Safari User Guide
- Change your homepage
- Import bookmarks, history, and passwords
- Make Safari your default web browser
- Go to websites
- Find what you’re looking for
- Bookmark webpages that you want to revisit
- See your favorite websites
- Use tabs for webpages
- Pin frequently visited websites
- Play web videos
- Mute audio in tabs
- Pay with Apple Pay
- Autofill credit card info
- Autofill contact info
- Keep a Reading List
- Hide ads when reading articles
- Translate a webpage
- Download items from the web
- Share or post webpages
- Add passes to Wallet
- Save part or all of a webpage
- Print or create a PDF of a webpage
- Customize a start page
- Customize the Safari window
- Customize settings per website
- Zoom in on webpages
- Get extensions
- Manage cookies and website data
- Block pop-ups
- Clear your browsing history
- Browse privately
- Autofill user name and password info
- Prevent cross-site tracking
- View a Privacy Report
- Change Safari preferences
- Keyboard and other shortcuts
- Troubleshooting
Add websites to your Favorites in Safari on Mac
You can quickly see websites you access frequently by adding them to your Favorites, so you can get to them with just a click.
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Add a website to your Favorites
You can also click in the Smart Search field, then drag the URL of the webpage you’re viewing to the Favorites bar near the top of the window, the Favorites folder in the sidebar, or the Favorites area in the start page.
Organize your Favorites
Rearrange your Favorites: Drag them to different locations.
Edit the name of a favorite website or folder: Control-click the name you want to change in the Favorites page or Favorites bar, then choose Rename from the shortcut menu. You can also force click the name, or click and hold it until it’s highlighted, then enter a new one.
Show a different bookmarks folder in Favorites on the Start Page: Choose Safari > Preferences, click General, then use the “Start Page Favorites” pop-up menu.
View your Favorites
View your Favorites from the Smart Search field: Click in the Smart Search field to see your Favorites in the start page view, then click the icon of the website you want to visit. The start page view goes away if you start typing, and it doesn’t appear if you click the field while you’re viewing the start page.
You can also see your favorite websites when you open new tabs. If you don’t see your Favorites in new tabs, change settings in Change General preferences in Safari .
Show the Favorites bar: Choose View > Show Favorites Bar. A bar with your favorite websites appears below the toolbar.
Open a Favorite website: Click in the Smart Search field, then click a website under Favorites, or click a website in the Favorites bar (or use the Touch Bar ).
Note: Safari uses iCloud to keep your favorite websites the same on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac computers that have Safari turned on in iCloud preferences .
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Bookmarking websites is a great way to keep track of them for later. If you visit a lot of websites, you can bookmark them in Safari. You can also create folders, edit existing bookmarks, and search for them. Here's how to add a bookmark in Safari using your Mac computer, iPhone, or iPad.
Bookmarking Websites in Safari
To add a new bookmark in Safari, open the webpage you want to save. On Mac, click Bookmarks in the top toolbar, then click Add Bookmark . On iOS, tap the Share icon, then tap Add Bookmark .
- You can enter a website in the address bar or use Google Search to find it.
- Alternatively, click the Share button in the top-right corner of the window.
- A pop-up window will open.
- To add a new folder, click Bookmarks in the menu bar, then click Add Bookmark Folder . This will add an "untitled folder" to the sidebar in Safari. Long-click the folder to edit the name.
- To access your bookmarks, click Bookmarks in the menu bar and click on the bookmark you want to open.
- Click Bookmarks in the menu bar and click Show Bookmarks to display the bookmarks sidebar.
- Click Bookmarks in the menu bar and click Edit Bookmarks to move, delete, or rename your bookmarks.
- You can also import bookmarks to Safari .
- You can enter a website in the address bar or enter keywords to search for one.
- If you want to create a new bookmark folder , tap the Bookmarks icon in Safari. It's a blue outline of two curved pages. Then tap Edit in the corner of the screen, tap New Folder , type a name for the folder, and tap Bookmarks under location.
- To access your bookmarks, tap the Bookmarks icon in Safari, then tap the bookmark you want to open.
- To delete a bookmark, tap the Bookmarks icon in Safari, then tap Edit in the corner of the screen. Tap the red - next to the bookmark you want to delete, then tap Delete .
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How to add Favorites in Safari on iPhone, iPad and Mac
This tutorial shows you how to add websites to the Favorites section of your Safari browser on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. The sites added to Favorites appear on Safari Start Page, making them quicker to open.
