Add webpages to Reading List on your iPhone or iPad

With Reading List, you can save webpages for later. After you add a webpage to your Reading List, you can read it whenever you want, even if you don't have an internet connection.

Add a webpage

  1. Open a webpage in Safari on your iPhone or iPad.

  2. Tap the Share buttonthe Share button, then tap Add to Reading List.

    An iPhone showing the Safari share sheet, with Add to Reading List selected.

Safari saves the link and the webpage. You can read the webpage later, even if you're offline. Go to Settings > Safari, scroll down to Reading List, and make sure that Automatically Save Offline is on.

View your Reading List

  1. Open a webpage in Safari on your iPhone or iPad.

  2. Tap the Show Bookmarks buttonthe Show Bookmarks button, then tap the Reading List buttonReading List button.

    An iPhone showing a Safari Reading List, which has a list of webpages.
  3. Tap the webpage that you want to read.

When you're done, open Reading List again and swipe left to delete the webpage from your Reading List. Or swipe right to mark the page as unread.

Set up a Reading List widget

In iOS 17 or later, you can add a Reading List widget to your Home Screen.

  1. From the Home Screen, touch and hold a widget or an empty area until the apps jiggle.

  2. Tap the Add buttonAdd button in the upper-left corner.

    An iPhone Home Screen after you select the Add button, which has jiggling app icons.
  3. Scroll down and tap Safari, swipe left or right to choose a size, then tap Add Widget.

  4. Tap Done.

    iPhone Home Screen with a new Reading List widget in the upper-left corner.
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