Sometimes the text may be too difficult to read in your web browser. Since I use 3 different browsers (Chrome, IE and Firefox) I always struggle to find the menu where I can increase or decrease the font size. Fortunately, I discovered a nice, universal way to make the font larger or smaller on any web page and in virtually any web browser in Windows, Linux, or MacOS.
Contents
Windows & Linux
- Hold down the “CTRL” key on your keyboard while spinning the mouse wheel up to zoom in.
- Hold the “CTRL” key on your keyboard while spinning the mouse wheel down to zoom out.
Don’t have a wheel on your mouse? No problem!
- Hold “CTRL” down while pressing the plus key (+) to zoom in.
- Hold “CTRL” down while pressing the minus key (–) to zoom out.
These options work across most popular web browsers such as Safari, Chrome, Internet Explorer and Firefox.
MacOS
- Hold “Command” down while pressing the plus key (+) to zoom in.
- Hold “Command” down while pressing the minus key (–) to zoom out.
FAQ
How can I reset the fonts back to default size?
Windows users hold “CTRL” and press zero “0“. MacOS users hold “Command” and press “0“.
This used to work but a recent Windows update must have changed this command. I’d like to know what replaced CNTL + up/down arrow?
yes
I accidentally did this once and didn’t remember the command, thanks for helping me bring it back to normal lmao
This is exactly what I needed! Thank you for the “way too easy” fix.
Doing my taxes. Thanks! I have enough stress as it is..
THANK YOU!!!!!!!! Big help!
I have no idea what I did on my Microsoft Surface laptop to increase the font size, but thank you, CRTL + 0 (zero) set it back to the size it had been.
No just made page larger. Not the type in particular paragraph.
No, my keyboard is malfunctioning. No answer is given for this.
It’s not just fonts, I tried FF, Chrome, Edge and IE on windows, and this zooms, pictures and everything.