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How to Find Missing Safari Icon on iPhone or iPad

By: Waseem Patwegar

It can be quite frustrating to find Safari browser missing on iPhone, just when you wanted to look for something on the internet. You can find below the steps to fix the issue of Missing Safari Icon on iPhone or iPad.

Find Missing Safari Icon On iPhone or iPad

Safari Disappeared from iPhone Home Screen

When Safari Icon disappears from the Home screen on iPhone, most users start thinking about the possibility of the Safari App being accidentally deleted by them or by someone with access to their device.

However, this is never the case as Apple prevents users from deleting essential Apps and Safari happens to be one of the most essential native Apps that cannot be deleted from an Apple device.

In most cases, the problem of Missing Safari Icon ends up being due to the Safari App being accidentally moved to one of the Home Screens or being hidden in a Folder on the App Library screen.

A less common reason for Safari Icon missing or disappearing from the Home screen on iPhone or iPad is due to the Safari App being restricted by Screen Time Settings.

1. Check All Home Screens & Folders

As mentioned above, the most common reason for Safari Icon missing on iPhone or iPad is due to the Safari App being accidentally moved to another Home Screen or a Folder.

Hence, the first step would be to carefully go through all the Home screens on your device and look for Safari App. Also, go through all Folders and make sure that Safari Icon is not hiding in a Folder on your device.

2. Search For Safari Browser On iPhone

Follow the steps below to ask your iPhone to look for the Missing Safari App Icon.

1. Bring up the Search bar on the Home screen of your iPhone ( Swipe down or Swipe left , depending on the model of your iPhone).

2.  Type Safari in the Search bar and this should bring up Safari App in the search results.

Search for Safari on iPhone

3. Tap & Hold the Safari Icon , drag it upwards slightly and release the finger to place Safari Icon back on the Home Screen of your device.

Note: Even if Safari App is hidden in a Folder, you will see the name of the Folder in which the Safari App Icon is hidden on your device.

3. Look For Safari in App Library

If you had accidentally removed Safari from the Home screen, it should be available in the App Library on your iPhone.

1. Swipe Left on the Home screen of your iPhone, until you reach the App Library screen.

2. On App Library screen, type Safari in the Search bar and you should find Safari appearing in the Search results.

3. Once Safari appears in the search results, tap and hold on Safari Icon and select Add to Home Screen option.

Add Safari to Home Screen on iPhone

This should immediately bring the Safari Icon back on the Home Screen of your device.

4. Unhide Home Screen

Another possibility is that you may have accidentally moved Safari to another Home screen and also hidden that Home Screen.

1. Tap & Hold on the Dots located on the Home Screen of your iPhone.

2. Look for Safari Icon in the Thumbnails and tap below the Thumbnail that contains the Safari Icon (if it does not have the check mark).

Unhide iPhone Home Screen Containing Safari Icon

3. This will unhide the Screen containing Safari Icon and you will find Safari back on the Home screen of your iPhone.

5. Reset Home Screen

An easy way to get native Apps like Safari back to their default position on the Home screen of iPhone or iPad is to Reset the Home Screen.

1. Go to Settings >  General > Transfer or Reset iPhone and tap the Reset  option.

Reset Option On iPhone

2. On the Reset Screen, select Reset Home Screen Layout option.

Reset Home Screen Layout option in iPhone

As mentioned above, resetting the Home Screen should bring back the Safari Icon to its usual position on the Home screen of your iPhone or iPad.

6. Disable Restrictions on Safari App

You may have accidentally or intentionally placed restrictions on Safari App, in order to prevent the possibility of your children accessing the internet and using up all your data.

1.  Open  Settings > Go to Screen Time > Content & Privacy Restrictions > Allowed Apps .

2. On Allowed Apps screen, move the toggle next to Safari to  ON  position.

Camera App Allowed On iPhone

Note: If you are using Screen Time Passcode , you will be prompted to enter Screen Time Passcode.

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How to Add Safari Website Shortcuts to iPad's Home Screen

For iPads running iOS 7 and above

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What to Know

  • Open Safari > go to web page you want to add as Home screen icon > Share icon > Add to Home Screen .
  • Next, edit the shortcut name (optional) > select Add to save the shortcut.

This article explains how to add an iPad Home screen icon for a specific web page to serve as a shortcut to that page.Information applies to iPads with iOS 7 through iPadOS 16.

