ipad safari save html page

Tips & Tricks

Troubleshooting, how to save webpage as pdf using safari on iphone & ipad.

Are you looking to save a webpage or multiple webpages as PDF files to your iPhone or iPad? There are many reasons you might want to do this, perhaps you’re wishing to save a webpage receipt as a PDF for record keeping, to archive a page, or to access a web page offline. Fortunately, Safari makes it easy to convert webpages into PDF files.

The ability to create PDF from webpages in Safari was first introduced with the release of iOS 11. However, the steps needed to access the same has been slightly tweaked if you’re running a newer version of iOS like iOS 15, iOS 14, and iOS 13. The advantage of having PDF files of webpages is that they can be viewed even when you’re not connected to the internet and they can also be easily printed out. Plus, you can share it with your colleagues along with other files. So let’s check out creating a PDF from a webpage by using Safari on iPhone or iPad.

How to Save Webpage as PDF with Safari on iPhone & iPad

The following steps are applicable if your iPhone or iPad is running iOS 13/iPadOS 13 or later. On the other hand, if your device is running an older software version, you can follow this method instead .

That’s all you needed to do. You’ve successfully saved the current webpage as a PDF file on your iOS/iPadOS device.

The “Save to Files” option will only show up in the share sheet if you’ve selected the PDF format from the Options menu. This setting will be reset once you exit the share sheet. So, if you’re looking to save multiple webpages, you’ll need to repeat the above steps for each one of them.

If you’ve saved the PDF file in an iCloud Drive directory, it’s worth pointing out that the file will be accessible from all your other Apple devices as well, provided you’re signed into them with the same Apple account.

The saved webpage can then be shared as a file from the Files app instead of a webpage, which can then be viewed even offline by the recipient. The PDF file will follow the format of “Safari – (Date of Creation) – (Time of Creation).pdf”, but you can easily rename it according to your preference within the Files app .

Keep in mind that if the webpage had ads or other page styling, the downloaded PDF files will also show those ads or page styling. However, if you don’t want that kind of stuff in your saved PDF, you can switch to reader view in Safari and then follow the same steps to save it without any ads, page clutter, or styling elements.

Did you convert any webpage to a PDF file, or save webpages as a PDF file to your iPhone or iPad? What is the purpose you use this feature for? Do you use another approach? Let us know your experiences and thoughts in the comments.

Enjoy this tip? Subscribe to our newsletter!

Get more of our great Apple tips, tricks, and important news delivered to your inbox with the OSXDaily newsletter. 

You have successfully joined our subscriber list.

Related articles:

• How to Save a Webpage as PDF on iPad and iPhone the Easy Way
• 4 Ways to Convert PDF to Word DOCX in Mac OS
• How to Save Webpage as PDF from Mac in Safari
• How to Download PDF Files from Safari on Mac

» Comments RSS Feed

This is really helpful, thank you.

This technique does not work with all webpages. Some webpages do not allow saving or printing.

Whilst this works, 1) It only includes a single page. 2) Margins are blotting out key page content.

I am on Android for the past 4 years but if memory serves me correct you can: expert > print > ping OUT on the print preview > export there > do whatever you want.

Hey, this is really useful! Thanks! I have previously used the method of printing to PDF, then reverse pinch, tap the share box on that one & save. Which works about as well (maybe in all apps that can print), but so very not-obvious.

Leave a Reply

Name (required)

Mail (will not be published) (required)

Subscribe to OSXDaily

• - How to Opt Out of ChatGPT Using Your Training Data While Keeping Chat History
• - How to Check Disk Health on Mac with smartctl
• - How to Enable Do Not Disturb on Apple Watch
• - 3 Mac Tips for Working with International Teams
• - How to Disable ChatGPT Chat History & Training Data Usage
• - Opinion: Shiny Keys on MacBook Air & Pro Are Ugly and Shouldn’t Happen
• - MacOS Ventura 13.6.6 & Safari 17.4.1 Update Available
• - Using M3 MacBook Air in Clamshell Mode May Reduce Performance
• - First Beta of iOS 17.5, macOS Sonoma 14.5, iPadOS 17.5 Released for Testing
• - iOS 16.7.7 & iPadOS 16.7.7 Released for Older iPhone & iPad Models

