--- a/runtime/doc/options.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/options.txt
@@ -8100,6 +8100,19 @@ A jump table for the options with a shor
 	'S' flag in 'cpoptions'.
 	Only normal file name characters can be used, "/\*?[|<>" are illegal.
 
+						*'tabclose'* *'tcl'*
+'tabclose' 'tcl'	string	(default "")
+			global
+	This option controls the behavior when closing tab pages (e.g., using
+	|:tabclose|).  When empty Vim goes to the next (right) tab page.
+
+	Possible values (comma-separated list):
+	   left		If included, go to the previous tab page instead of
+			the next one.
+	   uselast	If included, go to the previously used tab page if
+			possible.  This option takes precedence over the
+			others.
+
 						*'tabline'* *'tal'*
 'tabline' 'tal'		string	(default empty)
 			global

--- a/runtime/doc/quickref.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/quickref.txt
@@ -935,6 +935,7 @@ Short explanation of each option:		*opti
 'switchbuf'	  'swb'     sets behavior when switching to another buffer
 'synmaxcol'	  'smc'     maximum column to find syntax items
 'syntax'	  'syn'     syntax to be loaded for current buffer
+'tabclose'	  'tcl'     which tab page to focus when closing a tab
 'tabline'	  'tal'     custom format for the console tab pages line
 'tabpagemax'	  'tpm'     maximum number of tab pages for |-p| and "tab all"
 'tabstop'	  'ts'	    number of spaces that <Tab> in file uses

--- a/runtime/doc/tabpage.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/tabpage.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-*tabpage.txt*   For Vim version 9.1.  Last change: 2024 May 15
+*tabpage.txt*   For Vim version 9.1.  Last change: 2024 Jul 12
 
 
 		  VIM REFERENCE MANUAL    by Bram Moolenaar
@@ -142,7 +142,8 @@ something else.
 		    :tabclose $	    " close the last tab page
 		    :tabclose #     " close the last accessed tab page
 
-When a tab is closed the next tab page will become the current one.
+When a tab is closed the next tab page will become the current one. This
+behaviour can be customized using the 'tabclose' option.
 
 							*:tabo* *:tabonly*
 :tabo[nly][!]	Close all other tab pages.

--- a/runtime/doc/tags
+++ b/runtime/doc/tags
@@ -1161,6 +1161,7 @@
 't_xo'	term.txt	/*'t_xo'*
 't_xs'	term.txt	/*'t_xs'*
 'ta'	options.txt	/*'ta'*
+'tabclose'	options.txt	/*'tabclose'*
 'tabline'	options.txt	/*'tabline'*
 'tabpagemax'	options.txt	/*'tabpagemax'*
 'tabstop'	options.txt	/*'tabstop'*
@@ -1179,6 +1180,7 @@
 'tbis'	options.txt	/*'tbis'*
 'tbs'	options.txt	/*'tbs'*
 'tc'	options.txt	/*'tc'*
+'tcl'	options.txt	/*'tcl'*
 'tcldll'	options.txt	/*'tcldll'*
 'tenc'	options.txt	/*'tenc'*
 'term'	options.txt	/*'term'*

--- a/runtime/doc/version9.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/version9.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-*version9.txt*  For Vim version 9.1.  Last change: 2024 Jul 11
+*version9.txt*  For Vim version 9.1.  Last change: 2024 Jul 12
 
 
 		  VIM REFERENCE MANUAL    by Bram Moolenaar
@@ -41632,6 +41632,7 @@ Commands: ~
 Options: ~
 
 'winfixbuf'		Keep buffer focused in a window
+'tabclose'		Which tab page to focus after closing a tab page
 't_xo'			Terminal uses XON/XOFF handshaking (e.g. vt420)
 't_CF'			Support for alternate font highlighting terminal code
 

--- a/runtime/optwin.vim
+++ b/runtime/optwin.vim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 " These commands create the option window.
 "
 " Maintainer:	The Vim Project <https://github.com/vim/vim>
-" Last Change:	2024 Jun 05
+" Last Change:	2024 Jul 12
 " Former Maintainer:	Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
 