How to Add a Home Screen Icon for a Web Page

The iPad home screen displays icons for navigating through your applications and settings. Among these apps is  Safari , Apple's web browser, which is included with all its operating systems. One especially useful feature is the ability to put shortcuts to your favorite web pages on the iPad Home screen.

Making a Home screen icon for a web page that you visit frequently saves time. Here's how to do it.

Select the Safari icon to open the main browser window.

Go to the web page that you want to add as a Home screen icon. Select the  Share  button at the top or bottom of the browser window. It's represented by a square with an up arrow.

In the window that opens, scroll across or down and select  Add to Home Screen .

In the interface that opens, edit the name of the shortcut icon you are creating, if needed. This step is optional, but a short name is best. It represents the title that displays on the Home screen under the icon.

Select  Add to save the shortcut.

Your iPad's Home screen now contains an icon that takes you directly to your chosen web page.

If you have multiple home screens, it may appear on a screen that isn't filled.

You can move the shortcut and organize it like any other app icon. When you no longer need it, delete it in the same way that you would delete apps from the iPad .

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How To Fix A Missing Safari Icon On iPhone Or iPad

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Safari is built into iOS and cannot be removed from your iPhone or iPad (except when the device has been jailbroken), but it can go missing from the home screen. If it does, it's often easy enough to locate it.

You can usually find it with the Spotlight — swipe down on the home screen and search "safari." Sometimes a user will tuck Safari into a cluttered folder where the icon can get lost. To find it, you just have to look for it.

Suppose you always launch the app from the App Library, and the Safari icon is missing. In that case, it's possible the browser was accidentally deleted from the App Library — a space where all apps are auto-organized into tidy folders. You can hide an app from the Home Screen when it's being moved to the App Library. When it's also deleted from the Library, the icon can go missing.

But what's more likely is that the restriction features in iOS are hiding Safari from you. Parental controls or Screen Time management can hide Safari from view, according to Apple .

How to bring the missing Safari icon back

Before reconfiguring the restriction features on your iPhone or iPad, try resetting the Home Screen. The Safari icon may be hidden, not the app itself. Here's what Apple  recommends.

  • Open Settings.
  • Find and tap General.
  • Select Transfer or Reset iPhone .
  • Select Reset.
  • Select Reset Home Screen Layout.
  • Select Reset Home Screen.

Resetting the Home Screen sends all app icons back to their original slots.

If you still can't see Safari, Screen Time is hiding the app from you. Screen Time is a feature that limits how much time you're allowed on a particular app. It's protected with a PIN (that's supposed to be different from the password that unlocks your iPhone or iPad). 

You can either disable Screen Time entirely, or just safelist Safari.

  • Tap Screen Time.
  • Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions.
  • Enter your passcode.
  • Tap Allowed Apps.
  • Enable the switch next to Safari to allow it.

To disable the feature entirely, you can also toggle off the switch next to Content & Privacy Restrictions.

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Last Updated: August 5, 2022 Fact Checked

This article was co-authored by wikiHow staff writer, Megaera Lorenz, PhD . Megaera Lorenz is an Egyptologist and Writer with over 20 years of experience in public education. In 2017, she graduated with her PhD in Egyptology from The University of Chicago, where she served for several years as a content advisor and program facilitator for the Oriental Institute Museum’s Public Education office. She has also developed and taught Egyptology courses at The University of Chicago and Loyola University Chicago. This article has been fact-checked, ensuring the accuracy of any cited facts and confirming the authority of its sources. This article has been viewed 64,216 times. Learn more...

Safari is a browser app that comes preloaded on all iPhones and iPads. However, it’s possible to accidentally delete or hide the Safari app icon from your Home Screen. If the Safari icon has gone missing from your Home Screen, don’t worry. In this article, we’ll talk you through the best ways to find the Safari app on your device and put it back .

Adding Safari from the App Library

Step 1 Swipe left until you find your App Library.

  • As soon as you start typing, search results should begin to pop up on the screen.
  • You can also browse the categories in the library until you find Safari. For instance, Safari may be located in the Utilities category.

Step 3 Tap and hold the Safari icon.

Finding Safari in Spotlight Search

Step 1 Swipe down or right to open Search.

Unlocking Safari in Parental Controls

Step 1 Open Settings.

