Created November 2019

If you find the text on a website difficult to read, you can enlarge it using the Safari page zoom tool.

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How to resize text on a website in Safari
How to set default page zoom level for all websites

How to resize text on a website in Safari

  1. Open the Safari web browser .
  2. Tap on the page zoom icon in the address bar .
  3. Tap the large A on the right to make the text larger. Keep tapping until the text is easy to read.  You can increase the size by up to 300%. Images will also scale proportionally. Safari will remember this setting next time you visit this website.
  4. To make the text smaller, tap the small A on the left.
  5. To reset text and images to 100%, tap the percentage indicator between the small and large As.
  6. Tap the screen to hide the text size toolbar.

How to set default page zoom levels for all websites

  1. Open the Settings app .
  2. In the Settings app, scroll down to the list of apps and select Safari.
  3. On the Safari screen, scroll to the bottom and select Page Zoom.
  4. Listed at the top of the Page Zoom screen are websites you have previously adjusted the zoom on. You can edit the zoom level for those websites here if you wish. Select the website and choose a new zoom level.
  5. To set a default zoom level for all the other websites you visit; select from the list under Other Websites.