 " If there already is an option window, jump to that one.
@@ -556,6 +556,8 @@ endif
 call <SID>Header(gettext("multiple tab pages"))
 call <SID>AddOption("showtabline", gettext("0, 1 or 2; when to use a tab pages line"))
 call append("$", " \tset stal=" . &stal)
+call <SID>AddOption("tabclose", gettext("behaviour when closing tab pages: left, uselast or empty"))
+call append("$", " \tset tcl=" . &tcl)
 call <SID>AddOption("tabpagemax", gettext("maximum number of tab pages to open for -p and \"tab all\""))
 call append("$", " \tset tpm=" . &tpm)
 call <SID>AddOption("tabline", gettext("custom tab pages line"))

--- a/runtime/syntax/vim.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/vim.vim
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 " Maintainer:	   Hirohito Higashi <h.east.727 ATMARK gmail.com>
 "	   Doug Kearns <dougkearns@gmail.com>
 " URL:	   https://github.com/vim-jp/syntax-vim-ex
-" Last Change:	   2024 Jul 11
+" Last Change:	   2024 Jul 12
 " Former Maintainer: Charles E. Campbell
 
 " DO NOT CHANGE DIRECTLY.
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ syn keyword vimOption contained ft filet
 syn keyword vimOption contained imst imstyle inc include inex includeexpr is incsearch inde indentexpr indk indentkeys inf infercase im insertmode isf isfname isi isident isk iskeyword isp isprint js joinspaces jop jumpoptions key kmp keymap km keymodel kpc keyprotocol kp keywordprg lmap langmap lm langmenu lnr langnoremap lrm langremap ls laststatus lz lazyredraw lbr linebreak lines lsp linespace lisp lop lispoptions lw lispwords list lcs listchars lpl loadplugins luadll magic mef makeef menc makeencoding mp makeprg mps matchpairs mat matchtime mco maxcombine mfd maxfuncdepth mmd maxmapdepth mm maxmem mmp maxmempattern mmt maxmemtot mis menuitems msm mkspellmem ml modeline mle modelineexpr mls modelines ma modifiable mod modified more mouse mousef mousefocus
 syn keyword vimOption contained mh mousehide mousem mousemodel mousemev mousemoveevent mouses mouseshape mouset mousetime mzq mzquantum mzschemedll mzschemegcdll nf nrformats nu number nuw numberwidth ofu omnifunc odev opendevice opfunc operatorfunc pp packpath para paragraphs paste pt pastetoggle pex patchexpr pm patchmode pa path perldll pi preserveindent pvh previewheight pvp previewpopup pvw previewwindow pdev printdevice penc printencoding pexpr printexpr pfn printfont pheader printheader pmbcs printmbcharset pmbfn printmbfont popt printoptions prompt ph pumheight pw pumwidth pythondll pythonhome pythonthreedll pythonthreehome pyx pyxversion qftf quickfixtextfunc qe quoteescape ro readonly rdt redrawtime re regexpengine rnu relativenumber remap rop renderoptions
 syn keyword vimOption contained report rs restorescreen ri revins rl rightleft rlc rightleftcmd rubydll ru ruler ruf rulerformat rtp runtimepath scr scroll scb scrollbind scf scrollfocus sj scrolljump so scrolloff sbo scrollopt sect sections secure sel selection slm selectmode ssop sessionoptions sh shell shcf shellcmdflag sp shellpipe shq shellquote srr shellredir ssl shellslash stmp shelltemp st shelltype sxe shellxescape sxq shellxquote sr shiftround sw shiftwidth shm shortmess sn shortname sbr showbreak sc showcmd sloc showcmdloc sft showfulltag sm showmatch smd showmode stal showtabline ss sidescroll siso sidescrolloff scl signcolumn scs smartcase si smartindent sta smarttab sms smoothscroll sts softtabstop spell spc spellcapcheck spf spellfile spl spelllang
-syn keyword vimOption contained spo spelloptions sps spellsuggest sb splitbelow spk splitkeep spr splitright sol startofline stl statusline su suffixes sua suffixesadd swf swapfile sws swapsync swb switchbuf smc synmaxcol syn syntax tal tabline tpm tabpagemax ts tabstop tbs tagbsearch tc tagcase tfu tagfunc tl taglength tr tagrelative tag tags tgst tagstack tcldll term tbidi termbidi tenc termencoding tgc termguicolors twk termwinkey twsl termwinscroll tws termwinsize twt termwintype terse ta textauto tx textmode tw textwidth tsr thesaurus tsrfu thesaurusfunc top tildeop to timeout tm timeoutlen title titlelen titleold titlestring tb toolbar tbis toolbariconsize ttimeout ttm ttimeoutlen tbi ttybuiltin tf ttyfast ttym ttymouse tsl ttyscroll tty ttytype udir undodir
-syn keyword vimOption contained udf undofile ul undolevels ur undoreload uc updatecount ut updatetime vsts varsofttabstop vts vartabstop vbs verbose vfile verbosefile vdir viewdir vop viewoptions vi viminfo vif viminfofile ve virtualedit vb visualbell warn wiv weirdinvert ww whichwrap wc wildchar wcm wildcharm wig wildignore wic wildignorecase wmnu wildmenu wim wildmode wop wildoptions wak winaltkeys wcr wincolor wi window wfb winfixbuf wfh winfixheight wfw winfixwidth wh winheight wmh winminheight wmw winminwidth winptydll wiw winwidth wrap wm wrapmargin ws wrapscan write wa writeany wb writebackup wd writedelay xtermcodes
+syn keyword vimOption contained spo spelloptions sps spellsuggest sb splitbelow spk splitkeep spr splitright sol startofline stl statusline su suffixes sua suffixesadd swf swapfile sws swapsync swb switchbuf smc synmaxcol syn syntax tcl tabclose tal tabline tpm tabpagemax ts tabstop tbs tagbsearch tc tagcase tfu tagfunc tl taglength tr tagrelative tag tags tgst tagstack tcldll term tbidi termbidi tenc termencoding tgc termguicolors twk termwinkey twsl termwinscroll tws termwinsize twt termwintype terse ta textauto tx textmode tw textwidth tsr thesaurus tsrfu thesaurusfunc top tildeop to timeout tm timeoutlen title titlelen titleold titlestring tb toolbar tbis toolbariconsize ttimeout ttm ttimeoutlen tbi ttybuiltin tf ttyfast ttym ttymouse tsl ttyscroll tty ttytype
+syn keyword vimOption contained udir undodir udf undofile ul undolevels ur undoreload uc updatecount ut updatetime vsts varsofttabstop vts vartabstop vbs verbose vfile verbosefile vdir viewdir vop viewoptions vi viminfo vif viminfofile ve virtualedit vb visualbell warn wiv weirdinvert ww whichwrap wc wildchar wcm wildcharm wig wildignore wic wildignorecase wmnu wildmenu wim wildmode wop wildoptions wak winaltkeys wcr wincolor wi window wfb winfixbuf wfh winfixheight wfw winfixwidth wh winheight wmh winminheight wmw winminwidth winptydll wiw winwidth wrap wm wrapmargin ws wrapscan write wa writeany wb writebackup wd writedelay xtermcodes
 
