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Customize your Safari settings on iPhone

In the Safari app , you can change your Safari layout, customize your start page, change the text size on websites, and change display and privacy settings. Sign in to iCloud with the same Apple ID on multiple devices to keep the tabs you have open, your bookmarks, history, and Reading List up to date across all your devices.

Customize your start page

When you open a new tab, you begin on your start page. You can customize your start page with new background images and options.

  1. Tap the Tabs button, then tap the New Tab button.

  2. Scroll to the bottom of the page, then tap Edit.

  3. Choose options for your start page.

Note: Your custom start page settings are updated on all your Apple devices where you’re signed in with the same Apple ID and two-factor authentication is turned on for iCloud. See the Apple Support article Two-factor authentication for Apple ID.

Change text size

Use the Page Settings button to increase or decrease the text size.

  1. Tap the Page Settings button on the left side of the search field.

  2. Tap the large A to increase the font size or the small A to decrease it.

Change display and privacy controls

You can switch to Reader, hide the search field, set privacy controls for a website, and more.

Tap the Page Settings button, then do any of the following:

  • To view the webpage without ads or navigation menus, tap Show Reader.

  • To set display and privacy controls for a website, tap Website Settings.

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