Browse the web using Safari on iPad
You can browse the web, view websites, preview website links, translate webpages, and add the Safari app back to your Home Screen if it gets removed. If you sign in to iCloud with the same Apple Account on all your devices, you can see pages you have open on other devices, and keep your bookmarks, history, and Reading List up to date on all your devices.
![An open webpage. Along the top, from left to right, are the Sidebar button, the title of the current open Tab Group, the Previous and Back buttons, the search field, the Share button, the New Tab button, and the Tab Overview button.](https://help.apple.com/assets/6758C0F05C38883A170CE6F4/6758C0F55C38883A170CE700/en_US/e0623050ce63f9542afc456c544b2708.png)
Go to a webpage
Go to the Safari app
on your iPad.
Enter the name or web address (URL) of the webpage in the search field.
View websites with Safari
Go to the Safari app
on your iPad.
Do any of the following:
Get back to the top: Double-tap the top edge of the screen to quickly return to the top of a long page.
See more of the page: Turn iPad to landscape orientation.
Refresh the page: Pull down from the top of the page.
Share links: Tap
at the top right of the page.
View two pages side by side in Split View
Use Split View to open two Safari pages side by side.
![The screen shows two different webpages, separated by an adjustable divider. At the top of each webpage is the icon for the Multitasking Controls.](https://help.apple.com/assets/6758C0F05C38883A170CE6F4/6758C0F55C38883A170CE700/en_US/63c133ca65e185d644eec1f0148f0047.png)
Go to the Safari app
on your iPad.
Do any of the following:
Open a blank page in Split View: Touch and hold
, then tap New Window.
Open a link in Split View: Touch and hold the link, then tap Open in New Window.
Move a window to the other side of Split View: Touch and hold
at the top of the window, then drag left or right.
Close tabs in a Split View window: Touch and hold
.
Leave Split View: Drag the divider over the window you want to close.
Preview website links
Go to the Safari app
on your iPad.
Touch and hold a link in Safari to see a preview of the link without opening the page.
To open the link, tap the preview, or tap Open. To close the preview and stay on the current page, tap anywhere outside the preview.
Translate a webpage
When you view a webpage that’s in another language, you can use Safari to translate it (not available in all languages or regions).
Go to the Safari app
on your iPad.
Tap
, then tap
(if translation is available).
Manage downloads
Go to the Safari app
on your iPad.
Touch and hold the file or link you want to download, then tap Download Linked File.
Tap
to check the status of a file you’re downloading, to access downloaded files quickly, or to drag a downloaded file onto another file or into an email you’re working on.
Tip: You can download files in the background while you continue to use Safari.
Add Safari back to your Home Screen
If you don’t see Safari on your Home Screen, you can find it in App Library and add it back.
On the Home Screen, swipe left until you see the App Library.
Enter “Safari” in the search field.
Press and hold
, then tap Add to Home Screen.