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Window: open() method

The open() method of the Window interface loads a specified resource into a new or existing browsing context (that is, a tab, a window, or an iframe ) under a specified name.

A string indicating the URL or path of the resource to be loaded. If an empty string ( "" ) is specified or this parameter is omitted, a blank page is opened into the targeted browsing context.

A string, without whitespace, specifying the name of the browsing context the resource is being loaded into. If the name doesn't identify an existing context, a new context is created and given the specified name. The special target keywords , _self , _blank , _parent , _top , and _unfencedTop can also be used. _unfencedTop is only relevant to fenced frames .

This name can be used as the target attribute of <a> or <form> elements.

A string containing a comma-separated list of window features in the form name=value — or for boolean features, just name . These features include options such as the window's default size and position, whether or not to open a minimal popup window, and so forth. The following options are supported:

If this feature is enabled, it requests that a minimal popup window be used. The UI features included in the popup window will be automatically decided by the browser, generally including an address bar only.

If popup is not enabled, and there are no window features declared, the new browsing context will be a tab.

Note: Specifying any features in the windowFeatures parameter, other than noopener or noreferrer , also has the effect of requesting a popup.

To enable the feature, specify popup either with no value at all, or else set it to yes , 1 , or true .

Example: popup=yes , popup=1 , popup=true , and popup all have identical results.

Specifies the width of the content area, including scrollbars. The minimum required value is 100.

Specifies the height of the content area, including scrollbars. The minimum required value is 100.

Specifies the distance in pixels from the left side of the work area as defined by the user's operating system where the new window will be generated.

Specifies the distance in pixels from the top side of the work area as defined by the user's operating system where the new window will be generated.

If this feature is set, the new window will not have access to the originating window via Window.opener and returns null .

When noopener is used, non-empty target names, other than _top , _self , and _parent , are treated like _blank in terms of deciding whether to open a new browsing context.

If this feature is set, the browser will omit the Referer header, as well as set noopener to true. See rel="noreferrer" for more information.

Note: Requested position ( top , left ), and requested dimension ( width , height ) values in windowFeatures will be corrected if any of such requested value does not allow the entire browser popup to be rendered within the work area for applications of the user's operating system. In other words, no part of the new popup can be initially positioned offscreen.

Return value

If the browser successfully opens the new browsing context, a WindowProxy object is returned. The returned reference can be used to access properties and methods of the new context as long as it complies with the same-origin policy security requirements.

null is returned if the browser fails to open the new browsing context, for example because it was blocked by a browser popup blocker.

Description

The Window interface's open() method takes a URL as a parameter, and loads the resource it identifies into a new or existing tab or window. The target parameter determines which window or tab to load the resource into, and the windowFeatures parameter can be used to control to open a new popup with minimal UI features and control its size and position.

Remote URLs won't load immediately. When window.open() returns, the window always contains about:blank . The actual fetching of the URL is deferred and starts after the current script block finishes executing. The window creation and the loading of the referenced resource are done asynchronously.

Modern browsers have strict popup blocker policies. Popup windows must be opened in direct response to user input, and a separate user gesture event is required for each Window.open() call. This prevents sites from spamming users with lots of windows. However, this poses an issue for multi-window applications. To work around this limitation, you can design your applications to:

• Open no more than one new window at once.
• Reuse existing windows to display different pages.
• Advise users on how to update their browser settings to allow multiple windows.

Opening a new tab

Opening a popup.

Alternatively, the following example demonstrates how to open a popup, using the popup feature.

It is possible to control the size and position of the new popup:

Progressive enhancement

In some cases, JavaScript is disabled or unavailable and window.open() will not work. Instead of solely relying on the presence of this feature, we can provide an alternative solution so that the site or application still functions.

Provide alternative ways when JavaScript is disabled

If JavaScript support is disabled or non-existent, then the user agent will create a secondary window accordingly or will render the referenced resource according to its handling of the target attribute. The goal and the idea are to provide (and not impose ) to the user a way to open the referenced resource.

The above code solves a few usability problems related to links opening popups. The purpose of the event.preventDefault() in the code is to cancel the default action of the link: if the event listener for click is executed, then there is no need to execute the default action of the link. But if JavaScript support is disabled or non-existent on the user's browser, then the event listener for click is ignored, and the browser loads the referenced resource in the target frame or window that has the name "WikipediaWindowName" . If no frame nor window has the name "WikipediaWindowName" , then the browser will create a new window and name it "WikipediaWindowName" .

Note: For more details about the target attribute, see <a> or <form> .

Reuse existing windows and avoid target="_blank"

Using "_blank" as the target attribute value will create several new and unnamed windows on the user's desktop that cannot be recycled or reused. Try to provide a meaningful name to your target attribute and reuse such target attribute on your page so that a click on another link may load the referenced resource in an already created and rendered window (therefore speeding up the process for the user) and therefore justifying the reason (and user system resources, time spent) for creating a secondary window in the first place. Using a single target attribute value and reusing it in links is much more user resources friendly as it only creates one single secondary window, which is recycled.

Here is an example where a secondary window can be opened and reused for other links:

• Same-origin policy

If the newly opened browsing context does not share the same origin , the opening script will not be able to interact (reading or writing) with the browsing context's content.

For more information, refer to the Same-origin policy article.

Accessibility concerns

Avoid resorting to window.open().

It is preferable to avoid resorting to window.open() , for several reasons:

• Modern browsers offer a popup-blocking feature.
• Modern browsers offer tab-browsing, and tab-capable browser users prefer opening new tabs to opening new windows in most situations.
• Users may use browser built-in features or extensions to choose whether to open a link in a new window, in the same window, in a new tab, the same tab, or in the background. Forcing the opening to happen in a specific way, using window.open() , will confuse them and disregard their habits.
• Popups don't have a menu toolbar, whereas new tabs use the user interface of the browser window; therefore, many users prefer tab-browsing because the interface remains stable.

Never use window.open() inline in HTML

Avoid <a href="#" onclick="window.open(…);"> or <a href="javascript:window\.open(…)" …> .

These bogus href values cause unexpected behavior when copying/dragging links, opening links in a new tab/window, bookmarking, or when JavaScript is loading, errors, or is disabled. They also convey incorrect semantics to assistive technologies, like screen readers.

If necessary, use a <button> element instead. In general, you should only use a link for navigation to a real URL .

Always identify links leading to a secondary window

Identify links that will open new windows in a way that helps navigation for users.

The purpose is to warn users of context changes to minimize confusion on the user's part: changing the current window or popping up new windows can be very disorienting to users (in the case of a popup, no toolbar provides a "Previous" button to get back to the previous window).

When extreme changes in context are explicitly identified before they occur, then the users can determine if they wish to proceed or so they can be prepared for the change: not only they will not be confused or feel disoriented, but more experienced users can better decide how to open such links (in a new window or not, in the same window, in a new tab or not, in "background" or not).

• WebAIM: Links and Hypertext - Hypertext Links
• MDN / Understanding WCAG, Guideline 3.2
• G200: Opening new windows and tabs from a link only when necessary
• G201: Giving users advanced warning when opening a new window

Specifications

Browser compatibility.

BCD tables only load in the browser with JavaScript enabled. Enable JavaScript to view data.

• <form>
• window.close()
• window.closed
• window.focus()
• window.opener
• rel="opener" and rel="noopener"

Safari 15.4 window.open freezes both parent and child tabs

Made a github page where you can reproduce the bug: https://swanty.github.io/pdfjs-safari/broken.html

It happens only when special conditions are met:

The broken.html page loads Stripe v3 js file (important for the freeze)

Upon clicking CLICK ME the code executes window.open().location = '...'; , thus both parent and child tabs are linked together in the same process

The second page opens the latest release of mozilla pdf.js that loads .pdf that contains only 1 image (the image is important for the freeze)

Image is simply 3000x3000 PNG, 1 color, 1.2 kB file created with photopea, nothing special, except the resolution. PDF I created by dragging the .png into Chrome and clicking Print -> Save as pdf, also nothing special, just a regular pdf.