Safari Bookmarks vs Favorites
Using bookmarks is handy for saving websites that you visit regularly or want to reference in the future. But Safari also offers a Favorites feature that lets you visit your most loved websites with a tap or a click.
Your Favorites will show up when you open Safari, a new tab, or a new window. You can change this in Safari’s settings. However, using the Favorites feature lets you go directly where you want to each day.
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If you’re new to this feature, here’s how to add Favorites in Safari in iOS, iPadOS, and macOS.
How to add Favorites in Safari on iPhone and iPad
It’s very easy to add a website to your Safari Favorites on your iOS device. Open the website you want as a favorite, and then do the following:
- Tap the share button on the bottom.
- Select Add to Favorites .
- On the next screen, you can change the display name for the site if you like. Finally, tap Save .
Manage your Favorites on iOS
To manage your Favorites on iPhone and iPad, open Safari and tap the Bookmarks button . Go to the Favorites folder and tap the Edit button. From there, you can delete or rearrange Favorites. To edit a specific site, tap it, and you can change its display name or move it to a different folder.
How to add Favorites in Safari on Mac
Safari favorites sync among all your Apple devices . So, if you added a favorite on your iPhone or iPad, it will show up on your Mac, too, and vice versa.
That being said, you have four different ways to add websites to your Favorites in Safari on Mac. Use whichever is most convenient for you.
Use the share button
- Open the web page you wish to add to Safari Favorites and click the share button .
- Click Add Bookmark .
- Click the Bookmarks dropdown menu and choose Favorites .
- Finally, click Add .
Use the one-step add button
Put your cursor over the left side of the address bar until you see the plus sign (+) . Click and hold the plus sign and then choose Favorites from the dropdown list.
Drag the URL to Favorites
- Click the show sidebar icon and click Bookmarks > Favorites .
- Place your mouse pointer on the website URL in the address bar and drag it to the Favorites section in the sidebar.
Use multitasking window to add to Favorites
- Open Safari and visit the desired site. Now, press Command + N to open a new Safari window.
- Open both Safari windows in Split View . To do this, press your mouse pointer on the tiny green button and choose Tile Window to Left or Right of Screen .
- Once you have two Safari windows in Split View, place the mouse pointer on the URL in the address bar and drag it to the Favorites section of the Start Page in the second Safari window.
Manage your Favorites on Mac
You can manage your Favorites on Mac in the Favorites folder in the sidebar, your Favorites toolbar, or your Favorites page. Drag to rearrange, right-click or hold Control and click to rename, delete, edit the address, or create a new folder for a favorite.
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How to add bookmarks and favorites on an iPhone's Safari browser for quick access to your preferred webpages
- You can easily bookmark or favorite a webpage on an iPhone if you want to regularly return to a particular page.
- Just tap the "Share" button at the bottom of a page and then tap "Add Bookmark" to create a bookmark in your iPhone's Safari browser.
- If you save a bookmark to the Favorites folder or choose the "Add to Favorites" option, it'll appear in the Favorites list when you open a new tab in Safari.
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Like any web browser, you can bookmark web pages you want to return to using Safari on your iPhone .
Once bookmarked, you can find these saved pages by tapping the Bookmark button at the bottom of the Safari screen.
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1. Start the Safari app and open a web page that you want to bookmark.
2. Tap the Share button (the square with an arrow).
3. Tap "Add Bookmark."
4. On the Add Bookmark page, you can edit the name of the bookmark and even tweak the URL if necessary — just tap either of those fields and type as needed.
5. If you want to store the bookmark in the default Favorites folder, tap "Save." If you want to choose a different folder, tap "Favorites" and then choose a folder (or create a new one) and then tap "Save."
If you save your bookmark to the default folder, it will appear in the list of favorites when you open a blank new tab in Safari, giving you fast access to commonly used web sites.
The difference between favorites and bookmarks in Safari
You might notice that when you tap the Share button, there are options to add both a bookmark and a favorite. Since the Favorites folder happens to be the default location to save bookmarks, this can be somewhat confusing.
In reality, favorites are just a special kind of bookmark. If you save a bookmark to the Favorites folder (either using the Add Bookmark button or the "Add to Favorites" button in the Share menu), it's effectively the exact same thing as a favorite. If you store a bookmark in a different folder, you'll need to navigate past the default Favorites folder to find them.
Bottom line: Using the "Add to Favorites" button does the same thing as using the default folder for "Add bookmark."
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iCloud will sync all the bookmarks you create in Safari on your Mac to your iPad or iPhone, and vice-versa.
iCloud will sync all the bookmarks you create in Safari on your Mac to your iPad or iPhone, and vice-versa. But bookmarks aren't quite as simple and obvious on the iPhone as they are on the Mac. Here's how to create and manage them on iOS.
