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How to make the text larger in Safari in iOS 15 on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch

How to make the text larger in Safari in iOS 15 on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch

Short guide:

  1. Tap the Safari icon on your Home screen.
  2. Tap the AA button in the website address bar at the bottom of the screen.
  3. In the pop-up menu, tap the large A button to increase the text size.
  4. You can tap the % indicator to return to 100%.

Before and after

Images showing text in the Safari web browser before and after the text size has been made larger

This section gives you step by step instructions on how to make the text larger in the Safari web browser in iOS 15, with pictures of the screens to help.

Open the Safari web browser

1. Tap the Safari icon on your Home screen to open the Safari web browser.

Open the Safari options menu

2. Tap the AA button in the website address bar at the bottom of the screen.

Increase the text size

3. In the pop-up menu, tap the large A button to make the text larger. Note: Tap the small A button to make the text smaller or tap the % indicator to return the text to 100%.

Close the Safari options menu

4. When you are happy with your settings, tap anywhere on the screen outside of the options menu to close it. You can also close the menu by tapping the AA button again - if you have adjusted the text size, you will need to tap the AA button twice to close it. 

Created on: November-11-2021

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