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Description
Fed up with websites covered in adverts, pop-ups and banners? Your iPhone has a hidden Safari feature called Reduce Distractions that can remove unwanted elements from web pages in just a few taps. In this quick guide I’ll show you how to use it to clean up cluttered websites and enjoy a much calmer, better reading experience on your iPhone.
Transcript
How many times have you gone to look at a website only to have most of it covered by adverts or pop-ups? Well, let me show you a quick tool which can help remove these from any website. It’s called Reduce Distractions, and it does exactly what it promises.
So, when you’re on the website in question, tap onto Webpage Options, which is the little button in the address bar here. Then select Hide Distracting Items.
You can then simply tap onto anything you want to remove and, just like that, it’ll disappear immediately. Banners, adverts, pop-ups, photographs – it’s gone.
When you’re done, you can save your edits by pressing the tick in the address bar. And then you can go back to browsing the web page in peace.
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About Safari
The Safari app is Apple's web browser, designed for fast and efficient internet browsing on iOS and macOS devices. It offers features such as intelligent tracking prevention, reading mode, and iCloud syncing, providing a secure and seamless browsing experience across all Apple devices.
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This QuickTip video was recorded on an iPhone 17 Pro Max
running iOS 27.
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The content used in this video is intended for educational and informational purposes only. All rights to the images, music, clips, and other media used belong to their respective owners. I do not claim ownership over any third-party content used. This video has not been authorised, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Apple Inc.
iPhone, iPad and iPadOS are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries and regions. iOS is a registered trademark of Cisco Systems Inc. Whilst I have done my best to list all applicable trademarks for this video, in the (hopefully unlikely) event that I have missed any you can find a full list of trademarks registered to Apple Inc. here.
Finally, please note that whilst every effort has been made to ensure the information contained within this video was correct at time of publication, please be aware that as future updates and software changes occur some or all elements of this video may become outdated. I will endeavour to remove videos which are completely obsolete so as not to cause confusion!
iPhone, iPad and iPadOS are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries and regions. iOS is a registered trademark of Cisco Systems Inc. Whilst I have done my best to list all applicable trademarks for this video, in the (hopefully unlikely) event that I have missed any you can find a full list of trademarks registered to Apple Inc. here.
Finally, please note that whilst every effort has been made to ensure the information contained within this video was correct at time of publication, please be aware that as future updates and software changes occur some or all elements of this video may become outdated. I will endeavour to remove videos which are completely obsolete so as not to cause confusion!
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