How to always zoom in Safari on iPhone, iPad and Mac

Do you have trouble reading small text while browsing the web? Learn how to set up automatic web page zoom for all or specific websites in Safari on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

Sometimes, you may have trouble reading text on specific websites because those sites use tiny font sizes. And if you have a weak eyesight, you may have this trouble on all websites. To address this, you can adjust the font size in Safari. But this isn’t always enough. Maybe the webpage you’re visiting has images that you want to view bigger. Or perhaps the site size overall is just too small.

There’s a wonderful accessibility feature for Safari on both Mac and iOS that lets you zoom to a particular percentage on all sites you visit or only those where you need it. We’ll show you how to enable zoom in Safari in this tutorial.

On iPhone and iPad

For a specific website

1. Open Safari and visit the website whose text size you want to increase.
2. Tap the AA button from the address bar.
3. Tap the bigger A to increase the text size. 100% is the default.

For all websites

1. Open Settings and tap Safari.
2. Scroll down and tap Page Zoom.
3. Here, you’ll see the specific websites whose text size you have changed following the earlier set of steps. 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%.

On Mac

For a specific website

1. Visit the site in Safari.
2. Press the Command + Plus (+) keys to increase the page size.
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 from the top menu bar.
2. Go to the Websites tab.
3. Select Page Zoom from the left sidebar.
4. Here, you will 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 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 a super simple way to see websites and pages larger and more clearly. And because the setting is so easy to access on all your devices, you can change it back at any time. Just follow the above steps and set the zoom level to 100%, which is the default.

Is the zoom feature in Safari something you’ve tried and would recommend, or are you going to give it a shot for the first time?

Check out next:

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