  • At this point, if you have restrictions enabled, you’ll be prompted to enter your Screen Time passcode.
  • If you want to quickly turn off all content restrictions , you can toggle off Content & Privacy Restrictions at the top of the screen.

Step 4 Select Allowed Apps.

Showing Hidden Home Screen Pages

Step 1 Touch and hold an empty spot on your Home Screen.

  • You can also touch and hold the row of dots at the bottom of your screen to make the icons start wiggling.

Step 2 Tap the row of dots at the bottom of the screen.

Doing a Home Screen Reset

Step 1 Open Settings.

Adding Safari Bookmarks to your Home Screen

Step 1 Launch the Safari app.

  • In the Add to Home Screen window, you can also customize the name of the bookmark if you like.

Expert Q&A

  • If you want to add the Safari app icon to the dock on your iPhone, tap and hold the app icon on your Home Screen until it starts to wiggle. Then, drag it down to the dock. If you already have 4 apps in your dock, you’ll need to remove one to make room. You can use the same process on the iPad, but the iPad dock can hold many more apps than the iPhone dock. Thanks Helpful 0 Not Helpful 2

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How to Find Missing Safari Icon on iPhone or iPad

Safari is the default Web Browser for iPhone and iPad users. However, it has been reported by several iPhone and iPad users that they are unable to find the Safari icon on their device. There are several reasons due to which the Safari icon disappears from your iPhone or iPad.

How to Find Missing Safari Icon: iPhone/iPad

Safari is a stock application due to which it cannot be removed completely from your iPhone or iPad. Thus, here we are with some of the best methods which you can use to find the missing Safari icon on your device.

Method 1: Open through Apple Store (New)

You can check with the apple store if you have mistakenly uninstalled it from your device

Link: https://support.apple.com/downloads/safari

Method 2: Check Home Screens thoroughly.

How to Find Missing Safari Icon: iPhone/iPad

Before starting with the technical methods, make sure that the Safari icon is not hiding in one of your home screens or any of the folders.

If you are unable to find the icon even after going through all the home screens and folders, go to the next method listed below.

Method 3: Search for the Safari icon.

How to Find Missing Safari Icon: iPhone/iPad

Step 1- Swipe right on your home screen till you reach the search box.

Step 2- Type ‘ Safari ‘ in the search box and its icon will appear below the search box. Tap on it to launch Safari on your iPhone or iPad.

In case your Safari icon is hidden in a folder, the name of that folder will also be displayed for you to know.

If your Safari icon is still not visible on your iPhone or iPad, go to the next method listed below.

Method 4: Restart your device.

Restarting your iPhone or iPad will give a soft reset to it. It has been observed that restarting your device can fix the majority of the errors occurring on your device.

Method 5: Disable Restrictions from Settings.

Step 1- Launch Settings on your device.

Step 2- Tap on Screen Time >> Content & Privacy Restrictions >> Allowed Apps .

How to Find Missing Safari Icon: iPhone/iPad

Step 3- A list of all the applications will appear on your screen. Locate Safari in this list and make sure that its toggle is turned On .

Now that any restriction on your Safari is disabled, its icon should reappear on your home screen.

Method 6: Reset Home Screen.

Step 2- Go to General >> Reset >> Reset Home Screen Layout .

Now, all the icons on your home screen will be set to their default position. You will now find the Safari icon on your home screen.

Method 7: Reset your device using iTunes.

This is your last resort if none of the above-listed methods help you in finding the missing Safari icon on your iPhone or iPad.

Step 1- Connect your device to a PC using a USB cable.

Step 2- Launch iTunes on your PC and select your device.

Step 3- Now, click on Summary >> Restore .

Be patient till your device gets restored. You will not be able to locate the Safari icon on your iPhone or iPad.

Conclusion:

These are some of the easiest and the most effective methods which you can use to find the missing Safari icon on your iPhone or iPad . The steps involved in these methods are easy to understand and execute. If we have missed out on any such useful method to find the missing Safari icon on iPhone or iPad, then do let us know about it in the comments section below.

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You can simply search the safari app on your search tab. If the problem persists you can use a tool that I have been using called AceThinker Fone Keeper. This tool can easily download the latest firmware for your device so you are assured that the problem will be fixed. thank yiou

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Safari: A Beginner’s Guide for iPhone or iPad Users

Safari can be intimidating to learn when you first start using it, but this guide will help you get used to it.