Adding bookmarks on your iPhone is easy, but it's not immediately obvious. The first thing you're likely to do is fumble around in your existing bookmarks before you realize that isn't working. What you have to do if you want to add a bookmark is to tap the Share icon as shown below in red.
Once the Share menu opens, you'll be able to then add the current website to your bookmarks or Favorites. You also have the option to add a site to your reading list, in case you want to read it later, offline, or you can pin it to your Home Screen.
Once you know how to add bookmarks, you can rename them, add them to folders, or delete them.
To manage your Safari bookmarks on your iPhone or iPad, first tap the Bookmarks icon along the bottom row.
Now, in the bookmarks screen, tap the "Edit" button in the bottom-right corner.
Now the edit mode will appear. Next to each bookmark or folder there is a "-" symbol, which means you can tap it and delete stuff.
Tap the "New Folder" link, and you can create a new folder to stash new or current bookmarks. Give your new folder a catchy title and indicate where you want it to reside under the "Location" option.
When you tap "Location", your bookmarks structure will expand and you can tap where you want the new folder to go.
To edit any bookmark, you simply need to tap on one while in edit mode. The "Edit Bookmark" screen will open where you can then give any bookmark a new name, fix URL issues, and like new folders, place it in an appropriate location.
Finally, you may have noticed that while in edit mode, there are three gray bars that appear along the right edge of each bookmark or bookmark folder. These allow you to move stuff around, so if you want to reorder everything, just place your finger on these bars and drag it into the location you choose.
As you can see, adding, deleting, and editing bookmarks and bookmarks folders on Safari for iOS is pretty easy and once you know how to do it, we're sure you'll have your bookmarks named and arranged in exactly the order you see fit.
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- Go to the URL in Safari. Tap Share > Add Bookmark or Add to Favorites . Accept the name, and select Save .
- Edit and rearrange bookmarks by tapping the Bookmarks icon at the bottom of Safari and selecting Edit beneath the list.
This article explains how to add bookmarks on an iPhone or iPod Touch using the Safari browser app. We also discuss the difference between bookmarks and favorites. Instructions apply to devices with iOS 10 and later.
How to Add Bookmarks in Safari for iPhone
To add a bookmark to Safari on your iPhone or iPod Touch:
Open Safari and go to the URL you want to bookmark.
Tap the Share icon at the bottom of the page. It looks like a box with an arrow pointing up.
In the Share menu, tap Add Bookmark . Enter a new name, if you like, or tap Save to save the bookmark under its original name.
Alternatively, press and hold the Bookmark icon (it looks like an open book) beside the Share icon and select Add Bookmark . Select Save to save the bookmark.
How to Add Favorites to Safari on an iPhone
The process for adding favorites is similar:
Open Safari and go to the URL you want to add to your Favorites list.
In the Share menu, tap Add to Favorites . Enter a new name, if you like, or tap Save to save the URL under its original name.
Safari Bookmarks vs. Favorites
People often use the words bookmarks and favorites interchangeably. However, there is a distinction between the two folders in the Safari app on the iPhone and iPod.
In iOS, a favorite is one type of bookmark. Bookmarks on an iPhone or iPod Touch appear in a default primary folder in Safari, where all bookmarked pages are stored. Anything added to this folder is accessible through the Bookmarks icon in Safari so that you can access those saved links at any time.
Favorites is a folder stored within the Bookmarks folder. It's the first folder you see when you access Bookmarks. You don't get quicker access to favorites than to bookmarks on an iPhone or iPod Touch. However, on an iPad, the favorites appear as tabs at the top of every Safari page you open, so you're one tap away from any of them. You can add additional custom folders to either folder to organize your bookmarks on any iOS device.
It's also possible to add bookmark shortcuts to the iPhone or iPod Touch home screen so that you can instantly access websites without first opening Safari.
How to Edit and Arrange Bookmarks
You can edit and arrange your bookmarks in a few ways:
- To view and organize folders and bookmarks, tap the Bookmark icon at the bottom of any Safari screen to display a list of folders, and then tap the Bookmark tab.
- To edit folders, tap a folder to open it and display the individual URLs saved in the folder, then tap Edit .
- To delete a folder or bookmark, tap the red minus next to the name.
- To rearrange folders or bookmarks, drag the three-horizontal-line icon next to each entry up or down.
- To add a folder, tap New Folder at the bottom of the editing screen.
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