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
- Login to your Facebook account using the mobile version of the website.
- Now type “https://www.facebook.com/home.php” in your browser.
- The full desktop version of Facebook should display in the browser.
Option 2 – Safari Setting
- Visit Facebook.com.
- Perform the following depending on the version of iOS you are running:
- iOS9 and Higher – Select the “Share”
button and choose “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.
- iOS9 and Higher – Select the “Share”
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.
James Hamren says
None of these options are working for me (IOS 12.4.8)
Swegnson says
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.
Marie Bennett says
I can not open Facebook on my IPad anymore. The Facebook icon is showing but does not open when I click on it
Timothy Croom says
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.
Cheri says
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?
D Edstrom says
“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!
Tony Jennetti says
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!)