On Apple devices, the default web browser is called Safari. It shares a lot of similar features to other common browsers, like Chrome, Firefox, and Edge. But if you’re new to using Safari, you may feel a little lost because the interface is slightly different to the others.

So, here’s a beginner’s guide on how to use the Safari app to browse the web on your iPhone or iPad.

How to Search for Content in the Safari App

As with all web browsers, you’ll need to first enable your iPhone’s mobile data or connect to a Wi-Fi network to access the internet.

Then, to search in Safari, simply type a term, phrase, or URL into the Smart Search bar at the bottom of the screen and tap Go on your keyboard. The Smart Search bar is a combination of the address bar and search bar. As you type, you’ll see search suggestions based on your keyword as well as results from your bookmarks and browsing history.

How to Navigate a Webpage in Safari

Once you obtain your search results, you tap on a link you’re interested in. Now let’s look at how you can navigate the webpage once it’s loaded.

How to Jump Back to the Top of Webpage

After swiping to scroll down a long article, you may want to go back up to access the website’s menu. To instantly jump back to the top of the webpage, just tap the topmost edge of your screen.

How to Go Backward (or Forward) a Webpage

After tapping on a link, perhaps the webpage isn’t quite something you’re looking for. To go back to your search results, swipe from left to right from the edge of your screen.

To go forward on a webpage, swipe from right to left instead.

Related: Essential Safari iOS Tips & Tricks for iPhone Users

How to Reveal the Safari Address Bar

Your Safari address bar is automatically hidden away when you’re scrolling down a webpage. To bring it back, tap the bottom edge of the screen that shows the website’s main URL.

How to Work With Multiple Tabs in the Safari App

Having multiple tabs opened in Safari can help you to compare information between webpages and search for new content without having to close your current webpage. Here’s how to work with multiple tabs in Safari on your iPhone or iPad.

How to Open a New Tab

To open a new tab, select the Tabs icon in the bottom-right corner, which looks like two overlapping squares. Then tap the Plus (+) to open a new tab.

How to Switch Between Tabs

Again, hit the Tabs icon. You’ll see a gallery of all your opened tabs in Safari. Select a tab to visit the webpage you want.

Since the release of iOS 15, Apple introduced a new feature in Safari: tab groups. Many of us are probably guilty of having way too many opened tabs. Therefore, organizing tabs into groups makes them more manageable. Learn more about how to use tab groups in Safari on your iPhone .

How to Open a Link in a New Background Tab

When you read long articles, you’ll likely come across a link or two within the content that sparks your interest. To avoid disrupting your reading process, you can make Safari open the link in the background, in a new tab. To do so:

  • Go to the Settings app.
  • Select Safari .
  • Scroll down and tap Open Links .
  • Choose In Background .

Next time you want to open a link, long-press it. Then, select Open in Background . When you want to visit that link, select Tabs to view all your opened tabs and choose the loaded webpage.

Saving and Sharing Webpages in Safari

The internet gives you access to a whole new world of information. Save a webpage to refer to it later, or share it with your family and friends.

How to Bookmark a Safari Webpage

To bookmark a webpage to read later, tap the Share icon in the middle of the bottom of the screen (it looks like an arrow coming out of a square) and select Add Bookmark . Type in a bookmark name.

To access your bookmarked webpage later, tap the Bookmark icon (an opened book) and browse through your bookmarks, reading list, and history to find what you’re looking for.

Besides the bookmark option, you’ll also notice that you can add a webpage to your favorites or reading list. Marking a webpage as a favorite will make it show up on your Safari home page. It’s useful if you visit the website often.

To learn more about reading lists, you can visit our guide on the differences between a bookmark and a reading list .

How to Share a Link From the Safari App

Stumble upon an interesting DIY project? A promising recipe you’d like to share with your family? You don’t have to bookmark and remind yourself to show the webpage to them later. You can share the link directly from the Safari app.

Tap the Share icon. You can then select the receiver’s name from the horizontal list of recent contacts, or choose your preferred communication app to send the Safari link to them.

Erasing Your Digital Footprint in Safari

If you’re an aspiring crime writer, having a friend notice your crime-filled search history when they peer over your shoulder is inevitably awkward. Hence, there are some things we’d prefer to keep private and erase all traces of once we exit a web browser.

