How to save a website as a PDF on your iPhone or computer

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You can save the website as a PDF from various web browsers including Safari on iPhone.

Photo: Takuma Imamura

Web pages may be suddenly deleted or rewritten, so it is not always possible to check the same information.

If you want to check what the web page was like later or share it with someone, I will show you how to save it as a PDF.

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How to save as PDF in Safari on iPhone

1. Display the web page you want to save in Safari.

2. Select the share icon at the bottom of the screen.

3. The title of the page is displayed at the top, and tap "Options>" there.

Tap "Options>" in the item of the web page title.

Image: Screenshots by the author are processed by the editorial department.

4. Since you can select the transmission format, select "PDF".

Select "PDF" from the four formats.

Image: Screenshots by the author are processed by the editorial department.

5. Tap “Save to file” and select the folder or cloud service where you want to save the PDF.

Save as PDF in Chrome browser on your computer

1. Open the web page you want to save.

2. Click the three dots in the upper right corner of the screen to display the browser menu.

3. Select "Print" from the drop-down menu.

Clicking "Print" in this menu does not start printing immediately.

Image: Screenshots by the author are processed by the editorial department.

4. When the "Print Settings" window is displayed, select the "Destination" menu.

Click the drop-down menu.

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5. Select "Save to PDF".

6. Click the icon at the bottom of the screen that changes to "Save" and wait until the "Save As" window appears.

7. Specify the file name, select the save destination of the file, and click "Save".

How to save as PDF in Microsoft Edge on your computer

1. Open the web page you want to save.

2. Click the three dots in the upper right corner of the screen to display the browser menu.

3. Select "Print" from the menu.

4. When the "Print Settings" window is displayed, open the "Printer" drop-down menu.

5. Select "Save as PDF" from the menu.

"Save as PDF" is also available in Edge.

Image: Screenshots by the author are processed by the editorial department.

6. Click Save and wait for the Save As window to appear.

Select the save destination of the Web page as a PDF file and save it.

Image: Screenshots by the author are processed by the editorial department.

7. Specify the file name, select the save destination of the file, and click "Save" to complete the work.

(Written by Satoshi Nakayama, edited by Yutaro Kobayashi)

Satoshi Nakayama: A nomad technical writer who continues to write articles while traveling the world between overseas interviews. He became independent after working as an editorial reporter for the magazine Weekly ASCII. He continues to cover and write about IT, especially mobile technologies such as the telecommunications industry and smartphones.

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