Reader pops up automatically on opening Safari webpage on my Mac or iPhone

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Reader pops up automatically on opening Safari webpage on my Mac or iPhone

Hi everyone,

I hope you're all doing well!

I've been facing an issue with Safari lately—every time I open a webpage on my mac or iphone, Reader Mode automatically pops up. While I understand it can be helpful in some cases, it's actually making my work unproductive.

Has anyone else experienced this? If so, is there a way to turn off the auto-activation of Reader Mode?

Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions!

Best regards

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Original Title: Safari Reader Mode

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 13.5

Posted on Jul 3, 2025 09:35 PM

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Answer 1

-Captain-

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Jul 3, 2025 09:53 PM in response to zhansaya1

Hello zhansaya1,

It sounds like you have Automatically open webpages in Reader Mode enabled.

Follow these steps to disable it on your iPhone and Mac:

iPhone

Open Settings
Scroll down to Apps
Find Safari
under Website Settings, click on Reader>
disable Automatically Use Reader On All Websites.

Mac

Open Safari
Click Safari in the menu bar at the top
Click Settings
Click Websites
Set When Visiting Other Websites to Off

This should disable Reader Mode from opening on websites automatically.

Sincerely,

Captain

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Answer 2

zhansaya1 Author

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Jul 4, 2025 12:43 AM in response to -Captain-

Thank you so much, it helped :)

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-Captain-

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Jul 23, 2025 08:12 PM in response to zhansaya1

You’re welcome!

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