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4 Ways to Refresh Webpages in Safari on iPhone, iPad, and Mac

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Whenever you open a webpage on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac, it loads the latest information. But once the page finishes loading, all the information displayed usually remains static, even if it has changed or refreshed in the backend. To access the latest information, you can refresh all those web pages in Safari.

Refreshing webpages help update the current information on your screen. And while you can use the Cmd + Option + R shortcut to hard refresh (force reload) or clear all the cache in Safari separately, what if you want to reload the page? Is there an option or shortcut? Let’s find out.

How to Refresh Webpages in Safari on iPhone and iPad

When using Safari on your iPhone or iPad, use the Reload icon to reload a page. Or, if your device is updated, use the pull-to-refresh option. You can also use keyboard shortcuts, if available. Or, force the browser to close and restart. Thus, reloading the page in the process. Here’s a step-by-step look for clarity.

1. Using the Address Bar

Step 1: Depending on your device’s settings, go to the address bar at the top or bottom of the page in Safari.

Step 2: Here, tap on the Reload icon.

Wait for the page to finish reloading. If the address bar is not visible, use your finger to move the page up or down. Once you see it, tap on the Reload icon accordingly. This will reload the page in Safari.

2. Through the Pull-to-Refresh Feature

If your iPhone runs iOS 15 or higher, you can use the pull-to-refresh option. Using this, you can pull the webpage down and wait for it to refresh and reload.

Step 1: Go to the relevant tab in Safari.

Step 2: Now, hold and pull down from the top half of the page. Release the page once you see the reload icon appear.

Once you release the page, it should automatically refresh all the information. If this doesn’t work, check your device’s software version and try again.

3. Using a Keyboard Shortcut

As long as you have a compatible wireless keyboard , you can connect it to your iPhone or iPad via Bluetooth . This can not only aid in typing but also allow you to use keyboard shortcuts on your Apple device. Then, use the Cmd + R shortcut on the wireless keyboard and reload the page without touching the screen.

4. Force Close and Restart Safari

If you can’t use the abovementioned methods, force Safari to close altogether on your iPhone or iPad. This can help solve any glitches with the browser as well. Once the browser reopens, it should refresh the page as well. Here’s how.

Step 1: Swipe up from the bottom of the page to open background apps. Or, if your device has a Home button, double-press it.

Step 2: Once the background apps are visible, hold and swipe up on Safari.

Step 3: Now, tap on the Safari app icon to reopen the browser.

Once Safari opens, the page should also reopen in the designated tab. If that doesn’t happen, use the address bar or search history to reopen the page in Safari.

How to Refresh Safari Webpages on Your Mac

Like refreshing Safari webpages on your iPhone or iPad, you can also reload a page on your Mac. To do this, use the refresh button in Safari, menu options, or the keyboard shortcut. Or, if this doesn’t work, force Safari to close and reload. This will not only restart all browser functions but also reload the page. Here’s how to do it.

1. Through the Reload Icon

Step 1: Go to the Safari address bar and click on the Reload icon.

Once the page reloads, any related issue should be resolved as your browser fetches a fresh copy of the page.

2. Using Menu Options

Step 1: Once Safari is open, go to the menu bar and click on View.

Step 2: Here, click on Reload Page. Wait for the page to refresh.

3. Using Keyboard Shortcut

While you must connect a keyboard to your iPad or iPhone, your Mac already has one. Taking advantage of this, use the Cmd + R keys to reload the currently open page in Safari quickly. Or, if you want to reload the page without cache, hold down the Shift key on the keyboard and click the Reload icon in Safari.

4. Closing and Reopening Safari

Step 1: Go to the menu options and click on the Apple icon. Then, click on Force Quit.

Step 2: From the list of apps, select Safari.

Step 3: Then, click on Force Quit. Wait for Safari to close.

Step 4: Now, click on the Safari app icon to open the browser again.

If the webpage isn’t open, type the website address in the menu bar or open it from the device history. The web page information should be refreshed.

Reload a Page in Safari

Refreshing the webpages in Safari not only helps deliver the latest information but also aids in resolving certain site glitches and errors like media not loading in Safari . So, we hope this article helped you refresh a Safari webpage on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices.