On our production web if I navigate pages in same tab and at any point that stripe JS is loaded and then I navigate to a different page where window.open().location = '...' opens that pdf.js + .pdf file with special image then both tabs freeze. It doesn't matter how many times I navigate the pages (in same tab), it seems that once the stripe js is loaded, it lingers in the tab memory somewhere and causes the freeze.

I would really appreciate it if someone from the Safari developer team could take a look at this and help find a solution :)

Thanks, @ Swanty .

I found the same exact problem. This is very critical!!! and just happen in Safari 15.4!! both in MacOS and iOS!!!

Things used to work, now whole pages frozen without errors. It freezes the whole Safari both the parent and child tabs. I tried to find which JS triggering it but can't find it because no error at all.

!!! Please someone from Safari team help fix it ASAP !!! Please.... This problem fails the whole of our web application, and if no patch from Safari team for it, we will need to tell all our customers that they can't use Safari at all.

Please someone from Safari team, please help!!! please

Accepted Reply

Hi, our team is running into the same issue in our web application.

There are a number of instances where we spawn a new window with window.open .

For a certain feature, we have a canvas in both the parent and child window. For the child, we open an empty window initially and later append the canvas element to the new window from the parent script. This is where the freezing seems to occur, albeit not 100% of the time.

For another feature that does not require parent-child communication, the issue is not always reproducible - it only occurs sometimes while opening or closing the newly opened tabs. These tabs are displaying pdf files, using the native pdf viewer. In these situations, we can work around the problem by using the noopener windowFeature parameter.

These issues occur on both Intel and M1 machines.

Edit: This appears to be resolved in Technology Preview, however there are also other issues related to canvas rendering in this version.

Probably related bug: https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=238865

Thank you very much for the info  @ BartCorremans . We got a chart in the child window that is where it uses the canvas and might triggers the freeze.

Do you know which Safari's future version the fix for this problem could be released to?

My case is also fixed in latest Technology Preview (May 11 release)

Thank you :)

Window.open with ios for an async function not working

In my app so far all the window.open calls work fine on iOS but this one is using an async function.

Is there a solution for this? I have spent several hours trying various things from stackoverflow.

I have seen that installing the inAppBrowser may help which I have not tried yet.

I also saw that putting the window.open in the click event may allow it but this would require the user to make another click which is not ideal.

I am not a big fan of async and await because they obscure what is actually happening, and this may be easier to track down if you get rid of them.

That being said, I have a hunch.

Hopefully you control the code to stripeService . If you don’t, I’m sure you can modify this advice accordingly, though.

Replace your createStripePortalSession with a call to createSafeStripePortalSession instead, and make it look like this:

See if it fixes your problem. If so, the reason it works is that the Promise coming from Stripe’s API isn’t zone-aware. I ran into this problem with Promise s that come from WebCrypto, and wrapping them with another Promise.resolve is the cleanest way I came up with to zonify them. You could do something similar with NgZone.run , but I hate that because it needlessly exposes implementation details that should be subject to change.

That didn’t work.

Here is what I tried.

It is actually calling my own firebase cloud function which is then calling Stripe from there so I have control of the cloud function too.

Amongst the “many things tried from stackoverflow”, did you try:

Yeah I did try that. The window.open works (although I need to give it a url) but it seems to lose the reference so the wref.location does not work. I think this probably only works for web.

OK, I think we’re at the point where this topic could be renamed “help me make Stripe play nicely with Safari’s popup blocker”.

There seem to be many different APIs and assorted plugins out there for interacting with Stripe. Perhaps an overview of which you are using under the hood here might help suggest further lines of inquiry.

Safari apparently really doesn’t want windows spawned from code that is not a direct response to a user input, which I guess is sort of understandable but probably sort of irritating in this precise situation. I’m sure you’re not the only one who’s hit this, but I think it’s important to focus on Stripe-related options, because generic attempts at solutions seem to be hitting a brick wall.

Yeah ios can be a real pain.

I’m going to search for a few more things to try. The next thing I will try is the in app browser as I saw mention that it resolved the problem, even if you open the window in the system browser.

If none of that works I will resort to having two buttons or creating the portal session if the user goes to that page. Not great solutions but either should work.

I have no idea why the inappbrowser solution would work though.

I fixed it easily with the below but it is not a great solution as the user has click twice. I may just leave it like this for a while rather than expending any more time on it.

Hello everyone. Does someone have any news regarding this issue?

I use Capacitor, and my users log in using OpenID Connect (with angular-auth-oidc-client), because of company policies, we can’t use the inAppBrowser, and have to rely on the system browser.

This code works on Android, but not on iOS:

So I managed to make it work using the solution provided by @wekas with a popup, but it’s definitely annoying for the users to clic on “Login”, and then have a popup to confirm that he, indeed, wants to login…

Window.open function not work on safari ios and safari For more information you can have a look on the documentation Window.open() - Web APIs | MDN

This is false, and MDN docs says that window.open is compatible since Safari iOS version 1.

The issue here is that it doesn’t work in an async callback in Ionic.

If there is another way to open the native browser, I would be very interested in that.

window.open work on safari browser version 1 but not with latest version of safari browser.

There are some plugin you can use for native browser it may help you.

For capacitor

For cordova

For web window.location.href

Thanks for your reply, but I feel like we’re going in circle here.

Opening safari works well on iOS 16.2 with window.open, as long as it’s not in an async function . In the code I provided, opening safari works, it just does so on user action.

The plugins you provided uses inApp browser, and I can’t use that.

I really feel like it’s an issue with Ionic itself.

[SOLVED] Window.open does not work on ios safari

we are creating a game and need to open some windows on button clicks, this does not seem to work on ios safari due to pop-up blocking. we already looked at other projects and are using the same code as the flappy bird tutorial project. It seems to work there, but not in ours. We also looked at some more general javascript solutions, but these also seem fruitless. Any help is appreciated, thanks!

Which buttons are meant to open new windows?

the red button at the top is easiest to test, but there are a few. mainly the share buttons on the game over screen.

alright, the solution is found! apparently it does not work when called after a button press, but it does work when called through an event. The buttons in our example are sprites that fire an event when clicked on, while our project worked with buttons. thanks for taking a look Yaustar.

Nice one in finding the solution and thank you for posting it here.

Yes, as a protection measure, browsers tend to only have operations like this only happen on the event callback.

iPadOS - Safari - Lost Windows, Lost Tabs, Recovery

“All my open tabs have been deleted”

“I lost all Safari tabs after updating to iPadOS 13. How can I restore them”

“How do I rearrange my Safari tabs without losing them”

“I accidentally closed all my Safari tabs.  Can they be recovered”

“What is Open in Background / what happened to Open in New Tab”

Do these questions (or something very like them) sound familiar to you?  Are you frustrated with seemingly random disappearance of your Safari window or it’s tabs?  If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you have likely encountered some “unexpected issues” resulting from new functionality within iPadOS.  You might, perhaps, encounter difficulties after upgrading your device from a previous version of iOS - or when attempting to manipulate tabs within Safari.

This Community User Tip will attempt to explain and explore what is likely to be happening when the unexpected occurs.  It is hoped that this information will assist Users (both new and veteran) to better understand and enjoy some of the enhanced functionality that Safari now brings to the party.  It should be noted that this is not intended to be an exhaustive list of perceived Safari problems - but it does describe and address frequently occurring issues often seen within these community pages - and potential recovery mechanisms for when something “unexpected” should occur with your iPad.

