Most of the iOS users like to view the websites that are specially designed for mobile usage, which simplifies the user experience and focuses the attention bit more. Today, most of the websites are compatible with mobile view and they detect automatically that are viewing them in mobile and open as a mobile version instead of desktop version. However mobile version is very convenient, but sometimes some people wish to view the full desktop version of the website on their iPhone and in this article we see how to view it.
How to view desktop version of website in Safari on iPhone
- Launch Safari on your iOS device and browse for the website which you want to view it in the desktop mode.
- Now tap on the URL address bar and then pull down directly below URL with the swipe gesture to show the menu options.
- Select Request desktop site and it allows the current webpage to reload to the complete desktop version of the site.
That’s it, from now you will view a desktop version of a particular website on your iOS device. Most of the users will choose mobile version for all the websites, since they are very convenient to view on the small screens. But sometimes a desktop site is preferable for different reasons such as if you want to access specific feature of the website, personal preference and for troubleshooting purposes and more.
Remember that, if you partially scroll down any particular site on mobile, you need to tap twice on the URL bar. First tap makes Safari navigation buttons visible whereas second tap make URL field editable and here you can pull down and request for mobile site.