iPhone / iPad

• - What Does the Bell with Line Through It Mean in Messages? Bell Icon on iPhone, iPad, & Mac Explained
• - Fix a Repeating “Trust This Computer” Alert on iPhone & iPad
• - Create a Resume with Pages on Mac, iPhone, iPad
• - How Secure are Personal Hotspot Connections from iPhone?
• - You Can Play Flappy Bird in the Mac Finder
• - Fix “warning: unable to access /Users/Name/.config/git/attributes Permission Denied” Errors
• - How to Fix the Apple Watch Squiggly Charging Cable Screen
• - NewsToday2: What it is & How to Disable NewsToday2 on Mac
• - Why Did My iPhone Alarm Stop Automatically & Turn Itself Off?

About OSXDaily | Contact Us | Privacy Policy | Sitemap

This website is unrelated to Apple Inc

All trademarks and copyrights on this website are property of their respective owners.

© 2024 OS X Daily. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction without explicit permission is prohibited.

• PRO Courses Guides New Tech Help Pro Expert Videos About wikiHow Pro Upgrade Sign In
• EDIT Edit this Article
• EXPLORE Tech Help Pro About Us Random Article Quizzes Request a New Article Community Dashboard This Or That Game Popular Categories Arts and Entertainment Artwork Books Movies Computers and Electronics Computers Phone Skills Technology Hacks Health Men's Health Mental Health Women's Health Relationships Dating Love Relationship Issues Hobbies and Crafts Crafts Drawing Games Education & Communication Communication Skills Personal Development Studying Personal Care and Style Fashion Hair Care Personal Hygiene Youth Personal Care School Stuff Dating All Categories Arts and Entertainment Finance and Business Home and Garden Relationship Quizzes Cars & Other Vehicles Food and Entertaining Personal Care and Style Sports and Fitness Computers and Electronics Health Pets and Animals Travel Education & Communication Hobbies and Crafts Philosophy and Religion Work World Family Life Holidays and Traditions Relationships Youth
• Browse Articles
• Learn Something New
• Quizzes Hot
• This Or That Game New
• Train Your Brain
• Explore More
• Support wikiHow
• About wikiHow
• Log in / Sign up
• Computers and Electronics

How to Save a Webpage

Last Updated: March 19, 2024

This article was co-authored by Luigi Oppido and by wikiHow staff writer, Nicole Levine, MFA . Luigi Oppido is the Owner and Operator of Pleasure Point Computers in Santa Cruz, California. Luigi has over 25 years of experience in general computer repair, data recovery, virus removal, and upgrades. He is also the host of the Computer Man Show! broadcasted on KSQD covering central California for over two years. This article has been viewed 248,991 times.

This wikiHow teaches you how to save the contents of a webpage to your computer, phone, or tablet. Saving a webpage is different than bookmarking it, as it makes the page available for offline viewing—this is useful when you want to capture the page's content indefinitely without having to worry about it changing or being removed.

Using a Web Browser on a Computer

• By default, the file will be named the same as the title of the page, but you can choose something different if you'd like.

• Webpage, single file creates one file (with the .mthml file extension) that contains the current page's contents and images. This is a great choice to capture everything at once.
• Webpage, complete also downloads the entire webpage, but places all images into a separate folder.
• Webpage, HTML only saves the HTML code, which doesn't include any images—just the raw code, which you can use as reference for your own webpages.
• Web archive saves everything on the page, including the pictures, in the .webarchive format. All content will be in this single file.
• Page source saves just the HTML code, which is only useful if you want to use that page's code as guidance for your own webpage. [1] X Research source

• If you saved the page as a .mhtml (Webpage, single file) or .webarchive (Web Archive), you can double-click that file to open the page in your default browser. [2] X Research source
• If you saved the "Complete" version of the page, you'll have both a file and a folder with the same name inside the folder you selected in the last step. Double-click the file ending in .html or .htm in the folder you selected to view the page in your browser. Be sure to keep the associated media folder in the same location as the .html file—if you move either the .html file or the folder elsewhere, the saved webpage won't load any images.
• If you're offline and the page you saved has streaming video, the video will not load until you connect to the internet again.

