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How to View Desktop Version of Facebook on iPhone & iPad

How to View Desktop Version of Facebook on iPhone & iPad

November 9, 2018 by Mitch Bartlett 9 Comments

Apple iOS devices like the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch will display the mobile version of the Facebook website by default. If you would like to see the full version of Facebook in the your browser, there are a couple of options.

Option 1 – Direct Link Trick

  1. Login to your Facebook account using the mobile version of the website.
  2. Now type “https://www.facebook.com/home.php” in your browser.
  3. The full desktop version of Facebook should display in the browser.

Option 2 – Safari Setting

  1. Visit Facebook.com.
  2. Perform the following depending on the version of iOS you are running:
    • iOS9 and Higher – Select the “Share” iOS Share Button button and choose “Request Desktop Site“.iOS9 Request Desktop Site
    • iOS8 – Tap the URL in the address bar. The text will become highlighted and the Bookmark list will appear. Then, starting from just below the address bar, swipe downward, and select the “Request Desktop Site” option.
      iOS Facebook Request Desktop

The desktop version of Facebook is then displayed on your iOS device.


Option 3 – Safari UA string Hack

There is a hack available that changes the User Agent string that Safari uses. Using this hack will enable Safari to display the desktop version of every website you visit.

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Filed Under: iPhone Tagged With: facebook, safari

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  1. Trilochan gouda says

    May 3, 2021 at 2:54 am

    Please recover my facebook id

  2. Tanis Charuk says

    February 17, 2021 at 11:50 pm

    Still not working. Safari opens the mobile site every time……this is pissing me off now. Used to work putting www and home.php but not anymore.

  3. James Hamren says

    October 29, 2020 at 11:17 am

    None of these options are working for me (IOS 12.4.8)

  4. Swegnson says

    October 22, 2020 at 8:17 am

    It appears that neither of the 1st two options work anymore. The direct link returns m.Facebook and the Request Desktop is no longer an option. I am running IOS 12.4.8.

  5. Marie Bennett says

    June 23, 2020 at 12:08 pm

    I can not open Facebook on my IPad anymore. The Facebook icon is showing but does not open when I click on it

  6. Timothy Croom says

    October 7, 2019 at 2:41 pm

    There is, using IOS 13..1.2, a method create a desktop Icon for a link to any site address. Not only useful for Facebook, but for setting any desired homepage, not simply the one by default that may create multiple cookies of activity..

    In Safari open the first step link :

    https://www.facebook.com/home.php

    Then click the browser icon box with an up arrow at the top, sand select the “ Add to Home Screen option. Voila always opens the desktop version from the desktop icon you just created.

  7. Cheri says

    January 28, 2019 at 8:39 pm

    Yes put I’m looking for away to link the desktop version to an app on iPad so I don’t have to do this each time I open Facebook….any ideas?

  8. D Edstrom says

    December 10, 2018 at 12:31 pm

    “Request Desktop Site” frequently does not work for me, and it was driving me crazy. Option 1, the direct link, does the trick. Thank you!

  9. Tony Jennetti says

    November 25, 2018 at 5:39 pm

    Option 1 worked well. Thanks.

    The other descriptions were incomplete. For example in Option 2 you said to use the facebook “Share” button..but did not define what the share button looks like or where it can be found. (Facebook has so many buttons!)

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