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Last updated on 21 February, 2024

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Safari in iOS 15 Offers a Pull to Refresh Gesture

BY Rajesh Pandey

Published 8 Jun 2021

Apple is introducing a major Safari revamp with iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 . A major new usability improvement in the redesigned Safari is the ability to refresh a page with the pull to refresh gesture.

The feature is not new since Chrome on Android already has a similar feature. As the name suggests, you can refresh a page by simply pulling the page down. This gesture makes it far easier to refresh a page with just your thumb than hitting the refresh button.

The gesture will be the primary way in Safari on iOS 15 to refresh a page. Apple has hidden the refresh button from the tab bar to deliver a cleaner visual experience. The sleeker new tab bar lets you switch between open tabs with a simple swipe. You can use a similar gesture to open a new tab in Safari as well.

The pull to refresh gesture is used in several third-party apps, including Twitter, Gmail, Outlook, etc.

Apart from the new pull to refresh gesture, Safari on iOS 15 also features tab groups that are synced across devices. Safari on the iPhone and iPad has also gained support for Safari extensions, so you can install various extensions to further enhance the browsing experience. You can also select which websites a particular extension will be active on.

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iOS 15: How to Quickly Refresh a Webpage in Safari

In iOS 15, Apple has completely redesigned Safari with easier-to-reach controls in mind when you're browsing the internet. For example, the URL address bar can optionally sit at the bottom of the screen instead of up top, which makes it easier to access when you're using your iPhone with one hand.

A downward swipe on any webpage‌ is all it takes to refresh a webpage in Safari. This alternative to having to tap on the reload icon is especially useful if you like to keep the address bar at the top of the screen, where tapping the reload icon can be less convenient.

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• iOS 15 will be available later this fall.

It's 13 years after Tweetie, a Twitter app for iPhone, brought us Pull to Refresh, and soon we'll be doing it in Safari, too. Apple will add the feature with the release of iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 later this year.

The feature's appearance comes as Apple continues to re-work the way Safari looks and behaves on its mobile devices. Part of that involves moving the nav bar to the bottom of the screen. That nav bar now floats, too, which meant Apple needed to move the reload button behind another screen tap that opens a menu. As a result, a quicker way to refresh was needed – and Pull to Refresh is it.

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[FAQ] Safari in iOS 15: Top 15 Queries Answered

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In iOS 15 , Safari has undergone a radical change with a new design and a host of interesting features. The address bar now sits at the bottom of the screen to make one-handed usage easier. iPhone users can now customize the Start Page and use the new swipe gestures for seamless navigation. Safari in iOS 15 also introduces Voice search, Tab Groups to save your tabs, and Web extensions for the first time.

Apparently, the revamped design and UI notably change how you use Safari on iOS 15. That’s because the position of various options has changed, however, the functionality is still the same.

iOS 15’s Safari: Frequently Asked Questions

In this FAQ article, we answer all the basic queries you might encounter while using updated Safari. And if you’re completely new to Safari , this guide will help you. Let’s begin.

How to get back old Safari

Are you disappointed with the new Safari and looking to get back to the older version of Safari from iOS 14? Well, that’s not possible. You simply cannot switch back to the old Safari unless you decide to downgrade from iOS 15 to iOS 14 .

How to move the address bar to the top

Don’t like the tab bar at the bottom of the screen? Thankfully, there is an option to move the Safari address or URL bar back to the top.

To quickly switch between the bottom and top address bar,

• Open a website in Safari if you haven’t yet.

The address bar will now appear at the top in Safari. To move back to the bottom address bar, simply tap the aA icon again and select “Show Bottom Tab Bar”.

Alternate Way –

Go to Settings > Safari. Under the ‘Tabs’ section, select the “ Single Tab ” option.

How to find Bookmarks and History

Wondering where are your bookmarks and history stored? Here’s how you can access bookmarks, history, and Reading List in the new Safari.

• Similarly, tap the “Reading List” and “History” tab to view their contents.

How to Open Recently Closed Tabs

To reopen the last closed tab in Safari:

• Tap the “Tab Overview” button on the bottom menu bar or swipe up on the tab bar.
• Once you see all your open tabs in a grid view, long-press the + button at the bottom left corner.

• Swipe up or down to navigate across the closed tabs and tap them to re-open.

How to close all open tabs at once

To close all tabs in Safari on iOS 15:

• Tap and hold the “Tab Switcher” button (two-square icon) in the menu bar at the bottom.