Using Safari on an iPhone or iPad

• If you save as a PDF, you can open the file on any device, including PCs, Macs, and Androids, but you won't be able to click or tap links—it works more like an image than a webpage.
• Web Archives create a file that works more like a regular web page—you can open it in Safari on any of your Apple devices, and click or tap links like a website. If you send it to someone on a PC, they may have to convert it into a different format to view it, or they may not be able to open it at all.

• To view your saved file, open the Files app, go to the location you saved the file, and tap the file to open it.

Using Chrome on an Android

• To view the saved PDF, open the app called Downloads (or browse to the Downloads folder in your file manager) and tap the PDF.

Archiving an Entire Site on a Computer

• You can download HTTrack for free from https://www.httrack.com . It is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

• If the site requires you to log in, enter that information into the blanks.

• By default, HTTrack will follow every link on the website and download the content that it finds, but it will only stay on the website that you set. This keeps HTTrack from downloading the entire internet to your computer.

• If the site had streaming video, you won't be able to view it unless you have an internet connection.

Expert Q&A

• Save webpages when you plan on traveling or when you will not have access to Wi-Fi or an Internet connection for an extended period of time. Webpages can be accessed offline, and can be viewed at any time without an Internet connection. Thanks Helpful 0 Not Helpful 0
• Save a webpage when it contains important information that you will need to access, reference, or use at a later date. Saving a webpage will capture the page contents indefinitely, even if a webmaster were to go in and either delete webpage content or make modifications. Thanks Helpful 0 Not Helpful 0

You Might Also Like

• ↑ https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/save-part-or-all-of-a-webpage-ibrw1089/mac
• ↑ https://osxdaily.com/2017/08/18/save-webpage-archive-safari-mac/
• ↑ https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/7343019?co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&hl=en-GB&oco=0
• ↑ https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-save-a-webpage-as-a-pdf/

About This Article

1. Open the website in a web browser. 2. Press Ctrl + S (PC) or Cmd + S (Mac). 3. Select a saving location. 4. Choose a file type. 5. Click Save . Did this summary help you? Yes No

• Send fan mail to authors

Is this article up to date?

Featured Articles

Trending Articles

Watch Articles

• Terms of Use
• Privacy Policy
• Do Not Sell or Share My Info
• Not Selling Info

Keep up with the latest tech with wikiHow's free Tech Help Newsletter

• a. Send us an email
• b. Anonymous form
• Buyer's Guide
• Upcoming Products
• Tips / Contact Us
• Podcast Instagram Facebook Twitter Mastodon YouTube Notifications RSS Newsletter

How to Turn Any Webpage Into a PDF on iOS

On iOS devices, there's a feature that lets you save any webpage as a PDF, so you can add edits, annotate it, read it offline, share it with friends, and more. Saving a webpage as a PDF is simple enough to do, but if you haven't done it before, you might not know the feature exists.

• Open up Safari.
• Navigate to the webpage you want to save.
• Tap on the Share button, which is the square with the upwards arrow.
• On the bottom bar, swipe to the left several times until you see "Create PDF."
• Tap "Create PDF."

From there, you can choose to edit the PDF using markup tools by tapping on the pen icon on the top right of the screen, or you can print it, save it, or share it by using the Share icon at the bottom of the screen.

Get weekly top MacRumors stories in your inbox.

Top Rated Comments

But iBooks is a prison

This feature has been available since at least iOS 9. When in Safari/share/Save pdf to iBooks. But iBooks is a prison, so from there you need to email it to yourself, then download the attached pdf to another app. Typical iOS runaround.

Popular Stories

iOS 18 Will Add These New Features to Your iPhone

Top Stories: M4 Mac Roadmap Leaked, New iPads in Second Week of May, and More

Game Boy Emulator for iPhone Now Available in App Store Following Rule Change [Removed]

Best Buy Opens Up Sitewide Sale With Record Low Prices on M3 MacBook Air, iPad, and Much More

iPhone 16 Plus Rumored to Come in These 7 Colors

Macs to Get AI-Focused M4 Chips Starting in Late 2024

Next article.

Our comprehensive guide highlighting every major new addition in iOS 17, plus how-tos that walk you through using the new features.

App Store changes for the EU, new emoji, Podcasts transcripts, and more.

