how to revert from the grid style tab view in safari
iPhone 12, iOS 15
If you didn't know, Apple changed the design of safari when they released iOS 15. I have no idea why they don't let you change back to the old style. You can use this website to send feedback: Product Feedback - Apple. Maybe if they get enough feedback, they might give you the option to change it back, but you can't do it for now.
Appleuser6788 wrote:
Still no fix for the old full sized stacked pages view in safari with the new grid tile smaller look. I still can’t use safari this way.
So use a different browser, one that better meets your needs.
Hi Zeick671,
Thank you for using the Apple Support Communities.
We understand that you would like to change the Safari Tab view and we're happy to help!
At this time you can only change the Safari Tab Bar layout.
"You can choose between the top Single Tab you’re used to and the new bottom Tab Bar layout.
> Safari, then scroll down to Tabs.For more information check out the Apple Support resources below.
Customize your Safari settings on iPhone - Apple Support
How to use Safari on iPhone | Apple Support - YouTube
If you would like to see a feature added in the future, send feedback to Apple here: Product Feedback
Best regards.
It’s garbage that you guys are forcing us to use a grid style instead of giving your CUSTOMERS the option to choose the style they want. To me the grid style has a time and a place and it most certainly is not the way you have used it. The grid style makes it difficult to properly find the right tab as you can’t see the website name in its entirety. It doesn’t help that it basically makes the text microscopic.
Instead of arbitrarily changing to something that was designed for a much larger screen, as you have already stated in your reason for implementing it. You should have properly made it variable like every other system. Even PC knows that a grid style only works for photos, as there is no text in the image and you judge what it’s content is by the preview of the photo that is displayed.
Do you realize how difficulty it is to judge a bunch of websites with what is a general a common website layout and text the size of an ant on a screen that is just a little bigger than your palm.
The effectiveness of a grid style lies in the fact that the content is a photo or an image without any text for the user to quickly and easily discern content.
I hope you can understand how nonsensical it was to force a change that cannot be undone.
If I knew this would happen when I had the option update to IOS 15 or the last 14, I would have stayed with 14.
Totally agree - this new grid layout for multiple tabs is extremely cumbersome, as is switching the placement of the “+” (for opening new tabs) and “private tab” buttons. Why not give us the option for either layout? If it ain’t broken, don’t fix it!
PLEASE GIVE US BACK THE COMPACT OPTION! I can't see the webpage titles and the swipe to delete the tab function is flawed. Just give us back a compact view and the x to close the tab. We don't all have iPads. PLEASE! I have always had my tabs set a specific way and I am so upset by this. It seems small but seriously, I have a system and this one DOES NOT WORK. I can't keep my tabs in order anymore, I'm closing them when trying to read the titles and I have no idea which one is the most recent. This is truly causing me emotional distress. Please bring it back.
We need to get the open tabs stacking view back instead of the hopeless web page image grid. That’s the one from tapping 
not the URL bar stuff. For some reason you think downgrading your tabs UI to match Chrome is good plan.
If this doesn’t come back I’ll have to use Opera.
My biggest problem with the grid view is it is so small, my eyes aren’t very good and I’m 59. I can barely tell which page I want to select. I thought the stacked pages were awesome. Please Apple, don’t force me to squint more than I already do!
It’s not possible to change Grid view to list view. I was about to buy new iPhone 13pro & now decided not to buy Apple products now onwards since they enforce whatever changes they wish to against customers interest. Best thing is stop buying Apple products.
Yup this grid layout is absolutely backwards. I normally have around 200 tabs and can flick through them at warp speed on the old card stack - now it takes ages… I really feel pretty stressed about it as it take so long to find a simple webpage. I find it amazing this got passed as a good idea!!!!
I agree. I usually have about 10 tabs open, but I’m 59 and my eyes are terrible. So now I have to look at these little tiny squares and try to determine which webpage it was, because it’s not easy to determine anymore…
I despise the GRID style safari! I can’t tell what the tabs are as they are too tiny!! I want the old stacked version back please!!
Why do you always have to makes changes that are not needed?? if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it! I guess you have to account for your employees doing something… anything… at work to get paid. Ridiculous!
The grid view is absolutely horrible. Impossible to see images, difficult and time
consuming to navigate. Stacked display was fast to navigate and easy to see, so why the change? We need the option to choose grid or stacked NOW!
I knew this update was going to suck, but I had no idea the great extent or deep level. Just putting the addressbar on the bottom was a clear indication of the magnificent stupidity that lay ahead. And I knew it would be ugly. And it is. This grid crap is unbelievably disappointing, severely aggravating and a push to another phone. And it IS time for a new phone. It would have been fine as an option but, someone thought this was a *necessary* change. It wasn't. And though I thought resetting the phone and restoring from a backup would work, it didn't. I wiped 5 months of usage off this phone and it still came back... through an restore to the same 15.1 OS. Which is reason enough to hate everyone this morning. I'm sure I'll get over it all... but I'm looking at Android phones now to see if they might be worthy. If my choices aren't important to apple, apple can't be all that important to me.
Agreed! This new grid style is hard to navigate, hard to see, hard to use! I can't imagine why they wouldn't give the option to change this feature! Why should I have to change how I navigate my safari just because Apple wants to make useless aesthetic choices? I need the singular card layout again and I know that other people feel the same way!
Get on it Apple!
how to revert from the grid style tab view in safari