Safari has a few features to help you with this.

How to Close a Tab

If you don’t close your tabs, old webpages will just auto-load again the moment you head into Safari. Having too many opened tabs affects your browsing speed as well.

Closing a tab is simple. You just need to tap the Tabs icon and then tap the Close (x) button in the corner of the tab.

How to Browse Privately in Safari

Similar to Google Chrome’s Incognito Mode, Safari has a feature called Private Browsing Mode. Your autofill information and browser history won’t be saved when you use this function. Here’s how to use it:

  • First, tap the Tabs icon.
  • Select the center Tabs button with an arrow next to it.
  • Choose Private .
  • To open a new private tab, tap the Plus (+) button.

Whenever you’re in doubt about whether you’re in Private Browsing Mode, just check the Smart Search Bar. It will be dark grey instead of white when you’re browsing privately.

How to Clear Your Safari Browsing History

If you forgot to use Private Browsing while searching for confidential information, don’t worry. You can still clear your history in Safari. Just follow these steps:

  • Tap the Bookmarks icon.
  • Select History (the clock icon).
  • Tap Clear .
  • Choose the time length from which you want Safari to clear your history.

Use the Safari App to Surf the Internet on Your iPhone

The Safari app has all the features you need for a seamless browsing experience. Once you’re familiar with these basic functions, you can check out and download Safari extensions from the App Store to enjoy more helpful features while surfing the internet on your iPhone or iPad.

iPhone Basics: How to Navigate the iOS Safari App Using the Webpage Icons

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Are you wondering how to use the Safari app because you're not quite sure what the icons mean? Here's a brief overview of the main icons in the iOS Safari app and how to use them. All the icons reviewed can be found along the bottom bar after you open the Safari app on your iPhone. The icons do the same thing in the iPad Safari app, but may be located in a different part of the screen.

Related:  How to Browse Privately in Safari on iPhone

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The back & forth arrows  

  • Use these arrows to navigate between pages you've opened in a tab. So if you've clicked a link on a web page like Wikipedia, it opens a new page. If you want to go back to the first page, just tap the back arrow and vice versa. You can also swipe left and right on the screen instead of using the arrows to navigate between pages.

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The S hare icon

  • This icon looks like a box with an arrow at the top. This lets you open the Share menu and share a web link to chats, social media, or other apps. You also use the Share icon when you want to save a web link to your bookmarks, reading lists, or perform another activity.

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The Bookmarks icon

  • Tap the Bookmark tab on the left to view your saved links.
  • Tap the Reading List tab in the center (the reading glasses icon) to view articles you saved to read later.
  • Tap the History tab (the clock icon) to view and clear your browsing history.

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The Tabs icon

  • Tap the Tabs icon to view all your open tabs and switch between them by tapping on the tab you wish to navigate to. This can help if you're researching a subject or going between looking at something like a recipe and reading an article from another website.
  •  Press the + symbol to open a new tab.
  • Swipe left on a tab or tap the X in the upper left corner of a tab to delete it.
  • Press and hold the + symbol to view and reopen recently deleted tabs.
  • Tap Private to open a tab for private browsing.
  • Tap Done to return to the tab at the front of the open tabs.

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Now you can navigate the Safari app with the options these icons provide.

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How do I change Safari favorites page icons on OS X from generic letter to logo icons of the sites?

I was stuck and found the answer here:

https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/294606/how-to-get-icons-in-safari-favo rites-aka-favicons-to-display-correctly/294633#294633?newreg=b79e2ebf339d46dea14 e41701f6c71b7

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The answer I provided above is basically as follows:

1. Go to safari bookmarks bar on top and look at what and look at what the icon currently looks like (It will be a small icon.) remember what it looks like.

2. Go to finder on the top menu bar select Go>Go to folder and type:

~/Library/Safari/Touch Icons Cache/Images/

3. Browse through the icons until you find the one you identified above. Replace with same named png. Be sure the size is 144x144.

4. Restart Safari.

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Explaining the Symbols at the Top of the iPad Screen

Apple has always stressed simplicity and ease of use in its products and this is reflected in the iOS operating system which powers the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. Where a new Apple user may face a learning curve is with some of the common symbols used across several iOS applications and utilities.