This article is intended to identify and/or demonstrate areas of potential mis-operation, by the User, in this “new world” of iPadOS functionality.  Many “issues” can, in fact, be attributed to user-error or misdirected input - perhaps resulting from use of gestures and operations utilised with earlier versions of iOS.  

We must sometimes, of ourselves, recognise the need to acquire or renew our knowledge - of which it is hoped this document will assist.  Please note, no criticism of the User is implied or should otherwise be inferred.

IPadOS/iOS 13 & Safari

With the introduction of iPadOS/iOS 13, Apple now significantly differentiates between System Software installed on iPad (now called iPadOS) and iPhone (iOS) - at last recognising that whilst the two related device types have much in-common, the iPad is capable of so much more.  The iPad, with its significantly larger screen and greater capabilities, now has additional features - such as an enhanced User Interface (UI) and native App enhancements that specifically take advantage of iPad’s more flexible hardware and display.  iPad and iPhone are different - as are now the UI and some of its revised/enhanced gestures.

One App that has been significantly enhanced in iPadOS is Safari - this being the system’s native web browser. For those familiar with Safari from the days of iOS, its implementation between iPad and iPhone was almost indistinguishable between devices.  What you learnt on one device was [almost] a universal constant.  With the introduction of iPadOS, those days are now past and Safari itself is altogether a different animal.

Before continuing, it is worth noting that a very comprehensive iPad User Guide for iPadOS is available within the Apple Books App.  Simply search for “iPad User Guide” - or “Apple” to find all the official User Guides.  An online version of the iPad User Guide is also available - but this is slightly less comprehensive than the full downloadable version.  Here is a link to both:

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/ipad/ipadf3dbb83f/ipados

If you’re in a hurry to find a solution to a Safari problem, perhaps return later to the User Guide, but full review of the User Guide chapters entitled Basics , App Basics and Safari are highly recommended.  At the end of this document you’ll also find some Apple Videos that provide great insight into the new multitasking features of iPadOS.

I can’t stress this enough, no amount of “assumed understanding” will replace basic knowledge of how Apple intend the revised UI to function - as implemented within iPadOS. Remember, iPadOS is different in many ways from previous versions of iOS.  Other than to clarify or expand upon documented functionality, no attempt will be made here to needlessly repeat information already contained with the iPad User Guide; this discussion paper will largely confine itself to, and focus upon, the possible causes of difficulties, likely recovery methods and undocumented features.

So, to business... and the things you perhaps need to know (and understand) that are either not in the User Guide or would benefit from greater explanation.

An Overview

Why do Safari Windows and open tabs seeming have a mind of their own?  Simple - they don’t - unless you are misfortunate enough to suffer a [now vanishingly] rare occurrence of Safari actually crashing its session. In the rare circumstance of a software crash, Safari will lose its current state - and has no opportunity to save anything before being re-initialised. 

Since release of iPadOS 13.3, for “modern” devices (by which I mean current and recent preceding generations of iPad) with adequate system resources (3GB+ RAM), Safari is very stable; an actual software crash is now rarely seen.  Older devices (with only the minimum iPadOS supported 2GB RAM configuration) are somewhat more performance constrained, but should otherwise be stable; issues with these devices generally manifest in slow(er) response to user input.

Whilst we can’t prevent an unexpected crash event, there are mitigations that can (a) reduce the impact of a crash, or (b) if we provide inappropriate user input, that causes a session/tab/window to be closed/lost, to recover from it.  Possible mitigations will be discussed later.

Memory management processes (triggered when switching between Apps - or when leaving Safari “idle” for some time) may result in a process or tab-reload when later returning to the Safari App.  This might, for example, cause a previously “logged-in” web session to expire an authentication-token and request re-authentication of the session (an inconvenience that we hope might be fixed, by Apple, in a future release).  This is entirely beyond our control - and we can do nothing about.

So, what is the likely source of difficulties that cause a Safari Window to seemingly vanish - or tabs, that were previously open, to disappear?

Multitasking

iPadOS has a greatly enhanced multi-tasking environment - that now supports multiple “instances” of App’s, such as Safari, each instance running in its own “space” (in iPadOS parlance) within the System.  Add to this an ability of iPadOS to run any of the running Safari “instances” in Split or Slide-Over Screen modes, provides further complexity to the mix.  

This very complexity gives multiple opportunities for an active Safari Window and its associated tabs to seemingly go AWOL.  In most cases - when “things disappear” - nothing has been lost; they have simply been moved to someplace else [accidentally or deliberately] by user input.

There are many ways to deliberately/intentionally trigger the opening of an additional Safari instance - most of which are described in detail within the iPad User Guide for iPadOS.  There are also ways to trigger a new instance of Safari when least expected.

How to rearrange tabs without losing them

Rearranging tabs within Safari is possible and relatively straightforward, but beware - this is one area in which open tabs, or an entire Safari window, can go missing in a variety of ways.

From previous experience with earlier versions of iOS, you would likely believe that reordering tabs is a simple task; you just touch the tab that you wish to move, pause, then slide to a new position on the tab bar.  Nope, not in iPadOS.  If you now touch-and-hold a tab (i.e., a long touch), a pop-up Action Menu appears, and... oops, if you are not careful, everything but one tab vanishes!

Somehow, in this scenario, you managed to “touch” the action entitled Close Other Tabs (very helpfully highlighted, as a warning, in red text).  Safari obeys your command - and immediately closes all but the tab originally selected to be moved.  Don’t panic .  This is a surprisingly easy error* to make - especially when using multi-finger gestures - but is recoverable.

* The Author has experienced this phenomena on multiple occasions, unexpectedly closing many open tabs.  Given the apparent ease in making this error (and its potential impact), it is hoped that Apple might consider refinement of the Action Menu - requiring that actions highlighted in red text must be confirmed prior to execution.  Such action-confirmation could, helpfully, be enabled from iPad Settings.

Whilst on the subject of “long-touches” and Action Menus, beware also of the View Open Tabs icon (overlapping squares) at top-right of the Safari page.  A long-touch here invokes another Action Menu, the first two items in the list are again highlighted with red text as a warning; the first item will close all your open tabs!  Alas, we digress...

To recover your deleted/accidentally closed tabs , touch-and-hold (i.e., long touch) the “+” icon at top right - and the list of Recently Closed Tabs will appear.  Starting at the top of the list, touch the link; the selected item will be restored to the current Safari window/instance in its own tab.  Now repeat - for each missing tab.  It shouldn’t take too long to work through the list (unless you have hundreds of open tabs - which is asking for trouble - call it penance).  Restoring Recently Closed Tabs, using this method, also restores the associated tab history.

A possible mitigation strategy to avoid loss of tabs en-masse, should you decide to plan ahead, will be described later.  

As a point of interest, it is worth mentioning that iPadOS Safari has a hard-limit of 500 tabs - totalled across all open Safari instances (spaces).  When attempting to open another tab, you’ll be prompted to close tabs - with action options all highlighted in red text; we’ve already learned the significance (and danger) of actions labelled with red text!

So, we’ve discovered how to not move tabs within the active Safari window, but we have also usefully discovered an Action Menu that provides some additional options for organising our tabs.  You can read about these in the User Guide, or experiment with them (carefully) now that you know they’re there.

Having learned what not to do, how do you move a tab within a Safari window?  To move a tab , touch the open tab that you want to move - and the instant that the tab “pops”, immediately drag the tab downwards to detach it from the tab bar; if the Action Menu appears, you paused a fraction too long before pulling downwards; just let-go - and tap safely elsewhere to dismiss the Action Menu.  

Once the tab is detached from the tab-bar, you can drag it to an alternate position - then release - but beware of dragging to either extremity of the tab bar...