Get the most out your iPhone 15 with our complete guide to all the new features.

A deep dive into new features in macOS Sonoma, big and small.

Revamped models with OLED displays, M3 chip, and redesigned Magic Keyboard accessory.

Updated 10.9-inch model and new 12.9-inch model, M2 chip expected.

Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference will kick off with a keynote on June 10.

Expected to see new AI-focused features and more. Preview coming at WWDC in June with public release in September.

Other Stories

3 days ago by MacRumors Staff

3 days ago by Joe Rossignol

3 days ago by Tim Hardwick

4 days ago by MacRumors Staff

4 days ago by Tim Hardwick

3 Easy Ways to Save a Webpage as a PDF on Your iPhone and iPad

Found a website you want to save as a PDF? Maybe you want to annotate it, email it, or save it to the Books app. Here are all the ways to do it.

You might often run across an article or a website you find very interesting that you want to save for future reference, but you don't know how. You could take screenshots of each page, but that would be very time-consuming and would result in your content being saved in a disorganized manner. There must be a better option.

If you find yourself in this scenario, here's your fix. You can save your webpages as PDFs on your Apple device using multiple different methods.

Let us discuss the different ways we can save a webpage as a PDF and look at each of their pros and cons, so you can the method one that suits you.

1. Save Your Webpage With Reader View

A lot if you may not know about this useful little tool, but Safari has a special Reader View icon in the top-left corner of its search bar. It converts your webpage into a neat, organized display that allows you to read the content without any distractions.

Saving your webpage using Reader View allows you to save the PDF directly to the Books app, an option that isn't always available with the other methods. This also allows you to change font style, font size, and background color, and it removes all ads and unwanted features from the PDF.

Here's how you can convert your webpage to a PDF with the Reader View method:

Open the webpage you'd like to save on Safari, then tap on the Reader View icon in the top-left corner. From the dropdown menu, select Show Reader View . Your webpage will look something like this.

Before you head on to saving your webpage, you can also make a few edits to the page. Reader View allows you to choose from nine font styles, four background colors, and two font sizes. To make these edits: Tap the Reader View icon again. You can see options for font style in the dropdown menu with the font sizes above it and the background colors below it.

After Reader View is switched on, and you have customized your webpage, tap the Share button at the bottom of the screen and from the list of apps, select Books .

If you do not see Books initially, press More at the end of the list, scroll down and look for the Books app there. On the rare occasion that you cannot find the option, it means that the particular webpage cannot be saved as a PDF on Books.

There is another exciting edit that you can make when it comes to using Reader View. If you visit a specific URL frequently, like a website to read novels, you can edit the settings to ensure that Reader View turns on automatically when you visit the webpage. Here's how you can activate this feature:

• Tap the Reader View icon at the top left.
• Select Website Settings from the dropdown menu.
• Turn on the toggle for Use Reader Automatically and press Done .
• The webpage will now automatically switch to Reader View every time you open it.

2. Save a Full-Page Screenshot as a PDF

If you want to annotate your webpage, highlight text, make notes, or add text or signatures, this is the best method for you. Saving your PDF as a full-page screenshot ensures that the PDF is one continuous image without any breaks in between pages.

The PDF size with this method is not the standard A4 size either, but the same dimensions as the screen of your iPhone or iPad, stretched out downwards to fit the webpage. If you find that view more convenient, you can employ this method instead.

Related: How to Take Screenshots on an iPhone

Here are the steps you need to follow to save a full-page screenshot as a PDF:

• Take a screenshot and tap on it to preview and edit it.
• At the top, you will see two options: Screen (the one selected by default) and Full Page . Select Full Page .
• You can use the scroll bar at the right to navigate up and down; you'll notice that the entire webpage is one gigantic screenshot.
• Highlight, annotate, and make any edits you'd like to make.
• Press Done in the top-left corner.
• Select Save PDF to Files . Choose the destination folder, and tap Save .
• Another way to save to files is to tap the Share icon, scroll down, and select Save to Files instead.

The markup tools available here can also be used to edit PDFs on a Mac using your iPhone .

Unfortunately, this method does not allow you to save your PDF to Books, and ads on the webpage still appear in the PDF. However, the Reader View option above is still available and will let you save your PDF to Books without ads if you want that.

