How to Add Safari Website Shortcuts to iPad's Home Screen

This article explains how to add an iPad Home screen icon for a specific web page to serve as a shortcut to that page.Information applies to iPads with iOS 7 through iPadOS 16.

How to Add a Home Screen Icon for a Web Page

The iPad home screen displays icons for navigating through your applications and settings. Among these apps is Safari, Apple's web browser, which is included with all its operating systems. One especially useful feature is the ability to put shortcuts to your favorite web pages on the iPad Home screen.

Making a Home screen icon for a web page that you visit frequently saves time. Here's how to do it.

1. Select the Safari icon to open the main browser window.

2. Go to the web page that you want to add as a Home screen icon. Select the Share button at the top or bottom of the browser window. It's represented by a square with an up arrow.

3. In the window that opens, scroll across or down and select Add to Home Screen.

4. In the interface that opens, edit the name of the shortcut icon you are creating, if needed. This step is optional, but a short name is best. It represents the title that displays on the Home screen under the icon.

5. Select Add to save the shortcut.

6. Your iPad's Home screen now contains an icon that takes you directly to your chosen web page.

   If you have multiple home screens, it may appear on a screen that isn't filled.

You can move the shortcut and organize it like any other app icon. When you no longer need it, delete it in the same way that you would delete apps from the iPad.