Alternative Way – Swipe up on the tab bar (URL bar) to switch to grid view. Then long-press the “Done” button at the bottom-right corner and tap “Close All # Tabs”. All your open tabs will close at once.

How to copy links of all open tabs

iOS 15 offers the ability to copy links of all open tabs in Safari on iPhone. This comes in handy when you want to email or share the list of all your open tabs outside of Safari.

To save links of all open tabs:

• Tap the “Tab Overview” button in the menu bar or swipe up on the address bar.

• Tap the ellipsis button (3-dots icon), shown next to the particular tab group.

• Open the Notes app or a messaging client and paste the data.

That’s it. All the links will appear in a bulleted list and in chronological order. Note that you can copy links of all your Private tabs as well.

How to refresh a webpage

Can’t find the reload button to refresh a website that’s stuck in the middle?

To refresh a page or tab in Safari, simply tap the reload button (circular arrow icon) on the right side of the address bar.

Alternative Way – In iOS 15, Safari features a new “Pull to Refresh” gesture that lets you reload a webpage by pulling down a page from the top.

Note : Pull down to refresh is indeed a quicker way to refresh but only if you’re already at the top or start of a webpage. Meanwhile, if you’re at the bottom of a long page then you first have to scroll all the way to the top to refresh. This also means that you will lose your earlier position on the webpage.

How to use the Reader View

Safari on iOS 15 briefly shows a “Reader Available” popup in the address bar when you visit a website that supports reading mode. By switching to reader mode, you can hide ads and menus from the webpage for an uncluttered and distraction-free experience. Before you use Reader View, note that it only works on supported websites such as Medium.com.

To turn on reading mode, tap the aA button on the left side of the address bar. Then select the “ Show   Reader View ” option from the list.

Shortcut – To quickly switch to reader view, simply long-press the aA icon on the tab bar. The webpage will immediately change to reading mode and the aA button will turn black, indicating reader view is enabled.

How to see Downloads

In iOS 15’s Safari, the Downloads folder is completely missing and it isn’t hidden behind any menus either.

So, where are my downloads? The fact is that the downloads directory doesn’t appear permanently. You can see it in Safari only after you download a certain file. The Downloads menu then disappears automatically after a while.

To find your downloads , just download a file. A download button (down arrow icon) will now show up on the left side of the bottom tab bar. Once downloading is done, tap the download button and select “Downloads” from the list. Here you can manage your recently downloaded items with options to view, delete, or clear them.

How to Rearrange Tabs

• Tap the “Tab Overview” button in the bottom menu bar. Or swipe up on the address or tab bar to view all your open tabs.
• Once you see all tabs in a grid view, press and hold a tab you want to move.
• While holding the tab, drag and move it to your preferred position. You can move the tab towards the right, left, or all the way to the top or bottom.
• Once done, tap the Done button at the bottom right corner.

How to Hide Frequently Visited Sites

By default, the websites you visit most often appear on Safari’s start page or new tab page. Thankfully, you can easily get rid of frequently visited sites in Safari on your iPhone.

To disable frequently visited sites on Safari’s Start Page,

• Swipe up on the tab bar (URL bar).
• Tap the  + button  at the bottom left corner to open the start page.

• Close the customization screen.

TIP : You can also remove or delete specific sites from the “Frequently Visited” section on the start page. For this, long-press a frequently visited tab you want to remove. Then tap “Delete”.

How to install extensions in Safari

With iOS 15, Web extensions for Safari are finally available on iPhone and iPad. However, you won’t find the option to install extensions anywhere within the Safari app. Nevertheless, there is a much simpler way to do so.

To add extensions to Safari in iOS 15 on iPhone,

• Open Settings and scroll down to Safari .
• Go to ‘Extensions’ and tap on “More Extensions”.
• Install the extension you want from the App Store, just the way you install an iOS app.
• Head back to “Extensions” in Settings.

TIP : You can enable or disable Safari web extensions at any point in time without having to delete them. Just go to the Extensions menu in Settings and turn off the extension.

How to Add a Tab Group

In iOS 15, you can use the Tab Groups feature to group tabs in Safari on iPhone and iPad. One can add multiple tab groups and even create a group of all open tabs.

To create a Tab Group in Safari:

• Swipe up on the URL bar (or tap the ‘Tab Switcher’ button) to open the tab overview page.
• Tap on “# Tabs” in the center of the tab bar.