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Wi-Fi and Cellular Icons

Wi-Fi Icon

The symbols in the upper left corner of your iPad show connectivity status. Wi-Fi connections use the inverted cone with black and grey lines, indicating the strength of the Wi-Fi signal. If an iPad is out of range of a known connection or has not yet been set up for the current location, no icon appears.

Cellular connectivity is available on some iPads, and indicators may be much more varied, depending on your service level and local conditions. Signal strength is shown with climbing bars, although iOS 7 devices use five circles. Carrier companies and service levels , such as 3G, 4G or LTE, are displayed in text. A full list of status icons is found in the iPad User Guide .

Bluetooth and Power

Bluetooth and Battery Icons

The upper right corner of the home screen shows Bluetooth connectivity status and the iPad's battery state . The Bluetooth logo appears black when a device is connected and gray when inactive. Shutting down Bluetooth capability in Settings also shuts down the Bluetooth icon.

Your iPad's battery charge is indicated with both a battery icon and a percentage display. When connected to a power source, a lightning symbol also indicates that your battery is recharging.

Mail Icon Bar

Five icons in the upper right of the mail application control how you create and handle email. From left to right, these icons are:

  • Flag -- Tapping this icon gives you four options: Flag, Mark as Unread, Move to Junk and Notify Me. Tapping any of the icons performs or activates that function.
  • File -- This icon allows you to move the currently selected email to any other folder. Tap the file icon, then tap the destination folder and the email is moved.
  • Delete -- Tap the garbage can icon to delete the current email.
  • Left Arrow -- Tap the arrow to reply, forward or print the current email.
  • Compose -- Tapping the compose icon opens a blank email message.

Left-Side Icons

Safari Navigation and Reading List Icons

While the forward and back icons are self-explanatory and shared with other browsers, the book icon accesses three functions via its three tabs:

  • Bookmarks -- Tapping this tab gives you Favorites, History and iPad User Guide by default, and you can configure new folders or delete existing folders by tapping Edit at the bottom of the display.
  • Glasses -- Access your reading list by tapping the middle tab. Web pages are added to the reading list using an icon on the right side of the Safari icon bar.
  • Shared Links -- The @ symbol selects links shared by social media contacts for quick access.

Right-Side Icons

Safari Right-side Controls

The icons along the right side of the Safari interface provide both navigation and operation control. The refresh icon -- the circular line with an arrow -- is on the navigation bar itself and reloads the current Web page. The remaining three icons are to the right of the navigation bar. These icons are:

  • Share -- Tapping the box with the up arrow permits you to share the current Web page in a number of ways. You can send the link using Apple's AirDrop if there are other users nearby and, in a similar manner, you can send the link through iMessage, mail and social media accounts set up on your iPad. Other options include copying the link to the clipboard, sending the Web page to a printer, adding the link to your Safari reading list and placing an icon on the iPad home screen.
  • Open Tab -- Tapping the icon that resembles a plus sign opens a new browser tab.
  • Tab View -- The overlapped rectangle icon switches between viewing a single browser tab and all open tabs on a single page for quick navigation.
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How to use custom app icons on your iphone and ipad.

Tired of seeing the same default app icons on your iPhone or iPad? Using this trick, you can change them to anything you like!

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How does it work, preparing a replacement icon image, "replace" iphone and ipad app icons with custom designs.

If you're tired of seeing the same old app icons on your iPhone or iPad home screen, you can customize their look by creating new ones and "replacing" them. The trick is possible using Apple's  Shortcuts  app, which allows you to use any image as an icon.

Currently, it's not possible to truly replace an app's icon on an iPhone or iPad. Instead, you can achieve a similar result by using the Shortcuts app. We'll be creating a custom shortcut that opens an app and then using a custom image as its icon on the home screen.

This technique has been possible since the introduction of Shortcuts in iOS 12 , but it became popular following the release of  iOS 14 , which allows you to officially hide home screen icons in your App Library .

iPhone owners running iOS 12 or iOS 13---or iPad owners with iPadOS 12 or 13---can do this same trick and place the original icons they don't want to see in folders to tuck them out of the way .

Before we begin, you'll need to decide which app icon you're replacing, and you'll need to locate or create the image you'd like to replace it with.

The ideal replacement icon will be a perfectly square image of about 512 x 512 pixels in size, although you'll have the opportunity to crop any image to a square shape in the steps ahead. For this example, we've created a simple purple mail icon in an image editor by using a simple envelope outline.

