How to zoom one or all web pages in Safari

Learn how to set up automatic web page zoom in Safari on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac to make reading small text easier.

You may have trouble reading text on certain websites because they use tiny font sizes. If you have weak eyesight, this issue might extend to all websites. Adjusting the font size in Safari can help, but it’s not always enough. Perhaps the webpage includes images you want to view larger, or the overall site layout feels too small.

Safari on both Mac and iOS offers a fantastic accessibility feature that allows you to zoom to a specific percentage on all websites or just the ones where you need it.

Zoom web pages in Safari on iPhone and iPad

You can zoom in or zoom out specific websites or set Safari to automatically do that for all websites.

For a specific website

1. Open Safari and visit the website whose text size you want to increase.
2. Tap the menu icon in the address bar that’s made up of a rectangle and two lines.
3. Tap the bigger A to increase the text size and the smaller A to reduce it. 100% is the default. These double A buttons will also appear over the webpage so you can adjust the zoom while getting a live preview.

For all websites

1. Open iOS Settings, tap Apps at the bottom, and select Safari from the list of apps.
2. Scroll down and tap Page Zoom.
3. You’ll see the specific websites whose text size you have changed. To change one, tap it and choose a new zoom percentage. You can also edit the list of sites on this screen: tap Edit at the top and then Delete or Clear All Settings.
4. After specific sites, there is a heading for Other Websites. Here, you can choose a default percentage for all other pages you visit in Safari that isn’t already on your list. Pick a percentage from 50% to 300%.

Zoom web pages in Safari on Mac

Just like iOS, you can adjust website zoom on macOS for particular sites or all websites.

For a specific website

1. Visit the site in Safari.
2. Press the Command + + (plus) keys to increase the page size or the Command + - (minus) keys to decrease the zoom.
3. Or, click Safari next to the top Apple icon  and choose Settings for the website name. Now, use the Page Zoom option to set it to an appropriate percentage.

For all websites

1. Open Safari and click Safari > Settings in the top menu bar.
2. Go to the Websites tab.
3. Select Page Zoom from the left sidebar.
4. You’ll see your configured websites and currently open websites where you’re using page zoom. You can change their zoom level or remove them.
5. To set zoom settings for all other websites you visit that are not already on your list, click the drop-down menu next to “When visiting other websites” and pick a level from as low as 50 percent or as high as 300 percent.

Using zoom in Safari is an easy way to view websites and pages more clearly. Since the setting is simple to access on all your devices, you can reset it anytime by following the steps above and setting the zoom level back to 100%, the default.

Have you tried the zoom feature in Safari and found it useful, or are you planning to give it a shot for the first time?

Also, check out:

• How to increase text size on iPhone and iPad
• How to increase the font size on Mac