 " vimOptions: These are the turn-off setting variants {{{2
 " GEN_SYN_VIM: vimOption turn-off, START_STR='syn keyword vimOption contained', END_STR=''

--- a/src/option.h
+++ b/src/option.h
@@ -955,7 +955,6 @@ EXTERN int	p_sol;		// 'startofline'
 EXTERN char_u	*p_su;		// 'suffixes'
 EXTERN char_u	*p_sws;		// 'swapsync'
 EXTERN char_u	*p_swb;		// 'switchbuf'
-EXTERN char_u	*p_spk;		// 'splitkeep'
 EXTERN unsigned	swb_flags;
 // Keep in sync with p_swb_values in optionstr.c
 #define SWB_USEOPEN		0x001
@@ -964,9 +963,14 @@ EXTERN unsigned	swb_flags;
 #define SWB_NEWTAB		0x008
 #define SWB_VSPLIT		0x010
 #define SWB_USELAST		0x020
+EXTERN char_u	*p_spk;		// 'splitkeep'
 #ifdef FEAT_SYN_HL
 EXTERN char_u	*p_syn;		// 'syntax'
 #endif
+EXTERN char_u	*p_tcl;		// 'tabclose'
+EXTERN unsigned	tcl_flags;	// flags from 'tabclose'
+#define TCL_LEFT		0x001
+#define TCL_USELAST		0x002
 EXTERN long	p_ts;		// 'tabstop'
 EXTERN int	p_tbs;		// 'tagbsearch'
 EXTERN char_u	*p_tc;		// 'tagcase'

