Customize your Safari settings on iPhone (2024)

When you open a new tab, you begin on your start page. You can customize your start page with new background images and options.

1. Open the Safari app on your iPhone.

2. Tap , then tap .

3. Scroll to the bottom of the page, then tap Edit.

4. Choose the options you want to appear on your start page:

   • Favorites: Display shortcuts to your favorite bookmarked websites. See Bookmark a favorite website.

   • Frequently Visited: Go straight to the websites you visit most.

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   • Shared with You: See links shared with you in Messages, Mail, and more. See Find links shared with you.

   • Privacy Report: Stay updated on how many trackers and websites Safari blocked from tracking you. See View the Privacy Report.

   • Siri Suggestions: As you search, allow websites shared in Calendar and other apps to appear.

   • Reading List: Show webpages currently in your Reading List. See Add the current webpage to your Reading List.

   • Recently Closed Tabs: Go back to tabs you previously closed.

   • iCloud Tabs: Show open tabs from other Apple devices where you’re signed in with the same AppleID and Safari is turned on in iCloud settings or preferences. See Organize your tabs with TabGroups.

   • Background Image: Choose the image you want to appear in the background each time you open a new start page in this TabGroup. To use a photo as your background, tap .

Note: Your custom start page settings are updated on all your Apple devices where you have Use Start Page on All Devices turned on, and you’re signed in with the same AppleID using two-factor authentication.

Use the Page Settings button to increase or decrease the text size.

1. Open the Safari app on your iPhone.

2. Tap on the left side of the search field.

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3. Tap the large A to increase the font size or the small A to decrease it.

You can hide the search field, switch to Reader, and more.

1. Open the Safari app on your iPhone.

2. Tap , then do any of the following:

   • Hide the search field: Tap Hide Toolbar (tap the bottom of the screen to get it back).

   • See a streamlined view of the webpage: Tap Show Reader (if available).

     To return to the normal view, tap Hide Reader.

   • See what the webpage looks like on a desktop computer: Tap Request Desktop Website (if available).

You can also adjust Safari settings in Accessibility settings. Go to Settings> Accessibility> Per-App Settings. Tap Add App, choose Safari, then tap Safari to adjust the settings.

When you download a file in Safari, you can choose whether to save it to iCloud or on your iPhone.

Go to Settings > Safari> Downloads, then choose one of the following:

• iCloud Drive: Select this option to save downloads to the Downloads folder in iCloud Drive. This allows you to access the downloaded file on any iPhone, iPad, or Mac where you’re signed in with the same Apple ID.

• On My iPhone: Select this option to save downloads to the Downloads folder on your iPhone.

You can create a group of trusted contacts and share a set of passwords. Passwords stay up to date for everyone in the group, and you can remove someone at any time.

See Create shared password groups.