• Give your tab group a name and tap Save.
• Once the tab group is created, open the desired tabs while you’re in that particular tab group.

TIP : You can also move tabs from one tab group to another. To do so, navigate to the tab overview screen and long-press a tab. Then tap “Move to Tab Group” and select the Tab Group you want to move the tab to.

How to rename and delete a Tab Group

To rename a Tab Group in Safari:

• Tap the “Tab overview” button (two-squares icon) at the bottom right corner.
• Tap on “Tabs” in the middle of the tab bar.

• Enter a new name for the tab group and hit Save.

To delete a Safari Tab Group:

• Swipe up on the address bar.
• Tap on “Tabs” in the center of the address bar.

• Tap “Delete” again to confirm.

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Mayur Agarwal, the founder and editor of WebTrickz, is a tech enthusiast with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Applications and over a decade of writing experience. His passion for technology and gadgets inspires him to create insightful How To's and troubleshooting guides.

Not intuitive. Step zero in finding/using bookmarks is to actually be in some webpage on Safari! Often when you tap Safari the screen brings you different search engines, not a webpage. So I didn’t know what to do to find the book icon. Also, not intuitive what the definition of “three tabs menu”. The icons at the bottom when I found them do not look like any browser tabs I’ve ever seen. Not meaning to natter, just saying that as a brand new user to anything Apple, I am not finding it to be very user friendly. An instruction will say to click or tap on “something”, and then I have to go search for what/where is “something”. And this leads sometimes to a long chain of looking up “somethings”. This website does help, and I’d be lost without it. So, thanks!

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Guide: How to use the new Safari in iOS 15

5th September, 2021 at 6:51 am by Ben W

• The iOS 15 update redesigns the Safari browser with new tab bar design and hidden features.
• There are ways to revert to the old design found in iOS 14 and older.

Apple has moved the address bar to the bottom of the display. Tapping it will open the Start page, with frequently visited sites and bookmarks. It also integrates the search results into the same page.

The relocated address bar is largely easier to use on larger devices, but can be moved back to the top. Apple provides the options in Settings > Safari to select the ‘Tab Bar’ design or ‘Single Tab’. You can also tap the ‘Aa’ icon on the address bar and select ‘Show Top Address Bar’.

Choosing the ‘Single Tab’ design will restore most of the functionality from the Safari UI in iOS 14. Similar to previous versions, the ‘Aa’ icon lets you change website settings and enable Reader View.

Pull To Refresh

To refresh a webpage in Safari in iOS 15, you can pull down from the top. This doesn’t replace the reload button, and you can still refresh using the icon in the address bar.

With the new design enabled, you can switch between tabs by swiping left or right in the address bar area. Swiping up and holding displays the list of tabs you have open.

This screen has been redesigned to show a greater number of tabs than before in a grid view. You can quickly close a tab or force touch on one to close every other tab.

Finally, Private Mode can be invoked by tapping the ‘X tabs’ link at the bottom, and selecting ‘Private’.

iOS 15 lets you save Safari tabs in Tab Groups, for easy access later on. For example, you could save multiple tabs in a group named ‘Work’ to ensure you don’t loose important webpages, while not having them open on your iPhone.

First, open up all the websites you want to add to a Tab Group. Tap the Tabs icon at the bottom left, then the ‘X tabs’ link. Select ‘New Tab Group from X tabs’, enter a name, then Save. You can then switch between these by tapping the group name at the bottom, selecting another group, or Start Page.

If you use Safari on multiple devices, such as an iPad, Mac, or another iPhone, Tab Groups will sync across those. You’ll need to be running iOS 15, iPadOS 15 and macOS Monterey.

Redesigned Start Page

Last year, macOS Big Sur overhauled the Start Page in Safari, with customisable backgrounds and more control over what appears. iOS 15 brings the same capabilities.

On the Start Page, scroll down and tap ‘Edit’. Here, you can reduce the clutter on the page by tapping the toggles next to certain items. You can hide or show Favourites, Reading List, Frequently Visited, Siri Suggestions, iCloud Tabs, Privacy Report and Shared With You.

Apple also lets you apply a preset background image or add your own. To sync the Start Page preferences between devices, tap the toggle next to ‘Use Start Page on All Devices’.

iCloud Private Relay

iCloud Private Relay is built into iOS 15 and will encrypt traffic in Safari and other apps. It works by sending information to a server that will removed all personal data, like IP addresses. This data is then sent to another third-party server that will assign you a temporary IP address.

