Secret Safari shortcuts: Speed up your browsing now!Once you know how to long-tap (touch and hold) and swipe your way around, you'll be using Safari for iPhone faster than ever!
Safari for iPhone spun out of Safari for Mac to become one of the very first fully-functional web browsers on mobile. Taking all that power and making it simple and accessible for the masses meant that, over the years, a lot of shortcuts and time savers got hidden away behind gestures. Luckily, once you know how to long-tap (touch and hold) and swipe your way around, you'll be using Safari for iPhone faster than ever!
Note: Some shortcuts, like history list and tab restore don't work in private browsing mode, because private.
New tab
Sure, you can still tap the Tabs button and then the + button, but now there's also a faster way to trigger a new tab:
Touch an hold the Tabs button.
Tap on the New Tabs button when it pops up.
Close all tabs
Once upon a time you had to open tabs and tediously tap or swipe away each one in turn. Like an animal. Now, ...
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Secret Safari shortcuts: Speed up your browsing now!