Dragging a tab to either extreme edge of the screen will either open a Slide-over or Split-view Safari Window - as you choose - both available views being within the currently visible Safari instance (remember, there may be multiple instances of Safari).

Note:  If you really need to drag an existing tab to one or other end of the tab-bar - and find that you can’t - instead drop short of the end.  Now drag the current end-tab inside the the one just dropped.  Done.

It is also worth noting that with “multi-touch” you can manipulate multiple tabs...

Multi-touch and Safari tabs

Whilst the tab is detached from the tab bar, as described above, you’ll notice that the tab has a green “+” badge together with an associated number; the number indicates the number of tabs being moved/manipulated by this action.

Whilst you maintain the original touch-gesture with your finger, you can use another finger to tap/add additional tabs from the tab bar to the selection; the green badge will increment the number for each additional selected tab, indicating the number of tabs within the stack.  Once selected, you can drag the stack to a new location on the tab bar.

Open new Safari tabs

Recent updates to iPadOS have also introduced dynamic Action Menus.

This change to the UI has caused some users to complain of having lost the Open New Tab option from the Action Menu ( Open New Tab being an action - and label - with which they have become familiar), to be unexpectedly replaced with Open in Background.

iPadOS Safari Action Menus are now dynamic - in that the available Action Menu items/labels change to reflect Safari’s settings and available task(s).  Other than improving and logically extending Safari’s UI and functionality, nothing has otherwise changed; the option that you were previously accustomed to seeing is still there.

The Open in Background “ action” is correctly labelled for the current (default) setting; when selected from the menu, a New Tab is opened as a “background” process - whilst the existing open tab retains selected for input (focus).

The key Safari setting, that controls this behaviour, is here:

Settings > Safari > Open New Tabs in Background > ON

If changed to OFF, Safari’s behaviour and associated Action Menu item will reflect this change to settings.  The Action Menu will now offer Open in New Tab .  When selected, a New Tab will be opened as a “foreground” process - and your active tab (focus) will immediately change to the New Tab.

Within the Action Menu, Open in New Window is a further option - which opens a new tab in a new Safari instance (space) - and instantly changes the current focus to the new instance/tab.

Slide-over & Split-view - Pitfalls

To hide a Slide-over view, you simply slide the view off the right-edge of the screen; it can simply be retrieved by sliding it back from the edge.

You can easily switch between Slide-over and Split-view - these views being interchangeable.  To change views, pull downwards from the top edge of the respective view using the grey grab-bar; when the window changes to a Safari icon, either pull to the edge of the screen and release to see a Split-view, or simply lift your finger and revert to Slide-over.

A Split-view can also re-proportioned 75/25, 50/50 or 25/75% - keeping both on screen - simply by dragging the central divider left or right as needed.

To remove a Slide-over view entirely, you must first convert it to a Split-view.  From Split-view, using the grab-bar that appears on the central divider, expand the view that you wish to keep - dragging the divider fully over the view that you wish to remove from view.

A Slide-over view can also be easily converted back to a full screen simply by dragging the top-drag bar, of the Split-view window, to the top centre of the screen.  Similarly, a Slide-over view can be simply converted to Split-view by dragging the top-drag bar to either screen edge.

Contrary to possible expectation, removing a Slide-over or Split-view from the visible Safari window does not close the view.  Whilst entirely removing either of these views from the current Safari instance, the removed slide-over or Split-view instead creates an additional instance of Safari - containing the previously removed view with all its associated tabs.  You may think they’re gone, but they’re not - unless deliberately force-closed.

Different iPad models have differing capabilities in context of Slide-over and Split-view - as determined by their hardware configuration.  Some models, such as iPad Pro, can have multiple instances of Safari open at one time, concurrent with Split and Slide-over views, whilst simultaneously displaying a picture-in-picture video feed.  

It is very easy, when managing all these windows in a touch interface environment, to cause something unexpected to happen.  In most cases, nothing should be lost - but for windows to seemingly disappear.  When this occurs, it is inevitable that the most important Safari window, with your most critical tabs appear to go missing.  Again, don’t panic ...

Find and recover a missing Safari window

If you accidentally close a Safari window, or if your Safari window seemingly disappears, you can restore it together with all its open tabs.

In iPadOS, you can now have multiple App instances (spaces) of the same App - including Safari.  Many new [and not so new] Users who have not learned about the new features of iPadOS are unknowingly opening multiple instances of Safari - or inadvertently closing (or simply hiding) an existing instance together with its open tabs.

If this happens to you, with Safari open and on-screen, swipe-up from the bottom edge of the screen just enough to reveal the Dock.  Don’t use the flick gesture as this will return you to the last used home screen; similarly, don’t swipe upward to the centre of the screen and pause - as this will invoke the task switcher.

With both the Safari window and dock visible, simply tap the Safari icon (this triggers the new Exposé feature of iPadOS).  You will be presented with a screen containing a preview of all the currently open Safari windows (instances).  Additionally, if any Safari windows have been recently closed, in the top right corner will be a “Reopen Closed Window(s)” button.  

With this screen visible, touch any of the open Safari instances to return to it, together with all its associated open tabs.  You can freely switch between all the open Safari instances at will; each instance is fully independent of others, together with their own set of open tabs.  If you really want to close a Safari instance and its associated open tabs (yes, really close them), simply swipe it off the top of the screen from here.

If you need to recover a recently “closed” Safari instance, whether intentionally closed or “by accident”, just select the Reopen Closed Window(s) button.  Your recently (!) closed Safari windows will be restored.

It’s worth mentioning that all your currently open Safari instances can also be seen in the Task Switcher screen - together with all your other open Apps.  You’ll recall that the gestures to invoke the Task Switcher are to swipe upwards from the bottom edge to the centre of the screen, pause, then release - or, from any home page, use a four-finger upward swipe.  For iPads with a physical Home button, you can also double tap this button to summon the Task Switcher screen.

Your most recently opened Safari instance will always be towards the right of the Task Switcher screen.

All your open Safari instances can also be found from any Home Screen (where the Dock is always visible); simply touch-and-hold the Safari icon in the Dock - and an action menu will appear.  Select Show All Windows .

After updating my iPad, all my Safari tabs vanished. Launching Safari didn’t restore my open tabs.

If you update iPadOS or force-restart your iPad, it may seem that Safari and its open tabs have been lost.  In all likelihood, all is well...

Allow you iPad to fully restart, then launch Safari.  As before, with Safari running, expose the Dock and touch the Safari icon.  All your previously running Safari instances, with associated tabs, should be there.  If you have a lot of open tabs, it may take some seconds for them all to reload; be patient!

Mitigations

Stuff happens; sometimes things do go wrong - and when they do, it’s always an inconvenience. 

Safari Windows and Tabs may be open for “home”, “work”, “research” or a multitude of other things.  The browser may have been open for days (if not weeks or months), collecting open tabs that you eventually plan to return to.  Then something bad happens... a simple slip of a finger, a moment of inattention, or a rare “crash” comes to visit your iPad.

So how should I reduce inconvenience of loosing a collection of open Safari instances and their associated tabs?  

First, in addition to the possibility of loosing a substantial number of open tabs for pages that you’ve not otherwise bookmarked, it is wise to recognise that it always unwise to rely upon “cached” page data within your browser to preserve website data; source pages may be modified or removed from a website.  Upon reloading the page, previously cached data can be irretrievably lost.  Similarly, web browsers do occasionally “have their moments” resulting in loss of all open sessions and tabs - regardless of the operating system.  

For iPadOS, the “ Bookmark Open Tabs ” feature is a very useful backup tool - in that you have the ability to rapidly save all open tabs within a Safari window (instance) to a backup folder, the name of which can be chosen during the save operation.  This is a great tool for saving an on-line research session - keeping all tabs/sites of interest together for later recall.  It should be noted that this will save the associated URL, not the cached content.

