, you can browse the web, add webpages to your Reading List to read later, and add page icons to the Home Screen for quick access. If you sign in to iCloud with the same AppleID 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.
You can easily navigate a webpage with a few taps.
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.
Open a blank page in Split View: Touch and hold
, then tap New Window in Split View.
Open a link in Split View: Touch and hold the link, then tap Open in Split View.
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
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 encounter a webpage thats in another language, you can use Safari to translate the text.
When viewing a webpage in another language, tap
, then tap
if translation is available.
Manage downloads
To download a file, touch and hold the file or link you want to download, then tap Download Linked File.
Tap
to check the status of a file youre downloading, to access downloaded files quickly, or to drag a downloaded file onto another file or into an email youre working on.
Tip: You can download files in the background while you continue to use Safari.
Use keyboard shortcuts
You can navigate in Safari using keyboard shortcuts on an external keyboard.
To view available keyboard shortcuts, connect your keyboard, then press and hold the Command key.
