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Have you ever used Find on your computer to search for a word on a web page? It’s incredibly useful when looking for something specific among a lot of text. Wouldn't it be great to know how to search for a word on a web page on your phone too? While you can't do Command-F or Control-F on your iPhone, there is a way to search a webpage in Safari on the iPhone called Find on Page. You can use Find on Page to search a web page for the information you’re looking for. Here’s how to use Safari search on the iPhone.
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How to Search a Page in Safari on the iPhone
- From the Safari page you want to search, tap the Share icon.
- Select Find on Page.
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- Search for the words or phrase you’re trying to locate.
- Tap the arrows next to the search bar to navigate to the next or previous place the words you’re searching for appear.
- The words will be highlighted yellow where found.
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- Tap Done to finish searching on a web page in Safari.
Whether you’re looking at the iPhone version of a website or you’ve enabled the Reader View, you can use this tip to find a specific word or phrase. This makes scanning a web page for relevant information so much faster! Did you know that you can also search everything on your iPhone including apps using Spotlight Search?