Whilst this is just one of iPadOS/iOS13.x great new features, the save mechanism remains a manual process that must be completed prior to closure/termination (planned or otherwise) of a Safari instance.  Of course, the last-closed instance can always be reopened together with its associated tabs - unless a crash or critical failure were to occur.

Whilst the process to bulk-save open tabs is a manual process, it is ripe for automation using the native Apple Shortcuts App!

Here is a simple workflow to save all open tabs within a single Safari window:

Save Session

From an open Safari window, touch-and-hold the book icon to the left of the address bar; from the menu that appears, choose the second option - Add Bookmarks for n Tabs (where n = the number of open tabs in this Safari window/instance); a New Folder dialogue will appear - give it a suitable name - and Save .

Close your window if you wish - or just treat this as saving where you are so far.  Saving the state of the window saves all your open tabs.

Restore Session

To restore a saved session, with a Safari window open (any window will do - but a new Safari instance is recommended), open a new window from the “+” icon; a page will appear with all your saved Favourites shown as individual icons.  You will notice that your page of favourites includes one or more grouped sets of thumbnail icons (i.e., folders), one or more of which will have the folder name that you chose in the step above.  

Touch-and-hold the folder icon that corresponds with the session that you wish to restore - the folder will expand and show an Actions Menu; choose the second option Open in New Tabs.

Now, all the tabs will open in the new Safari Window - just as they were when you saved them.  The new Safari window, with restored tabs, can be manipulated just like any other Safari window within iPadOS.

You can have as many saved sessions/folders as you like - all with unique names.  So you could, for example, save your research project at various stages or times - ready for immediate recall at will.  This save/restore process is very powerful - and is completely independent of the other mechanisms within Safari to restore closed windows or individual tabs.  The saved sessions will persist and be synchronised with iCloud, like any other saved Favourite, until such time as you delete them.

Likewise, how do I keep an important webpage or article?  With a little forward planning, the inconvenience of loosing an important page can be greatly limited.  Remember, material on a webpage can be altered or removed at the will of the page owner.  If it’s important to you, and copyright allows, keep a local copy!

The recommended approach to reducing impact of unplanned events is to “save” valued webpage content as a web-archive (different Operating Systems and browsers offer this function in differing ways).  iPadOS/iOS presents this feature by way of its Reading List (touch-and-hold the book icon to the left of the address bar, then touch Add to Reading List ).  Alternatively, you can save an entire webpage as a PDF file using the native Markup function.  These features are described within the User Guide.

Post Script

Now that you’ve gotten this far - and hopefully resolved any difficulties you might have - it is perhaps worth repeating an essential earlier point; review of the User Guide chapters entitled Basics , App Basics and Safari are highly recommended... no amount of “assumed knowledge” will replace basic knowledge of how Apple intend the revised UI to function.

Here are a pair of external links, to Apple videos, that readers may also find helpful in understanding two key features of iPadOS.  These may add useful context to information contained within this article:

How to Use Slide Over:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITzy5J3j5Is

How to Multitask with Split View:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSBZKr5kXYM

I sincerely hope you have found this article to be helpful - as, in finding it, you have likely already suffered some frustration or unexpected difficulties.  You may wish to bookmark it, and return at a later date, as this document may be expanded and enhanced over time - providing new insight, solutions and additional tips.

Published 17 January 2020

1st Revision (cleanup) 18 February 2020

2nd Revision (with new content) 21 February 2020

3rd Revision (updated with additional content) 13 July 2020

4th Revision (additional content and cleanup) 11 August 2020

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Olvida Chrome: estos navegadores son realmente privados

La confirmación por parte de Google de que te rastrea incluso si el navegador está modo Incógnito , es sólo la última de una larga serie de inquietantes revelaciones sobre lo mucho que las grandes tecnológicas vigilan nuestros movimientos cada vez que nos conectamos a internet. Miles de millones de registros de datos serán eliminados como parte del acuerdo alcanzado en una demanda colectiva interpuesta contra Google.

Como ya hemos escrito en otras ocasiones, el modo incógnito y los modos equivalentes que ofrecen otros navegadores no son tan seguros como cabría pensar, sobre todo si empiezas a iniciar sesión en cuentas como las de Google o Facebook . Tus actividades y búsquedas como usuario en grandes plataformas pueden quedar registradas para crear publicidad dirigida con mayor precisión a tu perfil demográfico .

Google dice que es transparente sobre qué datos almacena y por qué, y en los últimos años ha facilitado que los usuarios vean y eliminen la información que guarda sobre ellos. Sin embargo, si lo que buscas es garantizar la privacidad y la seguridad de tu información, lo mejor es cambiar a un navegador que no esté fabricado por una empresa que gana miles de millones de dólares vendiendo publicidad.

A continuación te recomendamos varios navegadores que priorizan tu privacidad como usuario. Y lo que es mejor, pueden importar datos como marcadores y contraseñas de tu navegador actual, como Google Chrome.

DuckDuckGo (Android, iOS, Windows, macOS)

El navegador DuckDuckGo bloquea los rastreadores en su origen.

Puede que conozcas DuckDuckGo como el motor de búsqueda anti-Google, pero la empresa matriz se ha diversificado para crear también sus propios navegadores. Te mantienen bien protegido en internet y, al mismo tiempo, provee información sobre las tecnologías de rastreo que bloquea de forma preventiva.

DuckDuckGo empieza por imponer conexiones HTTPS cifradas cuando los sitios web las ofrecen, y da a cada página que visitas una calificación basada en la agresividad con la que intenta extraer tus datos. Incluso escanea y clasifica las políticas de privacidad de los sitios por ti.

En cuanto a los datos de navegación , se pueden borrar automáticamente al final de cada sesión o después de un cierto periodo de tiempo. Las ventanas emergentes y los anuncios se eliminan, y por supuesto el motor de búsqueda DuckDuckGo está integrado, libre de las trampas de Google.

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También tienes extras como alias de correo electrónico desechables que puedes utilizar en lugar de tu dirección de correo electrónico real para proteger tu privacidad. Para acceder a sus apps solo necesitas instalarlas, obteniendo la máxima protección con el mínimo esfuerzo.

Ghostery (Android, iOS, Windows, macOS)

Ghostery viene con una serie de herramientas para proteger tu privacidad.

Una vez que instales Ghostery en tu smartphone o en tu PC, este se pondrá a trabajar bloqueando los anuncios y las cookies de rastreo que intentan vigilar lo que haces en la red. No hay complicadas pantallas de instalación ni configuraciones que gestionar.

Al igual que DuckDuckGo, Ghostery te dice exactamente qué rastreadores y anuncios está bloqueando y cuántas herramientas de monitorización tiene instaladas cada sitio web. Si encuentras sitios seguros, puedes marcarlos como de confianza con un toque.

O, si encuentras un sitio repleto de sistemas de seguimiento, puedes bloquear todas y cada una de las tecnologías de cookies que contenga (para sistemas de comentarios, reproductores multimedia, etc.), aunque el sitio se interrumpa. También incorpora un motor de búsqueda sencillo y privado que sustituye a Google.

Las herramientas de Ghostery son un poco más profundas y avanzadas que las que ofrece DuckDuckGo, por lo que debes considerar si quieres tener un control adicional sobre qué rastreadores están bloqueados en qué sitios, aunque es lo suficientemente simple como para que cualquiera pueda usarlo.

Navegador Tor (Android, Windows, macOS)

Tor te conecta a la red Tor, para mantener tus actividades en línea más privadas.

Tor Browser se comercializa como una opción de navegación "sin rastreo, vigilancia o censura" y merece la pena echarle un vistazo si quieres lo último en navegación anónima y sin rastreadores; a menos que estés en iOS, donde no está disponible. En su lugar, Tor recomienda Onion Browser.