Private Relay can prevent anybody from snooping on your web activity and linking traffic to a user’s identity. The feature will launch with iOS 15 as a public beta amid reports of internet connection dropouts, and will likely be turned on by default in a future software update. You can check whether iCloud Private Relay is enabled by opening Settings > Apple ID > iCloud > Private Relay (Beta).

Shared With You

This feature is system-wide in iOS 15 and works in iMessage, Safari, News, Apple Music, Podcasts, Apple TV and Photos. It works by displaying all links sent to you in iMessage in a Shared With You section on the Start Page in Safari. The feature will also support third party apps and ensures you can gather links sent by others so you don’t forget to open them. Tapping the sender’s name will launch iMessage where you can compose a response.

Other New Features

• Voice Search: carry out a search with your voice by tapping the small microphone icon in the address bar.
• Security improvements: Apple says Safari will now automatically upgrade sites to their HTTPS version if available.
• Website Tinting: Safari now blends the collapsed address bar with the colors of webpages, if they support it.
• Landscape UI: the UI that appears when using Safari in landscape has been redesigned to appear similar to that of Safari in iPadOS 15 and macOS Monterey, with a compact tab bar design

That's everything new in Safari in iOS 15. This guide will be updated if further improvements are made to Safari. Apple is expected to launch iOS 15, iPadOS 15 and macOS Monterey later this month.

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• Browsing, Searching, and Clearing History
• Downloading Files and PDFs
• Viewing Webpages in Tabs
• Browse Webpage History through Safari's Toolbar
• Private Browsing
• Viewing and Editing Top Sites
• Viewing, Editing, and Searching Bookmarks
• Add and Access Favorite Bookmarks
• Preview Websites in Tabs
• Translate Websites
• Show the Full Website Address in Safari
• Add Websites to the Dock on the Mac
• Set and Preserve Zoom levels for Websites
• Tips and shortcuts for working with links and browsing in Safari
• Safari Profiles on the Mac Simplified
• Using Safari Reader
• Keeping a Reading List
• Save or Export a Webpage as a PDF
• Remove Ads and Enjoy Safari on Your Mac with Reader Mode
• Enabling Autofill and iCloud Keychain
• Turn off AutoFill for User Names and Passwords
• Minimizing Risk when using AutoFill
• Using AutoFill with your Contact Information
• Using AutoFill with Credit Cards
• Using AutoFill for Usernames and Passwords
• Having Safari suggest a Strong Password
• AutoFill and Other Forms
• Customizing the Toolbar
• Change the Address Bar View
• Customize Safari's Start Page
• Adding Folders to your Favorites Bar
• A Quick Look at Safari Preferences
• Security and Privacy
• Using Safari Extensions
• Customize Safari's Favorites Bar on Mac
• Troubleshooting Website Issues with Safari
• Delete Cookies and Cache in Safari
• Clear your History
• Troubleshooting Blank Webpages
• Clear Your Safari Browsing History on the iPad
• Change the Search Engine Safari uses on your iPad
• A Quick Look at the Interface
• Browsing and Searching
• Edit Safari's Start Page
• Request the Desktop Website with Safari on the iPad
• Browsing and Clearing History
• Viewing PDFs
• Working with Tabs
• Viewing and Editing Bookmarks
• Reading Webpages with Safari Reader
• Filling Out Forms with AutoFill
• Safari Settings
• Close Tabs in Safari Automatically
• Open Multiple Bookmarks as New Tabs
• Open Links in New Tabs in Safari
• Open Browser Tabs in a Split View
• Copy Website Links from Tab Groups in Safari
• How to Close All Open Tabs in Safari on the iPad
• Set your Default Browser
• Translate the Language of a Website
• View the Privacy Report for Websites
• View Favicons in the Tab Bar
• Download Audio and Video Files
• Troubleshooting Tips for Safari
• Save PDF's from Safari to the iPad
• Close All Open Tabs in Safari on the iPad
• How to Read Articles Distraction-Free with Safari Reader Mode on iPad
• Manage your Reading List in Safari on the iPad
• Unlock the Full Potential of Safari's Reading List on Your iPad
• Finding text on web pages made easy in Safari on the iPad!
• Organize your frequent webpages with Safari's Favorites feature
• Safari Profiles on the iPad
• Close All Open Tabs in Safari
• Set the Search Engine Safari uses on the iPhone
• Viewing and Saving PDFs
• Reader View
• Save a Webpage as a PDF
• Close Open Tabs Automatically
• Translate a Website's Language
• Privacy Report
• Move the Address Bar Location to the Top
• Open Recently Closed Tabs
• Quickly Open New Private Browsing Tabs