--- a/src/optiondefs.h
+++ b/src/optiondefs.h
@@ -2462,6 +2462,9 @@ static struct vimoption options[] =
 			    {(char_u *)0L, (char_u *)0L}
 #endif
 			    SCTX_INIT},
+    {"tabclose",    "tcl",  P_STRING|P_VI_DEF|P_ONECOMMA|P_NODUP,
+			    (char_u *)&p_tcl, PV_NONE, did_set_tabclose, expand_set_tabclose,
+			    {(char_u *)"", (char_u *)0L} SCTX_INIT},
     {"tabline",	    "tal",  P_STRING|P_VI_DEF|P_RALL|P_MLE,
 #ifdef FEAT_STL_OPT
 			    (char_u *)&p_tal, PV_NONE, did_set_tabline, NULL,

--- a/src/optionstr.c
+++ b/src/optionstr.c
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ static char *(p_ssop_values[]) = {"buffe
 static char *(p_swb_values[]) = {"useopen", "usetab", "split", "newtab", "vsplit", "uselast", NULL};
 static char *(p_spk_values[]) = {"cursor", "screen", "topline", NULL};
 static char *(p_tc_values[]) = {"followic", "ignore", "match", "followscs", "smart", NULL};
+// Keep in sync with TCL_ flags in option.h
+static char *(p_tcl_values[]) = {"left", "uselast", NULL};
 #if defined(FEAT_TOOLBAR) && !defined(FEAT_GUI_MSWIN)
 static char *(p_toolbar_values[]) = {"text", "icons", "tooltips", "horiz", NULL};
 #endif
@@ -166,6 +168,7 @@ didset_string_options(void)
     (void)opt_strings_flags(p_tbis, p_tbis_values, &tbis_flags, FALSE);
 #endif
     (void)opt_strings_flags(p_swb, p_swb_values, &swb_flags, TRUE);
+    (void)opt_strings_flags(p_tcl, p_tcl_values, &tcl_flags, TRUE);
 }
 
 #if defined(FEAT_EVAL) || defined(PROTO)
@@ -3669,6 +3672,26 @@ expand_set_switchbuf(optexpand_T *args, 
 	    matches);
 }
 
+/*
+ * The 'tabclose' option is changed.
+ */
+    char *
+did_set_tabclose(optset_T *args UNUSED)
+{
+    return did_set_opt_flags(p_tcl, p_tcl_values, &tcl_flags, TRUE);
+}
+
+    int
+expand_set_tabclose(optexpand_T *args, int *numMatches, char_u ***matches)
+{
+    return expand_set_opt_string(
+	    args,
+	    p_tcl_values,
+	    ARRAY_LENGTH(p_tcl_values) - 1,
+	    numMatches,
+	    matches);
+}
+
 #if defined(FEAT_STL_OPT) || defined(PROTO)
 /*
  * The 'tabline' option is changed.

--- a/src/proto/option.pro
+++ b/src/proto/option.pro
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ char *did_set_showtabline(optset_T *args
 char *did_set_smoothscroll(optset_T *args);
 char *did_set_spell(optset_T *args);
 char *did_set_swapfile(optset_T *args);
+char *did_set_tabclose(optset_T *args);
 char *did_set_termguicolors(optset_T *args);
 char *did_set_terse(optset_T *args);
 char *did_set_textauto(optset_T *args);

--- a/src/proto/optionstr.pro
+++ b/src/proto/optionstr.pro
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ char *did_set_swapsync(optset_T *args);
 int expand_set_swapsync(optexpand_T *args, int *numMatches, char_u ***matches);
 char *did_set_switchbuf(optset_T *args);
 int expand_set_switchbuf(optexpand_T *args, int *numMatches, char_u ***matches);
+int expand_set_tabclose(optexpand_T *args, int *numMatches, char_u ***matches);
 char *did_set_tabline(optset_T *args);
 char *did_set_tagcase(optset_T *args);
 int expand_set_tagcase(optexpand_T *args, int *numMatches, char_u ***matches);

--- a/src/testdir/gen_opt_test.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/gen_opt_test.vim
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ let test_values = {
       \ 'splitkeep': [['cursor', 'screen', 'topline'], ['xxx']],
       \ 'swapsync': [['', 'sync', 'fsync'], ['xxx']],
       \ 'switchbuf': [['', 'useopen', 'split,newtab'], ['xxx']],
+      \ 'tabclose': [['', 'left', 'left,uselast'], ['xxx']],
       \ 'tagcase': [['smart', 'match'], ['', 'xxx', 'smart,match']],
       \ 'term': [[], []],
       \ 'termguicolors': [[], []],