El navegador es parte de un proyecto mayor para mantener anónima la navegación en internet. Te recomendamos la red del Proyecto Tor, un complejo sistema de retransmisión encriptado gestionado por la comunidad Tor, lo que hace mucho más difícil que un tercero pueda seguir tus actividades en línea.

Además de esta capa adicional de anonimato, el navegador es súper estricto con los scripts de fondo y la tecnología de rastreo que los sitios pueden ejecutar. También bloquea la toma de huellas dactilares, un método por el que los anunciantes intentan reconocer las características únicas de tu dispositivo.

Al final de cada sesión de navegación, todo se borra, incluyendo las cookies dejadas por los sitios y el historial de navegación dentro de la propia aplicación. En otras palabras, la navegación privada es la opción por defecto y, de hecho, la única.

Brave (Android, iOS, Windows, macOS)

Brave te da una experiencia de navegación limpia y rápida.

Brave incluye todas las funciones de protección contra el rastreo. Los anuncios están completamente bloqueados, hay restricciones estrictas sobre los datos que los sitios pueden recopilar a través de cookies y secuencias de comandos de seguimiento, y siempre te informa sobre lo que está sucediendo.

El navegador viene con una VPN opcional, aunque cuesta un extra de $10 dólares al mes. También puedes usar Brave para acceder a la red Tor y aprovechar su servicio de retransmisión anónima que oculta tu ubicación y datos de navegación.

Moverse por la web con Brave es rápido y ágil. Se trata de un paquete muy completo que logra un buen equilibrio entre sencillez y potencia para la mayoría de los usuarios.

Brave ha sido pionero en funciones relacionadas con tecnologías web innovadoras, como las criptomonedas , las NFT y, más recientemente, la inteligencia artificial . Es decir, no se centra exclusivamente en la seguridad y la privacidad.

Firefox (Android, iOS, Windows, macOS)

Firefox forma parte de un conjunto de productos de privacidad de Mozilla.

Firefox ha estado a la vanguardia de la privacidad en línea, bloqueando las cookies de rastreo en todos los sitios por defecto. Actualmente, sigue siendo una de las mejores opciones para asegurarse de que se está dando la menor cantidad de datos posible mientras navegas en la web.

Firefox también te da información sobre cada sitio web que visitas, incluyendo sus rastreadores y las cookies que las páginas han conservado. Con este navegador puedes gestionar fácilmente los permisos de acceso a tu ubicación y micrófono.

Además de velar por los intereses de sus usuarios, Firefox da la opción de personalización del usuario . Puedes cambiar el aspecto y el comportamiento del navegador de varias maneras con integraciones útiles como Pocket, que guarda historias web en tu dispositivo para que puedas leerlas más tarde.

Mozilla, desarrollador de Firefox, ofrece un montón de extras, como un monitor gratuito de filtraciones de datos, que te avisa cuando tus nombres de usuario y contraseñas quedaron expuestos en algún lugar de internet; un sistema gratuito de alias de correo electrónico para mantener protegida tu dirección de correo real y una conexión VPN que cuesta $10 dólares al mes. Un paquete completo para mantenerte seguro en internet.

Safari (iOS, macOS)

Safari lleva tiempo bloqueando las cookies de rastreo.

Apple sigue añadiendo tecnología de privacidad a Safari con cada lanzamiento en iOS y macOS , como requerir la autenticación del usuario al volver a una sesión de navegación, aunque obviamente no es una opción si estás en Android o Windows .

Safari lleva mucho tiempo bloqueando las cookies de rastreo de terceros que intentan unir los puntos de tu actividad web en varios sitios. También bloquea las técnicas de huellas dactilares de dispositivos que intentan identificar tus dispositivos, e informa sobre los rastreadores que ha desactivado.

El navegador también te avisa cuando intentas utilizar una contraseña demasiado débil en un nuevo sitio web o servicio, y te sugiere una contraseña más segura si es necesario. Las últimas actualizaciones del navegador también permiten iniciar sesión con reconocimiento facial.

Safari funciona en el marco del compromiso de Apple de recopilar la menor cantidad posible de información sobre ti y mantener la mayor parte bloqueada localmente en tu dispositivo en lugar de en los servidores de Apple .

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iOS 18 May Feature All-New 'Safari Browsing Assistant'

iOS 18 will apparently feature a new Safari browsing assistant, according to backend code on Apple's servers discovered by Nicolás Álvarez . MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris confirmed that the code exists, but not many details are known at this time.

Update: Álvarez has since said that iCloud Private Relay might not be related to this feature.

A browsing assistant in Safari could be one of the many new generative AI features that are rumored to be coming to the iPhone with iOS 18 later this year. There are already multiple iPhone web browsers with AI tools, such as Microsoft Edge with a GPT-4-powered Copilot and Arc Search , which can summarize web pages to provide concise information.

Álvarez also uncovered a so-called "Encrypted Visual Search" feature in the backend code on Apple's servers, but no specific details are known. MacRumors contributor Steve Moser last year discovered a new Visual Search feature for Apple's Vision Pro headset in visionOS beta code, which would allow users to copy and paste printed text from the real world into apps and more, but the feature has yet to launch. It is possible that Apple is planning to debut a more secure version of the feature. However, the code could also relate to the iPhone's existing Visual Look Up feature that can identify objects in photos and videos.

Apple is set to unveil iOS 18 during its WWDC keynote on June 10 , so we should learn more about these potential new features in a few more months.

