) |buffer| if (!buffer.is_ephemeral())
         send_buffer_did_open(self.allocator, buffer) catch {};
 
-    var max_last_view: usize = 0;
-    for (buffers) |buffer| if (buffer.get_last_view()) |view| {
-        max_last_view = @max(max_last_view, view);
-    };
-
-    for (0..max_last_view + 1) |view| {
-        if (self.get_next_mru_buffer_for_view(view, .non_hidden)) |file_path|
-            self.show_file_async(file_path);
-    } else if (editor_file_path) |file_path|
+    if (editor_file_path) |file_path|
         if (self.buffer_manager.get_buffer_for_file(file_path)) |_|
             try tp.self_pid().send(.{ "cmd", "navigate", .{ .file = file_path } });
 }
@@ -1967,19 +1927,19 @@ fn send_buffer_did_open(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, buffer: *Buffer) !void {
         project_manager.request_vcs_id(buffer.get_file_path()) catch {};
 }
 
-fn get_next_mru_buffer_for_view(self: *Self, view: usize, mode: enum { all, hidden, non_hidden }) ?[]const u8 {
+fn get_next_mru_buffer_same_view_only(self: *Self, mode: enum { all, hidden, non_hidden }) ?[]const u8 {
     const buffers = self.buffer_manager.list_most_recently_used(self.allocator) catch return null;
     defer self.allocator.free(buffers);
-    const file_path = self.get_file_for_view(view);
+    const active_file_path = self.get_active_file_path();
     for (buffers) |buffer| {
-        if (file_path) |fp| if (std.mem.eql(u8, fp, buffer.get_file_path()))
+        if (active_file_path) |fp| if (std.mem.eql(u8, fp, buffer.get_file_path()))
             continue;
         if (switch (mode) {
             .all => false,
             .hidden => !buffer.hidden,
             .non_hidden => buffer.hidden,
         }) continue;
-        if (buffer.get_last_view() != view)
+        if (buffer.get_last_view() != self.active_view)
             continue;
         return buffer.get_file_path();
     }