--- a/src/testdir/test_options.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_options.vim
@@ -548,6 +548,9 @@ func Test_set_completion_string_values()
   call assert_equal('sync', getcompletion('set swapsync=', 'cmdline')[1])
   call assert_equal('usetab', getcompletion('set switchbuf=', 'cmdline')[1])
   call assert_equal('ignore', getcompletion('set tagcase=', 'cmdline')[1])
+  if exists('+tabclose')
+    call assert_equal('left uselast', join(sort(getcompletion('set tabclose=', 'cmdline'))), ' ')
+  endif
   if exists('+termwintype')
     call assert_equal('conpty', getcompletion('set termwintype=', 'cmdline')[1])
   endif
@@ -1407,7 +1410,8 @@ func Test_write()
   set nowrite
   call assert_fails('write Xwrfile', 'E142:')
   set write
-  close!
+  " close swapfile
+  bw!
 endfunc
 
 " Test for 'buftype' option

--- a/src/testdir/test_tabpage.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_tabpage.vim
@@ -965,6 +965,64 @@ func Test_tabpage_alloc_failure()
   call assert_equal(1, tabpagenr('$'))
 endfunc
 
+func Test_tabpage_tabclose()
+  " Default behaviour, move to the right.
+  call s:reconstruct_tabpage_for_test(6)
+  norm! 4gt
+  setl tcl=
+  tabclose
+  call assert_equal("n3", bufname())
+
+  " Move to the left.
+  call s:reconstruct_tabpage_for_test(6)
+  norm! 4gt
+  setl tcl=left
+  tabclose
+  call assert_equal("n1", bufname())
+
+  " Move to the last used tab page.
+  call s:reconstruct_tabpage_for_test(6)
+  norm! 5gt
+  norm! 2gt
+  setl tcl=uselast
+  tabclose
+  call assert_equal("n3", bufname())
+
+  " Same, but the last used tab page is invalid. Move to the right.
+  call s:reconstruct_tabpage_for_test(6)
+  norm! 5gt
+  norm! 3gt
+  setl tcl=uselast
+  tabclose 5
+  tabclose!
+  call assert_equal("n2", bufname())
+
+  " Same, but the last used tab page is invalid. Move to the left.
+  call s:reconstruct_tabpage_for_test(6)
+  norm! 5gt
+  norm! 3gt
+  setl tcl=uselast,left
+  tabclose 5
+  tabclose!
+  call assert_equal("n0", bufname())
+
+  " Move left when moving right is not possible.
+  call s:reconstruct_tabpage_for_test(6)
+  setl tcl=
+  norm! 6gt
+  tabclose
+  call assert_equal("n3", bufname())
+
+  " Move right when moving left is not possible.
+  call s:reconstruct_tabpage_for_test(6)
+  setl tcl=left
+  norm! 1gt
+  tabclose
+  call assert_equal("n0", bufname())
+
+  setl tcl&
+endfunc
+
 " this was giving ml_get errors
 func Test_tabpage_last_line()
   enew

--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -705,6 +705,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    572,
+/**/
     571,
 /**/
     570,

--- a/src/window.c
+++ b/src/window.c
@@ -3782,15 +3782,23 @@ win_altframe(
     static tabpage_T *
 alt_tabpage(void)
 {
-    tabpage_T	*tp;
-
-    // Use the next tab page if possible.
-    if (curtab->tp_next != NULL)
-	return curtab->tp_next;
-
-    // Find the last but one tab page.
-    for (tp = first_tabpage; tp->tp_next != curtab; tp = tp->tp_next)
-	;
+    tabpage_T	*tp = NULL;
+    int		forward;
+
+    // Use the last accessed tab page, if possible.
+    if ((tcl_flags & TCL_USELAST) && valid_tabpage(lastused_tabpage))
+	return lastused_tabpage;
+
+    // Use the previous tab page, if possible.
+    forward = curtab->tp_next != NULL &&
+	    ((tcl_flags & TCL_LEFT) == 0 || curtab == first_tabpage);
+
+    if (forward)
+	tp = curtab->tp_next;
+    else
+	for (tp = first_tabpage; tp->tp_next != curtab; tp = tp->tp_next)
+	    ;
+
     return tp;
 }