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iPhone & iPad: Set Safari Home Page

iPhone & iPad: Set Safari Home Page

By Mitch Bartlett 10 Comments

The Safari browser on the Apple iPhone and iPad always opens the last web page you visited when you launch it. If you try to find a setting to control the home page, you will turn up nothing. To solve this problem, you will need to use a workaround. You will need to create a shortcut icon on the Home screen.

  1. Open Safari.
  2. Go to the web page you would like to make your home page.
  3. Tap the box and arrow icon at the bottom of the screen.
    iOS Safari Window Arrow icon
  4. Tap “Add to Home Screen“.
    iOS add to Home screen
  5. Rename the icon if you wish, then tap “Add” in the top right corner of the screen.
    iOS add Home Bookmark
  6. You can now use your new shortcut to open Safari to that web page from now on.
    Safari icon created on Home

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  1. Mitch says

    Mine too was at the top but that you bolded the “box and arrow” text in the directions, I clicked it and it showed me what I was looking for. Thanks for the help.

  2. Steve says

    On my Ipad it is at the top, square box with up arrow, press and hold, then the other icons open with the + to add as home page.

  4. Erikas says

    It works fine, until you check you browsers opened tabs. This home screen shortcut always initiates a new tab. after a week or so you may get tired closing all the tabs opened because of the shortcut.

  5. Thomas says

    Well, but this is still not a home page… Is there really no option in Ios to choose which page is the first to open when I start the default (and only) browser?

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