3. Share or Save Your PDF Using the Share Sheet

We most commonly use this method to share a web page with anyone or just save it to our files. However, most people don't know that you can actually convert it to a PDF before doing so. The process is straightforward and is the quickest way to save your webpage as a PDF.

Here's how you can save your webpage as a PDF using the Share Sheet:

• Open the webpage and tap the Share icon.
• With the URL of the webpage, a small button called Options can be seen in blue. Tap on it.
• The default choice is Automatic . This option picks the most suitable format for each app. You should select Reader PDF and then press Done .
• Scroll down and select Save to Files .
• Choose your destination folder and then tap Save to save your webpage as PDF.

If you want to save multiple PDFs at a time, the Share Sheet is the method that will help you to do so. You can then even merge your PDFs on an iPhone or iPad . While this method may be quick and easy, it doesn't save your PDF to Books, and you can't highlight or annotate it before saving it as a PDF.

Enjoy Hassle-Free Reading on Your Apple Device

There are multiple methods you can employ to save a webpage as a PDF. The process declutters your text and lets you store it on your device in an organized manner without taking up too much space.

The Reader View method allows you to edit font sizes and styles and save your PDF directly to Books. Ads are also removed from this PDF. The full page screenshot method lets you highlight, draw, and annotate your PDF, while the Share Sheet method is quick and convenient for when you're on the go.

All of these features are specific to Safari and apply to the iPhone as well as an iPad. If you want to save a webpage through another browser, there are other methods that you will have to use to do so.

How-To Geek

How to save web pages for offline reading in safari on iphone.

If you'd like to read articles on your iPhone or iPad when you're offline, creating an offline Reading List. Here's how.

Quick Links

How to enable the reading list offline, how to use the reading list in safari.

Enjoy reading on the go but have a bad network signal? If you have an iPhone or iPad linked to an iCloud account, you can save articles to your Reading List for later reading offline using a feature buried in Settings. Here's how.

Before the offline reading list can work, we need to make sure iCloud is set up to save your Safari bookmarks and Reading List. To do that, open "Settings" and tap on your name at the very top.

Then tap "iCloud."

In iCloud settings, scroll down until you see "Safari" and tap the switch to turn it on. If it's already on (the switch will be green), leave it that way.

Now, we need to turn on the offline reading list option. Press back two times in the upper-left corner of the screen until you return to the main Settings page.

Scroll down until you see "Safari" and tap on it. Navigate to the very bottom of the Safari settings screen until you find the "Reading List" section. Tap the switch beside "Automatically Save Offline" so that it is green and turned on.

Now exit Settings and launch Safari. Whenever you'd like to save a web page to your Reading List for offline reading, tap on the "Share" button (which looks like a square with an arrow coming out of it).

In the menu that pops up, select "Add To Reading List."

To view your Reading List later, tap the Bookmarks button in Safari (which looks like an open book), then tap on the tab that looks like a pair of glasses.

From there, you can tap on any one of the items you've saved and it should load up---even if no internet connection is available. Happy reading!

Related: How to Use Safari’s "Reading List" to Save Articles for Later

• Tech Gift Ideas for Mom
• Hot Tech Deals at Target Right Now

How to View HTML Source in Safari

If you want to see how a webpage was built, try viewing its source code.

• University of California
• University of Washington

What to Know

• From Safari menu, select Develop > Show Page Source .
• Or, right-click on page and Show Page Source from drop-down menu.
• Keyboard shortcut: Option+Command+U .

This article shows how to view HTML source code in Safari.

View Source Code in Safari

Showing source code in Safari is easy:

Open Safari.

Navigate to the web page you would like to examine.

Select the Develop menu in the top menu bar. Select the Show Page Source option to open a text window with the HTML source of the page.

Alternatively, press Option+Command+U on your keyboard.

If the Develop menu is not visible, go into Preferences in the Advanced section and select Show Develop menu in menu bar .

On most web pages, you can also view the source by right-clicking on the page (not on an image) and choosing Show Page Source . You must enable the Develop menu in Preferences for the option to appear.

