To use your browser's reading list, add the page you want to read later, open the list when you have time, and clear what you have read. In Chrome, use Add tab to reading list; in Safari, Add to Reading List. Sign in with the same account and the list follows you to your other devices.
The steps come from Google Chrome Help and Apple Support pages, checked on October 12, 2026. Menu names can change with the browser or system version.
This guide is part of A guide to saving articles and reading them later, which organizes every guide on the topic.
How do I use the reading list in Chrome on a computer?
According to Google's Chrome Help on reading pages later:
- Go to the page you want to read later.
- Select More > Bookmarks and lists > Reading list > Add tab to reading list. You can also right-click the tab and select Add tab to reading list.
- To open the list, select More > Bookmarks and lists > Reading list > Show reading list.
The list opens in the side panel, where Google says you can also reorder, edit and delete items.
And in Chrome on a phone?
On an iPhone or iPad, the iPhone & iPad version of that page says to tap More > Add to Reading List while you are online. To read, tap More > Reading List and pick the page; to delete one, swipe left on it and tap Delete. From another app, tap Share, choose Chrome and tap Read later.
On Android, the Android version saves with More > Star. Each new page goes to the last folder you used, so if the first one did not land in the reading list, tap Edit and choose Folder > Reading list. To open the list, tap More > Bookmarks > Reading list.
Will I see the same list on all my devices?
Yes, if you sign in. Google's page on getting your bookmarks and more on all your devices lists the reading list among the info you can use on every device where you are signed in to Chrome with the same account. For Safari, Apple says you can keep your Reading List the same on all your devices by setting up iCloud for Safari.
How do I use the Reading List in Safari on a Mac?
Apple's Safari User Guide for Mac describes these steps:
- Add a page: click the Share button in the toolbar, then choose Add to Reading List. Shift-clicking a link adds the linked page without opening it.
- Open the list: click the Sidebar button in the toolbar, then Reading List.
- See only what is pending: click Unread above the list; All shows the pages you have read too.
- Mark or remove: Control-click a page summary and choose Mark as Read, Mark as Unread or Delete.
- Find a page: type in the search field above the summaries.
When you reach the end of a page, you can keep scrolling to go on to the next one in the list.
And in Safari on an iPhone?
According to Apple's iPhone User Guide, tap the Page Menu button, then Share > Add to Reading List (with the Bottom or Top tabs layout, tap the Share button). To save a link without opening it, touch and hold it and tap Add to Reading List. To open the list, go to your start page and tap the Reading List button; to delete an item, swipe left on it. If you want everything saved for reading without a connection, go to Settings > Apps > Safari and turn on Automatically Save Offline.
What about Microsoft Edge?
This guide does not include Edge steps. Microsoft says that Collections, Edge's feature for gathering pages, is no longer available starting with Edge version 149, released on June 4, 2026, and its recommended option was to move saved pages to Favorites. If you used Collections, look for those pages in your Favorites folders.
Three rules so the list does not become a pile
These rules are an original KeepAnalog suggestion, not steps from Google or Apple:
- Review it once a week: in Safari, the Unread filter shows only what is pending; in Chrome, open the list in the side panel and reorder what you will read first.
- Delete without guilt: if you no longer remember why you saved a page, remove it. The list is for reading, not for keeping.
- Keep a copy of what matters: a reading list saves the link, and the page can change. Save a PDF of the ones you want to keep.
What next?
If you will read without a connection, see How to save web articles to read offline; to move a page from the computer to the phone, How to send a web page from your computer to your phone; and for a list that is already too long, Saving is not returning. And if you prefer paper, KeepAnalog turns eligible public links chosen by one person (HTML pages or PDFs) into a monthly printed issue. Nothing is printed or charged until that person approves the issue. For now, KeepAnalog's pilot is in Argentina only, with no delivery in the United States.