Add web pages to Reading List on your iPhone or iPad

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

Add a web page

  1. Open a web page 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 will save the link and the web page. You can read the web page later, even if you're offline. Go to Settings > Safari, scroll down to Reading List, and make sure Automatically Save Offline is on.

View your Reading List

  1. Open a web page 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 web pages.
  3. Tap the web page you want to read.

When you've finished, open Reading List again and swipe left to delete the web page 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 top left-hand corner.

    An iPhone Home Screen after you’ve selected 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 top left-hand corner.
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