Pull to Refresh Webpages

• Add, Remove, and Rearrange Start Page Categories
• Create Tab Groups for Web Pages
• Copy website links in a Tab Group
• How to Easily Close All Your Open Tabs in Safari
• How to Remove Ads and Enjoy Safari on Your iPhone with Reader Mode
• How to Use Safari's Reading List on your iPhone
• Search for text within web pages in Safari on the iPhone
• Learn to Clear Your Safari History on iPhone
• The Simple Guide to Using Safari Profiles on the iPhone

With iOS 15, you can now pull to refresh a webpage instead of finding and tapping on the refresh icon. This makes it real easy to refresh a webpage without even looking at your iPhone, you just swipe down from the top. See how you can now pull to refresh webpages in this video for Safari on the iPhone.

So I’m looking at my webpage here, and if I wanted to refresh, what I would normally do is just tap on the refresh icon here. I tap on it. It refreshes the page. If this address bar was located at the top. How do we get it to the top? We tap on the double A’s and then we go and Show the Top Address Bar. I want to refresh this, coming from iOS 14, what you would do is you would tap on the refresh icon again.

But now what we can do is we can pull to refresh. Again, this was introduced with iOS 15. All I have to do is just pull down on the webpage here and you’re going to see the little icon, and it refreshes it. It works the same way with the address bar down at the bottom. I tap on the double A’s. I go on Show my Bottom Tab Bar. I want to refresh. When I refresh, you’re going to see the little icon here and it is refreshing that page.

So that is now how we can refresh our web pages in Safari. We can still tap on the icon, but the easiest way is to just pull down. When we pull down, Safari will refresh our page.

So that’s how we can refresh our web pages in Safari on the iPhone.

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Dragging to refresh screen

I've yet to find a way pull down a screen to refresh its contents when using Voice Control, without having to resort to "drag from {number} to {number}," which causes a slow drag to trigger the refresh. Is there an easier way to do this?

iPhone XS Max

Posted on Jul 30, 2020 7:36 AM

Posted on Jul 30, 2020 7:55 AM

Create a Customised Command.

Go to Settings>Accessibility>Voice Control>Customise Commands>Custom>Create New Command

Give it a name - I used "Refresh"

Choose "Action"

Choose "Run Custom Gestures"

Add a swipe down action and press stop - I found it was better to start the swipe midway down the screen.

You should now have a Voice command called Refresh that pulls down the screen.

I have ran this a few times and it looked ok. Let me know if it resolves the issue.

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That was it, thank you!

How to add pull-to-refresh to Safari in iOS 8

For a large screen device like the iPhone 6 Plus or even the iPhone 6, it takes some serious thought when designing apps. That’s because it’s much more difficult to reach certain part of the screen using one hand, so developers have to design their apps with one-handed users in mind.

But where such thought may be lacking, a jailbreak tweak can go a long way towards enhancing the usability of certain apps. That’s definitely the case with this latest tweak called SafariRefresh . It adds a simple pull-to-refresh mechanism to Apple’s stock web browsing app, and the result is a much more usable refresh function on large screen devices.

After installing SafariRefresh, you can begin using it immediately. Simply open the stock Safari app, and pull down on the screen and release to perform a refresh.

SafariRefresh contains no options to configure or settings to adjust, just install it and go. I highly recommend this simple jailbreak tweak to Safari users on Apple’s latest iPhone hardware. It goes a long way towards making the experience more pleasant for one-handed users.

You can find SafariRefresh free of charge on Cydia’s BigBoss repo. What do you think?

iOS 18 Safari — biggest new features for your iPhone

Highlights and a redesigned Reader add some smarts to Safari on your iPhone

Safari, Apple's built-in web browser across its different devices, won't get a radical overhaul as part of iOS 18 . But even just two big changes to the iPhone's default browser hint at Apple's larger strategy of leaning into machine learning and artificial intelligence.