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iPad User Guide

• iPad models compatible with iPadOS 17
• iPad mini (5th generation)
• iPad mini (6th generation)
• iPad (6th generation)
• iPad (7th generation)
• iPad (8th generation)
• iPad (9th generation)
• iPad (10th generation)
• iPad Air (3rd generation)
• iPad Air (4th generation)
• iPad Air (5th generation)
• iPad Pro 10.5-inch
• iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation)
• iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation)
• iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation)
• iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation)
• iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation)
• iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation)
• iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation)
• iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th generation)
• iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation)
• Setup basics
• Make your iPad your own
• Keep in touch with friends and family
• Customize your workspace
• Do more with Apple Pencil
• Customize iPad for your child
• What’s new in iPadOS 17
• Turn on and set up iPad
• Wake and unlock
• Set up cellular service
• Connect to the internet
• Sign in with Apple ID
• Subscribe to iCloud+
• Find settings
• Set up mail, contacts, and calendar accounts
• Learn the meaning of the status icons
• Charge the battery
• Show the battery percentage
• Check battery usage
• Use Low Power Mode to save battery life
• Read and bookmark the user guide
• Learn basic gestures
• Learn advanced gestures
• Adjust the volume
• Find your apps in App Library
• Switch between apps
• Zoom an app to fill the screen
• Quit and reopen an app
• Drag and drop
• Open two items in Split View
• Switch an app window to Slide Over
• View an app’s windows and workspaces
• Multitask with Picture in Picture
• Move, resize, and organize windows
• Access features from the Lock Screen
• Perform quick actions
• Search on iPad
• Get information about your iPad
• View or change cellular data settings
• Travel with iPad
• Change or turn off sounds
• Create a custom Lock Screen
• Change the wallpaper
• Adjust the screen brightness and color balance
• Customize the text size and zoom setting
• Change the name of your iPad
• Change the date and time
• Change the language and region
• Organize your apps in folders
• Add, edit, and remove widgets
• Move apps and widgets on the Home Screen
• Remove apps
• Use and customize Control Center
• Change or lock the screen orientation
• View and respond to notifications
• Change notification settings
• Set up a focus
• Allow or silence notifications for a Focus
• Turn a Focus on or off
• Customize sharing options
• Type with the onscreen keyboard
• Dictate text
• Move the onscreen keyboard
• Select and edit text
• Use predictive text
• Use text replacements
• Add or change keyboards
• Add emoji and stickers
• Take a screenshot
• Take a screen recording
• Write and draw in documents
• Add text, shapes, signatures, and more
• Fill out forms and sign documents
• Use Live Text to interact with content in a photo or video
• Use Visual Look Up to identify objects in your photos and videos
• Lift a subject from the photo background
• Subscribe to Apple Arcade
• Play with friends in Game Center
• Connect a game controller
• Use App Clips
• Update apps
• View or cancel subscriptions
• Manage purchases, settings, and restrictions
• Install and manage fonts
• Buy books and audiobooks
• Annotate books
• Access books on other Apple devices
• Listen to audiobooks
• Set reading goals
• Organize books
• Create and edit events in Calendar
• Send invitations
• Reply to invitations
• Change how you view events
• Search for events
• Change calendar and event settings
• Schedule or display events in a different time zone
• Keep track of events
• Use multiple calendars
• Use the Holidays calendar
• Share iCloud calendars
• Take photos
• Take a selfie
• Take a Portrait mode selfie
• Take videos
• Change advanced camera settings
• Adjust HDR camera settings
• View, share, and print photos
• Use Live Text
• Scan a QR code
• See the world clock
• Set an alarm
• Use the stopwatch
• Use multiple timers
• Add and use contact information
• Edit contacts
• Add your contact info
• Send Contacts on iPad
• Use other contact accounts
• Hide duplicate contacts
• Export contacts
• Get started with FaceTime
• Make FaceTime calls
• Receive FaceTime calls
• Create a FaceTime link
• Take a Live Photo
• Turn on Live Captions
• Use other apps during a call
• Make a Group FaceTime call
• View participants in a grid
• Use SharePlay to watch, listen, and play together
• Share your screen in a FaceTime call
• Collaborate on a document in a FaceTime call
• Use video conferencing features
• Hand off a FaceTime call to another Apple device
• Change the FaceTime video settings
• Change the FaceTime audio settings
• Change your appearance
• Leave a call or switch to Messages
• Block unwanted callers
• Report a call as spam
• Connect external devices or servers
• Modify files, folders, and downloads
• Search for files and folders
• Organize files and folders
• Set up iCloud Drive
• Share files and folders in iCloud Drive
• Share your location
• Add or remove a friend
• Locate a friend
• Get notified when friends change their location
• Notify a friend when your location changes
• Add your iPad
• Get notified if you leave a device behind
• Locate a device
• Mark a device as lost
• Erase a device
• Remove a device
• Add an AirTag
• Share an AirTag or other item in Find My on iPad
• Add a third-party item
• Get notified if you leave an item behind
• Locate an item
• Mark an item as lost
• Remove an item
• Adjust map settings
• Get started with Freeform
• Create a Freeform board
• Draw or handwrite
• Apply consistent styles
• Position items on a board
• Search Freeform boards
• Share and collaborate
• Delete and recover boards
• Get started with Health
• Fill out your Health Details
• Intro to Health data
• View your health data
• Share your health data
• View health data shared by others
• Download health records
• View health records
• Log menstrual cycle information
• View menstrual cycle predictions and history
• Track your medications
• Learn more about your medications
• Log your state of mind
• Take a mental health assessment
• Customize your Sleep Focus
• Turn Sleep Focus on or off
• View your sleep history
• Check your headphone audio levels
• Use audiogram data
• Back up your Health data
• Intro to Home
• Upgrade to the new Home architecture
• Set up accessories
• Control accessories
• Control your home using Siri
• Use Grid Forecast to plan your energy usage
• Set up HomePod
• Control your home remotely
• Create and use scenes
• Use automations
• Set up security cameras
• Use Face Recognition
• Configure a router
• Invite others to control accessories
• Add more homes
• Get music, movies, and TV shows
• Get ringtones
• Manage purchases and settings
• Magnify nearby objects
• Change settings
• Detect people around you
• Detect doors around you
• Receive image descriptions of your surroundings
• Read aloud text and labels around you
• Set up shortcuts for Detection Mode
• Add and remove email accounts
• Set up a custom email domain
• Check your email
• Unsend email with Undo send
• Reply to and forward emails
• Save an email draft
• Add email attachments
• Download email attachments
• Annotate email attachments
• Set email notifications
• Search for email
• Organize your email in mailboxes
• Flag or block emails
• Filter emails
• Use Hide My Email
• Use Mail Privacy Protection
• Change email settings
• Delete and recover emails
• Add a Mail widget to your Home Screen
• Print emails
• Use keyboard shortcuts
• Get travel directions
• Select other route options
• Find stops along your route
• View a route overview or a list of turns
• Change settings for spoken directions
• Get driving directions
• Report traffic incidents
• Get cycling directions
• Get walking directions
• Get transit directions
• Delete recent directions
• Get traffic and weather info
• Predict travel time and ETA
• Download offline maps
• Search for places
• Find nearby attractions, restaurants, and services
• Get information about places
• Mark places
• Share places
• Rate places
• Save favorite places
• Explore new places with Guides
• Organize places in My Guides
• Delete significant locations
• Look around places
• Take Flyover tours
• Find your Maps settings
• Measure dimensions
• View and save measurements
• Measure a person’s height
• Set up Messages
• About iMessage
• Send and reply to messages
• Unsend and edit messages
• Keep track of messages
• Forward and share messages
• Group conversations
• Watch, listen, or play together using SharePlay
• Collaborate on projects
• Use iMessage apps
• Take and edit photos or videos
• Share photos, links, and more
• Send stickers
• Request, send, and receive payments
• Send and receive audio messages
• Animate messages
• Change notifications
• Block, filter, and report messages
• Delete messages and attachments
• Recover deleted messages
• View albums, playlists, and more
• Show song credits and lyrics
• Queue up your music
• Listen to broadcast radio
• Subscribe to Apple Music
• Listen to lossless music
• Listen to Dolby Atmos music
• Apple Music Sing
• Find new music
• Add music and listen offline
• Get personalized recommendations
• Listen to radio
• Search for music
• Create playlists
• See what your friends are listening to
• Use Siri to play music
• Change the way music sounds
• Get started with News
• Use News widgets
• See news stories chosen just for you
• Read stories
• Follow your favorite teams with My Sports
• Subscribe to Apple News+
• Browse and read Apple News+ stories and issues
• Download Apple News+ issues
• Solve crossword puzzles
