How to Find & Search Safari Reading List on iPhone

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Your Safari Reading List contains web articles you've saved to read at a later time. In this article, we'll cover how to find the Reading List on iPhone in Safari, how to search for a saved article, and how to save articles for offline reading. Let's get started!

Why You’ll Love This Tip

• Easily find saved articles by searching your Safari Reading List. 
• Sort saved articles to show only items you haven't read. 
• Download Reading List articles for offline reading.

How to View Safari Reading List & Manage Reading List Content

If you don't already know how to save articles to your Safari Reading List, it's best to learn that first and then come back to learn how to find the Reading List in Safari and manage its content. Since this process is a bit different in the new iOS 15 software, if you have an earlier version you will need to update to iOS 15 before using this tip. For other helpful iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 how-to content, try signing up for our free Tip of the Day newsletter. 

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Now, let's learn how to find the Reading List on iPhone and iPad, as well as how to manage your list of saved articles in Safari.

1. Open the Safari app.
   
   
2. Tap the Bookmarks icon.
   
   
    
3. Tap the Reading Glasses icon to view your Reading List.
   
   
4. Tap an article to open and read it. 
   
   
    
5. If you want to search the Reading List in Safari, swipe down to access the search bar. 
   
   
    
6. Type in a phrase or keyword from the article, and relevant articles will appear below.
   
   
    
7. To remove an article from your reading list, swipe left on the article and tap Delete. 
   
   
    
8. To save an article for offline reading, swipe left on the article and tap Save Offline. (If you are not seeing this option, it means you already have set articles to automatically save offline.)
   
   
    
9. To hide articles you've already read, tap Show Unread at the bottom of the screen.
   
   
    
10. To see both read articles and unread articles, tap Show All in the bottom of the screen.
    
    
     
11. If you want to mark an article as read or unread, swipe right on the article and tap on Mark Read or Mark Unread. (The option displayed will depend on the current status of the article.)
    
    
     
12. Tap Done to exit your Reading List.
    
    

That's it!\ To better enhance your online reading experience, you can also learn how to use Safari Reader Mode to read articles without ads.