How to add a website to the Home Screen on an iPhone (web app)

howtosimply.com/guides/how-to-add-a-website-to-the-home-screen-on-an-iphone/ · Checked October 2026 · iPhone 17e · iOS 27.0.1

Device

iPhone

Shown on

iOS 27.0.1 (iPhone 17e)

App

Safari

Path

Safari › Page menu › Share › Add to Home Screen › Open as Web App

Real screenshots

7 of 7 steps

Checked

October 2026

Sources

1 official, linked below

Step by step

1. 

   Tap Add to Home Screen

   Open the site in Safari, tap the page menu button left of the address, then Share. Add to Home Screen is in the list below the row of buttons: tap View More if you do not see the list.

   Done

2. 

   Keep Open as Web App on

   It was on by default on ours. The note says an icon will be added to your Home Screen. You can change the name in the box at the top.

   Done

3. 

   Tap Add

   It is at the top right.

   Done

4. 

   Tap the new icon

   The icon is on the next free spot of your Home Screen. Ours used the site icon, an H.

   Done

5. 

   Use the site

   Ours opened with no Safari address bar or Safari buttons in view.

   Done

6. 

   To remove it, tap Delete Bookmark

   Touch and hold the icon. Tap Delete Bookmark at the top of the menu.

   Done

7. 

   Tap Delete

   Ours said: Deleting this bookmark will also delete its data. Tap Delete.

   Done

If you do not see this option

• No Add to Home Screen? Apple says to tap Edit Actions at the bottom of the list and add it. Source: Turn a website into an app in Safari on iPhone
• Want it to open in Safari? Turn off Open as Web App before you tap Add. The icon then opens the site in Safari. Source: Turn a website into an app in Safari on iPhone

If this does not work

• Lost what you saved in the web app? Deleting the icon deletes its data, as the Delete box says. Add it again and sign in again.
• The icon landed on another page? New icons take the next free spot. To keep new apps off the Home Screen, see how to keep new apps off the iPhone Home Screen.

About this guide

A Home Screen icon opens a site you use often in one tap. With Open as Web App on, it opens like an app.

The screenshots are from our iPhone 17e with iOS 27.0.1, in Dark mode. We added howtosimply.com and removed it again.

Good to know

For sites you read in Safari, see how to hide distracting items in Safari on an iPhone.

In short: Page menu, Share, Add to Home Screen, Open as Web App on, Add. Hold the icon, Delete Bookmark to remove it.