• Search for news stories
• Save stories in News for later
• Subscribe to individual news channels
• Get started with Notes
• Add or remove accounts
• Create and format notes
• Draw or write
• Add photos, videos, and more
• Scan text and documents
• Work with PDFs
• Create Quick Notes
• Search notes
• Organize in folders
• Organize with tags
• Use Smart Folders
• Export or print notes
• Change Notes settings
• Delete, share, or copy a photo
• View and edit Photo Booth photos in the Photos app
• View photos and videos
• Play videos and slideshows
• Delete or hide photos and videos
• Edit photos and videos
• Trim video length and adjust slow motion
• Edit Live Photos
• Edit Cinematic videos
• Edit portraits
• Use photo albums
• Edit, share, and organize albums
• Filter and sort photos and videos in albums
• Make stickers from your photos
• Duplicate and copy photos and videos
• Merge duplicate photos
• Search for photos
• Identify people and pets
• Browse photos by location
• Share photos and videos
• Share long videos
• View photos and videos shared with you
• Watch memories
• Personalize your memories
• Manage memories and featured photos
• Use iCloud Photos
• Create shared albums
• Add and remove people in a shared album
• Add and delete photos and videos in a shared album
• Set up or join an iCloud Shared Photo Library
• Add content to an iCloud Shared Photo Library
• Use iCloud Shared Photo Library
• Import and export photos and videos
• Print photos
• Find podcasts
• Listen to podcasts
• Follow your favorite podcasts
• Use the Podcasts widget
• Organize your podcast library
• Download, save, and share podcasts
• Subscribe to podcasts
• Listen to subscriber-only content
• Change download settings
• Make a grocery list
• Add items to a list
• Edit and manage a list
• Search and organize lists
• Work with templates
• Use Smart Lists
• Print reminders
• Use the Reminders widget
• Change Reminders settings
• Browse the web
• Search for websites
• Customize your Safari settings
• Change the layout
• Use Safari profiles
• Open and close tabs
• Organize your tabs with Tab Groups
• View your tabs from another device
• Share Tab Groups
• Use Siri to listen to a webpage
• Bookmark a website
• Bookmark a website as a favorite
• Save pages to a Reading List
• Find links shared with you
• Annotate and save a webpage as a PDF
• Automatically fill in forms
• Get extensions
• Hide ads and distractions
• Clear your cache
• Browse the web privately
• Use passkeys in Safari
• Check stocks
• Manage multiple watchlists
• Read business news
• Add earnings reports to your calendar
• Use a Stocks widget
• Translate text, voice, and conversations
• Translate text in apps
• Translate with the camera view
• Subscribe to Apple TV+, MLS Season Pass, or an Apple TV channel
• Add your TV provider
• Get shows, movies, and more
• Watch sports
• Watch Major League Soccer with MLS Season Pass
• Watch multiple live sports streams
• Control playback
• Manage your library
• Change the settings
• Make a recording
• Play it back
• Edit or delete a recording
• Keep recordings up to date
• Organize recordings
• Search for or rename a recording
• Share a recording
• Duplicate a recording
• Check the weather
• Check the weather in other locations
• View weather maps
• Manage weather notifications
• Use Weather widgets
• Learn the weather icons
• Find out what Siri can do
• Tell Siri about yourself
• Have Siri announce calls and notifications
• Add Siri Shortcuts
• About Siri Suggestions
• Change Siri settings
• Set up Family Sharing
• Add Family Sharing members
• Remove Family Sharing members
• Share subscriptions
• Share purchases
• Share locations with family and locate lost devices
• Set up Apple Cash Family and Apple Card Family
• Set up parental controls
• Set up a child’s device
• Get started with Screen Time
• Protect your vision health with Screen Distance
• Set up Screen Time for yourself
• Set communication and safety limits and block inappropriate content
• Set up Screen Time for a family member
• Set up Apple Pay
• Use Apple Pay in apps and on the web
• Track your orders
• Use Apple Cash
• Use Apple Card
• Use Savings
• Manage payment cards and activity
• Power adapter and charge cable
• Use AirPods
• Use EarPods
• Use headphone audio-level features
• Apple Pencil compatibility
• Pair and charge Apple Pencil (1st generation)
• Pair and charge Apple Pencil (2nd generation)
• Pair and charge Apple Pencil (USB-C)
• Enter text with Scribble
• Draw with Apple Pencil
• Take and mark up a screenshot with Apple Pencil
• Quickly write notes
• Preview tools and controls with Apple Pencil hover
• Wirelessly stream videos and photos to Apple TV or a smart TV
• Connect to a display with a cable
• HomePod and other wireless speakers
• iPad keyboards
• Switch between keyboards
• Enter characters with diacritical marks
• Use shortcuts
• Choose an alternative keyboard layout
• Change typing assistance options
• Connect Magic Trackpad
• Trackpad gestures
• Change trackpad settings
• Connect a mouse
• Mouse actions and gestures
• Change mouse settings
• External storage devices
• Bluetooth accessories
• Apple Watch with Fitness+
• Share your internet connection
• Make and receive phone calls
• Use iPad as a second display for Mac
• Use iPad as a webcam
• Use a keyboard and mouse or trackpad across your Mac and iPad
• Hand off tasks between devices
• Cut, copy, and paste between iPad and other devices
• Stream video or mirror the screen of your iPad
• Use AirDrop to send items
• Connect iPad and your computer with a cable
• Transfer files between devices
• Transfer files with email, messages, or AirDrop
• Transfer files or sync content with the Finder or iTunes
• Automatically keep files up to date with iCloud
• Use an external storage device, a file server, or a cloud storage service
• Get started with accessibility features
• Turn on accessibility features for setup
• Change Siri accessibility settings
• Open features with Accessibility Shortcut
• Enlarge text by hovering
• Change color and brightness
• Make text easier to read
• Reduce onscreen motion
• Customize per-app visual settings
• Hear what’s on the screen or typed
• Hear audio descriptions
• Turn on and practice VoiceOver
• Change your VoiceOver settings
• Use VoiceOver gestures
• Operate iPad when VoiceOver is on
• Control VoiceOver using the rotor
• Use the onscreen keyboard
• Write with your finger
• Use VoiceOver with an Apple external keyboard
• Use a braille display
• Type braille on the screen
• Customize gestures and keyboard shortcuts
• Use VoiceOver with a pointer device
• Use VoiceOver for images and videos
• Use VoiceOver in apps
• Use AssistiveTouch
• Use an eye-tracking device
• Adjust how iPad responds to your touch
• Auto-answer calls
• Change Face ID and attention settings
• Use Voice Control
• Adjust the top or Home button
• Use Apple TV Remote buttons
• Adjust pointer settings
• Adjust keyboard settings
• Adjust AirPods settings
• Adjust Apple Pencil settings
• Control a nearby Apple device
• Intro to Switch Control
• Set up and turn on Switch Control
• Select items, perform actions, and more
• Control several devices with one switch
• Use hearing devices
• Use Live Listen
• Use sound recognition
• Set up and use RTT
• Flash the LED for alerts
• Adjust audio settings
• Play background sounds
• Display subtitles and captions
• Show transcriptions for Intercom messages
• Get Live Captions (beta)
• Type to speak
• Record a Personal Voice
• Use Guided Access
• Use built-in privacy and security protections
• Set a passcode
• Set up Face ID
• Set up Touch ID
• Control access to information on the Lock Screen
• Keep your Apple ID secure
• Use passkeys to sign in to apps and websites
• Sign in with Apple
• Share passwords
• Automatically fill in strong passwords
• Change weak or compromised passwords
• View your passwords and related information
• Share passkeys and passwords securely with AirDrop
• Make your passkeys and passwords available on all your devices
• Automatically fill in verification codes
• Sign in with fewer CAPTCHA challenges
• Two-factor authentication
• Use security keys
• Control app tracking permissions
• Control the location information you share
• Control access to information in apps
• Control how Apple delivers advertising to you
• Control access to hardware features
• Create and manage Hide My Email addresses
• Protect your web browsing with iCloud Private Relay
• Use a private network address
• Use Advanced Data Protection
• Use Lockdown Mode
• Receive warnings about sensitive content
• Use Contact Key Verification
• Turn iPad on or off
• Force restart iPad
• Update iPadOS
• Back up iPad
• Return iPad settings to their defaults
• Restore all content from a backup
• Restore purchased and deleted items
• Sell, give away, or trade in your iPad
• Install or remove configuration profiles
• Important safety information
• Important handling information
• Find more resources for software and service
• FCC compliance statement
• ISED Canada compliance statement
• Apple and the environment
• Class 1 Laser information
• Disposal and recycling information
• Unauthorized modification of iPadOS
• ENERGY STAR compliance statement

Browse the web using Safari on iPad

View websites with Safari

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.

View two pages side-by-side in Split View

Use Split View to open two Safari pages side-by side.

Open a link in Split View: Touch and hold the link, then tap Open in New Window.

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 view a webpage that’s in another language, you can use Safari to translate it (not available in all languages or regions).

Manage downloads

To download a file, touch and hold the file or link you want to download, then tap Download Linked File.

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.