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iPhone or iPad
How to Add Website Apps to the iPhone Home Screen
Add Everything to Your Home Screen
How do I put a website shortcut on my Home Screen?
How do you create a shortcut from a website?
How do I save a website to my iPhone?

The home screen on your smartphone or tablet isn’t just a place where your apps live. You can also add shortcuts to websites. Here's how to create an "app" for any website on your device, allowing you to access shortcuts directly from your home screen.

iPhone or iPad

Open Safari. Other browsers, such as Chrome, won't work for this.
Navigate to the website you want to save to your home screen by entering the URL of the website you want to create a shortcut to. Make sure you visit the exact page you want to open through the shortcut. Tap “Go.”
Tap the Share button on the bottom of the page. It looks like a square with an arrow pointing out of the top.
In the list of options that appear, scroll down until you see Add to Home Screen. Tap this. The Add to Home Screen dialog box will appear.
Choose a name for the website shortcut on your home screen. You'll see the link so you can confirm it, as well as the site's favicon that will appear as the "app" icon on your home screen. Click Add when you're done. Safari will close automatically and you will be taken to where the icon is located on your iPhone’s or iPad's home screen.
Now just tap the new "app" or shortcut on your home screen, and it will open the website in its own navigation window, independent of what you have open in Safari.

Note: If you ever decide you want to remove the website shortcut, you can delete it just like you would any other app on your phone.

Android

Open Chrome.
Navigate to the website or web page you want to pin to your home screen.
Tap the menu icon (3 dots in upper right-hand corner) and tap Add to homescreen.
Choose a name for the website shortcut, then Chrome will add it to your home screen.

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Here's how to make any website an app on your iPhone, allowing you to access shortcuts right from your home screen.

With millions of apps on the App Store for iPhone and iPad, you think there would be an app for everything. Sadly, that's not the case.

Sometimes you'll come across a great website that doesn't offer a dedicated app. Or maybe you just want quick access to your favorites sites from your iPhone's home screen. Whatever the case, you can easily add websites to your home screen on iPhone thanks to a neat Safari trick.

We'll show you how to make any website an app on iPhone and iPad.

How to Add Website Apps to the iPhone Home Screen

To add websites to your home screen like apps, follow these steps:

Open Safari. Other browsers, such as Chrome, won't work for this.
Navigate to the website you want to save to your home screen. Make sure you visit the exact page you want to open through the shortcut.
Tap the Share button at the bottom of the page (customize the Share menu). It looks like a square with an arrow pointing out of the top.
In the list of options that appears, scroll down until you see Add to Home Screen. Tap this.
On the next screen, choose a name for the website shortcut on your home screen. You'll see the link so you can confirm it, as well as the site's favicon that becomes its "app" icon. Click Add when you're done.
Now just tap the new app on your home screen, and it will open the website in its own navigation window, independent of what you have open in Safari.

If you ever decide you want to remove the website shortcut, you can delete it just like you would any other app on your phone.

Add Everything to Your Home Screen

This is a great way to add website "apps" to your home screen for services that don't have them. Video game music radio site Rainwave, which we used above, is a good example. It's a lot better than having to open Safari and jump to a bookmark every time you want to visit a particular site.

Many people prefer to have an app for everything they use on their phones. With this method, it's easy to do so. If you get overwhelmed with all the apps on your home screen, check out our tips for organizing your iPhone apps and creative layouts to organize your iPhone home screen.

How do I put a website shortcut on my Home Screen?

Android.

Open Chrome..

Navigate to the website or web page you want to pin to your home screen..

Tap the menu icon (3 dots in upper right-hand corner) and tap Add to homescreen..

Choose a name for the website shortcut, then Chrome will add it to your home screen..

How do you create a shortcut from a website?

To create a desktop shortcut to a website using Google Chrome, go to a website and click the three-dot icon in the top-right corner of your browser window. Then go to More tools > Create shortcut. Finally, name your shortcut and click Create.

How do I save a website to my iPhone?

Add a Website to iPhone or iPad Home Screen Open Safari and head to a website you want to pin to the Home Screen to get started. Then tap the Share icon at the bottom. Then tap Add to Home Screen from the menu. Next, type in a name for your shortcut and then tap the Add button.