Both major additions to Safari in iOS 18 promise to skim web pages and pull out the details you need. The idea, explains Beth Dakin, Apple's senior manager of Safari software engineering, in Apple's WWDC 2024 video is to offer "easier ways to discover content and streamline your browsing."

Even better, while the new Safari features do turn to machine learning, they're not part of the Apple Intelligence capabilities being introduced across Apple devices later this year. That means Safari's improvements will be available on more phones than just the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max , plus whatever iPhone 16 models come out later this fall.

With that in mind, here's what to expect from iOS 18 Safari once you upgrade to the new iPhone software, whether that's when the full version comes out later this year or Apple makes the iOS 18 public beta available in July.

iOS 18 Safari: Highlights

Think of Highlights, the biggest of the two improvements to iOS 18 Safari, as a kind of hyper-focused summary tool. Instead of merely summarizing what's on the page, though, Highlights uses machine intelligence to identify the key bits on information on a particular page and calls them out in a pop-up window as you browse. 

An example Apple uses throughout its iOS 18 preview shows a web page for a hotel where Highlights has called up a window showing the hotel's location on a map, plus quick links for driving directions or placing a call to the hotel. Other examples of Highlights include Wikipedia summaries of a person, playback links for songs, or summarized reviews for a movie or TV show.

It's unclear from Apple's demo whether Highlights appear automatically in Safari, or if you need to tap a button to get the Highlights window to pop-up. Footnotes on Apple's iOS 18 summary page indicate that the feature will only work with U.S. English sites, at least initially.

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iOS 18 Safari: Reader

The Reader tool in iOS 18 Safari also picks up some summarization skills, giving you the opportunity to read a quick overview of a web page when you switch to Reader mode. Reader takes things a step further by generating a table of contents for a web article that lets you see how a page is organized. Presumably, you'll also be able to jump to specific sections of the article.

Galaxy AI tools on board the best Samsung phones add summarization features, so it's good to see them get baked into iOS 18 as well. A concise summary of a web page that you've stumbled upon can give you a better idea of what an article is about, while a table of contents can help you more easily drill down to the parts of a topic that interest you.

The summarization tools in Reader appear to be limited to English in the initial iOS 18 release, though regional support is far more extensive. Besides the U.S., Apple promises availability in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa and the U.K.

Other Safari changes beyond the iPhone

Safari is available across Apple's different platforms, and there are some improvements coming to the web browser that are available for Safari on other devices. Specifically, Mac users who upgrade to macOS Sequoia will get a new way of watching web-based videos with a new Video Viewer that automatically detects when there's video on a page. Video Viewer breaks that out into a separate window with its own playback controls; click away, and the viewer becomes a separate picture-in-picture window.

Along with the Highlights and Reader additions, Safari on macOS Sequoia also promises performance improvements. In fact, Apple says the updated Mac version will be the world's fastest browser, with up to four hours more battery life than Google's Chrome browser on streaming video.

iOS 18 Safari outlook

Safari's seen more substantial changes in previous iOS updates, but that's not to dismiss the importance of what Apple's doing in iOS 18. With both Highlights and Reader leaning heavily on machine learning to power their new summary tools, iOS 18 Safari offers a taste of what Apple hopes to deliver throughout the iPhone, only without the stringent system requirements that the Apple Intelligence features demand.

More from Tom's Guide

• How to download the iOS 18 beta
• iOS 18’s best AI feature could solve my biggest issue with text messaging
• iOS 18 Notes: 5 changes coming to your iPhone

Philip Michaels is a Managing Editor at Tom's Guide. He's been covering personal technology since 1999 and was in the building when Steve Jobs showed off the iPhone for the first time. He's been evaluating smartphones since that first iPhone debuted in 2007, and he's been following phone carriers and smartphone plans since 2015. He has strong opinions about Apple, the Oakland Athletics, old movies and proper butchery techniques. Follow him at @PhilipMichaels.

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How to suppress "pull to refresh" in iOS 15

"Pull to refresh" is suppressed by the following javascript source.

The above method is used to prevent swiping from the top of the screen. You can suppress swiping while you are at the top of the screen, Swipe suppression cannot be performed if you are not at the top of the screen.

• Swipe cannot be suppressed even if "e.preventDefault ()" is called in the middle of "touch move".

I would like to know how to suppress even if you swipe from other than the top.

Is there anyone who can answer this inquiry? Please confirm.

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