The Safari app brings the internet to your iPhone. You can browse the web, bookmark websites to revisit later, keep your browsing activity private, and much more.
Every new tab opens on the Safari start page, with easy access to your Favorites, Reading List, Bookmarks, and History. And when you want to keep your browsing activities to yourself, there’s Private Browsing.
Here’s how to get started with Safari on iPhone.
Start browsing here
The Safari start page is the place to start browsing and customize your preferences, with easy access to your Favorites, Reading List, Bookmarks, and History. Open the Safari app, or tap the Tabs button, then tap the Add button to open a new start page.
Bookmark a website
Save a website to revisit later. Tap the Page Menu button, then tap “Add Bookmark to.”
Browse privately
Keep your browsing activities to yourself. When you use Private Browsing, the tabs you open don’t appear in History on iPhone or in the list of tabs on your other devices. Tap the Tabs button, then swipe right on the tab bar until Private appears.
Remove cookies and clear your cache
Remove cookies and clear the cache on your iPhone to remove permissions you granted to websites to use your location (or send you notifications) and to erase your browsing history. Go to your start page (or tap the Tabs button, then tap the Add button to open a new one). Tap the History button, tap the More button, then tap Clear History. Note: Clearing your browsing history in Safari doesn’t clear any browsing histories kept independently by websites you visited, or your browsing history in other apps.
