How to Save a Webpage

This article was co-authored by Luigi Oppido and by wikiHow staff writer, Nicole Levine, MFA. Luigi Oppido is the Owner and Operator of Pleasure Point Computers in Santa Cruz, California. Luigi has over 25 years of experience in general computer repair, data recovery, virus removal, and upgrades. He is also the host of the Computer Man Show! broadcasted on KSQD covering central California for over two years.

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This wikiHow teaches you how to save the contents of a webpage to your computer, phone, or tablet. Saving a webpage is different than bookmarking it, as it makes the page available for offline viewing—this is useful when you want to capture the page's content indefinitely without having to worry about it changing or being removed.

Using a Web Browser on a Computer

Open the webpage that you want to save. Any web browser can quickly save the webpage that you are currently visiting. You will then be able to open this webpage at any time, even if you're offline.

• By default, the file will be named the same as the title of the page, but you can choose something different if you'd like.

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  • Webpage, single file creates one file (with the .mthml file extension) that contains the current page's contents and images. This is a great choice to capture everything at once.
  • Webpage, complete also downloads the entire webpage, but places all images into a separate folder.
  • Webpage, HTML only saves the HTML code, which doesn't include any images—just the raw code, which you can use as reference for your own webpages.
  • Web archive saves everything on the page, including the pictures, in the .webarchive format. All content will be in this single file.
  • Page source saves just the HTML code, which is only useful if you want to use that page's code as guidance for your own webpage. [1] X Research source

  

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  • If you saved the page as a .mhtml (Webpage, single file) or .webarchive (Web Archive), you can double-click that file to open the page in your default browser. [2] X Research source
  • If you saved the "Complete" version of the page, you'll have both a file and a folder with the same name inside the folder you selected in the last step. Double-click the file ending in .html or .htm in the folder you selected to view the page in your browser. Be sure to keep the associated media folder in the same location as the .html file—if you move either the .html file or the folder elsewhere, the saved webpage won't load any images.
  • If you're offline and the page you saved has streaming video, the video will not load until you connect to the internet again.
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  Using Safari on an iPhone or iPad

  

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  Open the website you want to save in Safari for iOS. You can save any website for reading offline. This can be very useful if you're traveling or anticipating going without an internet connection.

  

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  . You can find this at the bottom of your screen (iPhone and iPod), or at the top of your screen (iPad). The Share icon looks like a box with an arrow coming out of the top.

  

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  \n"> Tap Options . It's at the upper-right corner of the Share menu.

  

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  • If you save as a PDF, you can open the file on any device, including PCs, Macs, and Androids, but you won't be able to click or tap links—it works more like an image than a webpage.
  • Web Archives create a file that works more like a regular web page—you can open it in Safari on any of your Apple devices, and click or tap links like a website. If you send it to someone on a PC, they may have to convert it into a different format to view it, or they may not be able to open it at all.

  

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  \n"> Tap Back . It's at the top-left corner of the menu. This returns you to the open Share menu.

  

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  \n"> Tap Save to Files . You may have to swipe up on the menu to see this option.

  

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  Select a location to save to and tap Save . You can save the file to any folder in On My iPhone/iPad, or choose your iCloud Drive if you want to save it to the cloud.

  

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  • If you're offline and the page you saved has streaming video, the video will not load until you connect to the internet again.
  • To view your saved file, open the Files app, go to the location you saved the file, and tap the file to open it.
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  Using Chrome on an Android

  

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  Open the website that you want to save in Chrome for Android. Chrome on your Android makes it easy to save a webpage for viewing offline. [3] X Research source

  

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  \n"> Tap the Chrome Menu button ⋮ . It's the three vertical dots in the upper-right corner of the screen.

  

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  \n"> Tap Share on the menu. It's near the middle of the menu.

  

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  \n"> Tap Print on the sharing menu. It's the icon of a printer. This opens the print spooler app.

  

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  Choose Save as PDF as your printer. You'll find this option in the drop-down menu at the top of the screen. Once selected, you'll see a preview of the PDF file that Chrome will create.

  

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  • To view the saved PDF, open the app called Downloads (or browse to the Downloads folder in your file manager) and tap the PDF.
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  Archiving an Entire Site on a Computer

  

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  • You can download HTTrack for free from https://www.httrack.com. It is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

  

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  Open HTTrack and click Next . If the app doesn't open right after you install it, click its name in your Windows Start menu or your Mac's Applications folder. Once open, you'll find the Next button in the center panel.

  

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  Give the project a name and location. HTTrack stores each site you archive as a "project". This allows you to easily select sites you've already archived to update. HTTrack recommends that you create a base directory for all of your saved websites, and then name each site. HTTrack will build discrete directories for each of your projects in the base directory.

  

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  \n"> Click Next . This opens a screen called Mirroring Mode.

  

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  • If the site requires you to log in, enter that information into the blanks.

  

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  \n"> Click OK . This returns you to the Mirroring Mode page.

  

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  • By default, HTTrack will follow every link on the website and download the content that it finds, but it will only stay on the website that you set. This keeps HTTrack from downloading the entire internet to your computer.

  

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  • If the site had streaming video, you won't be able to view it unless you have an internet connection.
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  Expert Q&A

  How do you view a webpage when you're offline? Luigi Oppido
  Computer & Tech Specialist

  Luigi Oppido is the Owner and Operator of Pleasure Point Computers in Santa Cruz, California. Luigi has over 25 years of experience in general computer repair, data recovery, virus removal, and upgrades. He is also the host of the Computer Man Show! broadcasted on KSQD covering central California for over two years.

  Computer & Tech Specialist Expert Answer

  If you just want to save a single page, you can do that right from your browser. If you want to download a whole website to browse through later, use a third party software to save the entire webpage.

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  Save webpages when you plan on traveling or when you will not have access to Wi-Fi or an Internet connection for an extended period of time. Webpages can be accessed offline, and can be viewed at any time without an Internet connection.

  Save a webpage when it contains important information that you will need to access, reference, or use at a later date. Saving a webpage will capture the page contents indefinitely, even if a webmaster were to go in and either delete webpage content or make modifications.

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