For your custom icon, you can use any image or photo you'd like as long as it's in your device's photo library. Try searching Google for custom icon designs and saving them, or you can draw your own icon and transfer it to your iPhone or iPad using AirDrop .

Related: How to Instantly Share Files with AirDrop on iPhone, iPad, and Mac

First, open the "Shortcuts" app. If you don't see it on your home screen, swipe downward with one finger in the middle of your screen to open Spotlight search . Type "shortcuts" into the search bar that appears and then tap the "Shortcuts" icon.

In the Shortcuts app, if you see the "Shortcuts" overview screen, tap the "My Shortcuts" tab and then select "All Shortcuts."

On the "All Shortcuts" page, tap the "+" button.

Next, you'll see a "New Shortcut" page where you add the steps to the automation, sort of like a computer program. We're going to add a single step that opens an app. Tap the "Add Action" button.

When the actions panel appears, choose the "Scripting" option.

In the "Scripting" panel, select "Open App."

Back on the new shortcut page, locate the box for the "Open App" action. Tap "Choose."

In the "Choose App" panel that appears, select the search bar and type the name of the app you'd like to launch when you tap your custom icon. Then tap the app's name in the results list. You can choose any app on your iPhone or iPad.

Next, tap the three-dot menu button in the top-right corner. On an iPad, these dots are at the very top-center of the screen beside the "New Shortcut" name.

A "Details" panel will appear. First, tap "Shortcut Name" and name the shortcut anything you'd like, so it will be labeled properly in the Shortcuts app. Then tap "Add to Home Screen."

In the panel that pops up, locate the "Home Screen Name and Icon" section. Select the placeholder icon to the left of "New Shortcut."

In the context menu that pops up, select "Choose Photo."

Using the photo selection panel that appears, locate and choose the photo in your library you'd like to use as your new custom app icon. After you select it, you'll have a chance to crop it to fit the square ratio of a standard app icon.

After that, tap the "New Shortcut" name. Enter the label you'd like to use for the icon on your home screen. Ideally, this will be the name of the app icon you're replacing, such as "Safari" or "Mail."

Finally, tap the "Add" button and your shortcut will be added to your home screen.

Once the custom icon is on your home screen, you can move the app icon wherever you like, including the Dock. To run the app, tap the shortcut icon you just created.

If you'd like to hide the original app icon (and you're running iOS 14 or later), enter Jiggle mode by pressing and holding a blank area of your home screen and then move the icon to your App Library .

If you're running iOS 12 or iOS 13, or using an iPad (which does not have an App Library), you can "hide" the original app icon by moving it to a folder that you can place on a different screen.

Related: How to Move iPhone Apps From a Home Screen to the App Library

The only downside of this technique is that when launching an app through your shortcut, you first make a quick detour through the Shortcuts app before the actual app appears. At the moment, this is a necessary drawback, but the behavior may change in a future update. Have fun customizing your device!

Save and edit PDFs with the Apple Books app

Learn how to save PDFs, convert a webpage to a PDF, and save an email as a PDF to the Books app on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac.

Save a PDF to the Books app on your iPhone or iPad

Tap the PDF to open it.

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Swipe left over the app icons and tap Books.

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Save a PDF to the Books app on your Mac

Open the Books app on your Mac.

Click PDFs under Library.

Drag and drop the PDF from your desktop or a Finder window into the PDFs section of the Books app.

Your PDF opens and automatically saves in the Books app. You can find it later in your Library. To access your files on any of your other devices, make sure that you set up iCloud Drive .

Learn more about importing and saving documents to the Books app on your Mac

Convert a webpage to a PDF on your iPhone or iPad

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Save an email as a PDF on your iPhone or iPad

In the Mail app, tap an email.

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Scroll down and tap Print.

Touch and hold the preview of the email at the bottom of the screen. A larger preview opens.

Tap the larger preview.

Rename a PDF in the Books app

You can quickly rename PDFs that you have saved to the Books app.

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Open the Books app and find the PDF in your Library.

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Use markup on your pdfs.

You can use Markup to add drawings, annotation, a signature, and more to the PDFs you save in the Books app.

On an iPhone or iPad, open the PDF.

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Save and manage PDFs with the Files app

You can also use the Files app to save, organize, edit and share files on your iPhone and iPad

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