Safari also has a keyboard shortcut for viewing the HTML source: Hold down the command and option keys and hit U  ( Cmd + Opt + U .)​

Advantages of Viewing Source Code

Viewing the source to see how a web designer achieved a layout will help you learn and improve your work. Over the years, many web designers and developers have learned quite a lot of HTML by merely viewing the source of web pages they see. It's an excellent way for beginners to learn HTML and for seasoned web professionals to see how others used new techniques.

Remember that source files can be very complicated. Along with the HTML markup for a page, there will probably be significant CSS and script files used to create that site's look and functionality, so don't get frustrated if you can't figure out what's going on immediately. Viewing the HTML source is just the first step. After that, you can use tools like Chris Pederick's Web Developer extension to look at the CSS and scripts as well as inspect specific elements of the HTML.

Is Viewing Source Code Legal?

While copying a site's code wholesale and passing it off as your own on a website is certainly not acceptable, using that code as a springboard to learn from is actually how many people make advancements in this industry. You would be hard-pressed to find a working web professional today who has not discovered something by viewing a site's source!

Web professionals learn from each other and often improve upon the work that they see and are inspired by, so don't hesitate to view a site's source code and use it as a learning tool.

You cannot edit webpage source code in Safari. When viewing the source code in Safari, copy and paste it into an app that can export files as plain text (like TextEdit or Pages).

The iOS version of Safari doesn't directly support webpage source viewing, but you can set up a custom bookmark that will accomplish the same task. Create a new bookmark in Safari and name it "Show Page Source" (or something similar, so long as you can identify it). Then in the address text box, copy and paste a specific javascript code , then Save . Once the bookmark is set up, navigate to a webpage that you want to vide the source of, then open your bookmarks and select the new Show Page Source bookmark to view the webpage's source code.

Get the Latest Tech News Delivered Every Day

• How to View the HTML Source in Google Chrome
• How to Use Web Browser Developer Tools
• How to View the Source Code of a Web Page
• Add More Features by Turning on Safari's Develop Menu
• 8 Best Free HTML Editors for Windows for 2024
• How to Inspect an Element on a Mac
• How to Activate and Use Responsive Design Mode in Safari
• A Step-By-Step Guide to Editing the HTML Source of an Email
• How to View the Source of a Message in Mozilla Thunderbird
• How to View the Source of a Message in Apple Mail
• How to Save Web Pages in the Opera Desktop Browser
• How to Find an RSS Feed on a Website
• The Best Windows Web Editors for Beginners
• What is WOFF?
• Keyboard Shortcuts for Safari on macOS
• How to Save Web Pages in Safari for OS X

Safari User Guide

• Change your home page
• Import bookmarks, history and passwords
• Make Safari your default web browser
• Go to websites
• Find what you’re looking for
• Bookmark web pages that you want to revisit
• See your favourite websites
• Use tabs for web pages
• Pin frequently visited websites
• Play web videos
• Mute audio in tabs
• Pay with Apple Pay
• Autofill credit card info
• Autofill contact info
• Keep a Reading List
• Hide ads when reading articles
• Translate a web page
• Download items from the web
• Share or post web pages
• Add passes to Wallet
• Save part or all of a web page
• Print or create a PDF of a web page
• Customise a start page
• Customise the Safari window
• Customise settings per website
• Zoom in on web pages
• Get extensions
• Manage cookies and website data
• Block pop-ups
• Clear your browsing history
• Browse privately
• Autofill username and password info
• Prevent cross-site tracking
• View a Privacy Report
• Change Safari preferences
• Keyboard and other shortcuts
• Troubleshooting

Save part or all of a web page in Safari on Mac

You can save an entire web page, including all its graphics and links, or just parts of it.

Open Safari for me

Save text from a web page

Copy an image from a web page.

Choose Save Image to Downloads, Save Image As, or Add Image to Photos.

Some images, such as background images, can’t be saved.

Tip: With some images, you can drag the image directly to a document or your desktop.

Save a link from a web page

Save an entire web page.

Choose Format > Web Archive or Format > Page Source.

Web archive: Saves all graphics, and links work as long as the destination web pages are available. Web archives are useful for temporary pages, such as receipts.

Page source: Saves only the HTML source code. This is useful if you want to use the HTML source in a web page of your own.

Note: Some web pages may prevent you from saving items that appear on the page.