Being an iPhone user, you must be using Safari most frequently. But did you know,
there are some cool Safari tips-tricks and hidden features
that can make your favourite browser on iPhone even more amazing?
Hey, what’s going on guys, Rahul here from TechReviewPro,
and welcome back to this channel. In this video, you’ll learn some
cool Safari browser tips-tricks and hidden features that you might not be knowing about.
So without any further delay, let’s get started with the first Safari browser trick.
Back in time, when the iOS 16 update happened, Apple introduced a new position for the URL field
address bar on iPhone. The URL field moved from the top to the bottom for better accessibility,
but a lot of people didn’t like this change and started complaining about it.
I have already created a video regarding this Safari feature.
But a lot of people still don’t know this cool Safari trick
that the Safari browser lets you
change the position of the URL address bar as per your preference.
You can either set it to show the address bar at the top or at the bottom of your screen.
To begin, tap on the “AA” icon and then choose either “Show Top Address Bar”
to show the address bar on top.
Or you can also select “Show Bottom Tab Bar” to change the position.
(Close All Tabs Instantly) The next Safari trick
is for those of you who have a lot of active Safari tabs opened in your browser
and you feel it complicated to close each of those tabs one by one.
Well, if you have a bunch of active tabs that you want to close all at the same time,
then you can do so quickly by making use of this Safari trick.
Simply tap and hold on to the “Tab” icon, then tap on “Close All [X] Tabs”,
a confirmation window would pop up, tap on “Close All [X] Tabs” again to confirm it.
(Jump To the Top Of the Page) Another cool Safari trick
a lot of people don’t know is: Safari lets you quickly jump to the top of the webpage
that you are currently viewing. Simply tap on the “Status Bar” to go back to the top, like that.
(Change Default Search Engine) The next cool Safari feature
is about changing the default search engine within Safari.
Yes, you can change the default search engine of Safari to a different one.
To do so, simply go to the “Settings” menu, then scroll down until you see Safari.
Once you find that, tap on that
to open Safari settings. Here, under the Search settings, tap on “Search Engine”,
next, select a search engine from the list and return to Safari to see the changes.
(Change Start Page Image) I don’t know whether you know this or not,
but the start page background image of Safari can be changed to suit your preference.
To change what you see on the start page, tap and hold the “Tabs” icon,
then tap on the “Plus” sign to open a new tab. Once a new clean tab is opened,
simply scroll down to the bottom of the page, and there you’ll find an “Edit” option.
Simply tap on that and this will take you into the “Edit” menu to customise the start page.
Here, under the background image option, toggle this ON
and select your desired image from the list.
If you didn’t like the existing ones,
you may also tap on the “Plus” sign to add one of your own.
(Request Desktop Site) Do you know, that you can
force Safari to show the desktop version of any webpage?
This is a pretty useful Safari feature that you might need
to access sites that are not optimized for mobile use.
To get started, open any webpage then, tap on the “AA” icon in the address bar, and next tap on
“Request Desktop Website”. This will simply load the desktop website version of that site.
(Convert Webpage Into PDF) The next hidden Safari feature that a lot of people don’t know is
about converting the webpage into PDFs. Yes,
Safari allows you to export any webpage into a PDF file for offline use.
To do so, open a webpage, then tap on the “Share” button, and it’ll present you with some options.
Now, pay close attention, here just under the web page title name, you’ll see “Options”,
tap on that and select “PDF”. This basically turns your web page into PDF.
Now, scroll down a bit and from here, select “Save to Files” option. This will save the web page as
PDF within the Files app on your iPhone, and you can access that offline as well.
Use Reading List If you are a busy person
and want a productive way to manage web pages to read later,
this cool Safari trick would prove to be pretty useful for you.
You can use the “Reading List”
feature in the Safari browser
to save web pages or articles for later viewing.
To get started, simply add web pages to the reading list.
You can do so by tapping on the
“Share” button and then selecting the “Add to Reading List” option.
Once you have added web pages to your pages to your reading list,
you can access the saved pages
by heading over to the “Bookmarks” menu,
and then tapping on the “Spectacle” like icon.
(Enable Reader Mode) The next Safari trick
is for those of you who love clean and minimal web pages,
at least while reading. There is a cool Safari feature named “Reader Mode”
that you can make use of to read articles
or web pages without any interruptions by ads or bad formatting of text.
Simply tap on the “AA” icon in the address bar and then tap on “Show Reader View” to enable it,
and this will turn the web page into a clean and minimal reading experience.
To disable it, tap the “AA” sign again, and this time select the option that says,
“Hide Reader”, and this will take you back to the original form.
Clear History & Website Data Another useful Safari trick
is about clearing up the cache files. Very few people know that
Safari allows you to clear your usage history
and website data so that you may clean up the clutter left behind by months of Safari use.
To do so, simply head over to the “Settings” and scroll down until you see Safari.
Once you find that, tap on that to open Safari settings.
Now, scroll down a bit until you get the “Clear History and Website Data” option. Here,
you need to tap on it and confirm by tapping on it again to clean up Safari cache data.
(Use Tab Groups) Did you know, you can make use of
the tab groups feature of the Safari browser to group similar tabs for quick and easy access?
To get started, simply go to the “Tabs” menu, then tap in the middle of the bar
where it shows the current number of opened tabs. Next, tap on “New Empty Tab Group”
to create a new empty group of tabs, then give it a name and tap on “Save”.
So, you have just created a new tab group which is currently empty. Now,
it’s time to add some tabs to this group.
To add tabs to the group, go to the “Tabs” menu then touch and hold the tab you want to add.
Next, tap on this option that says, “Move to Tab Group” and select the tab group from the list.
Pretty cool, right?
(See Privacy Report) Next useful Safari feature is for those of you
who are privacy-concerned people.
You can access and see your Privacy Reports by tapping on the “AA” icon in the address bar
and then tapping on “Privacy Report”, a window would pop up showing you all the relevant details.
The Privacy Reports comes in very handy if you want to know which cross-site trackers
are following your web-based activities around and getting blocked by Safari,
you can do so by accessing your “Privacy Report”.
(Hide IP From Trackers) Additionally, you can also choose to hide your
IP address from the known trackers using Safari,
because Safari prevents trackers from viewing your IP address.
To do so, simply go to the “Settings” menu, then tap “Safari” to open Safari settings.
Now scroll down a bit until you see the “Hide IP Address” option. Once you find that,
tap on “Hide IP Address”, and then choose the “From Trackers” option to enable it.
Now, Safari will hide your IP address from trackers and prevent you across websites.
But keep in mind, that this applies to your browsing sessions in Safari only.
Well, that’s pretty much for this video. I hope you found these Safari tips-tricks
and hidden features helpful. If yes, please hit the like button and subscribe for more such updates.
And before you go, the next video you should watch is the one about the iPhone settings
that you should change right now. Click here to watch that video.
Thanks for watching! I’m Rahul, signing off, and I’ll see you in the next video.