Select all text on a webpage in Safari on iPhone for Accessibility purposes

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Select all text on a webpage in Safari on iPhone for Accessibility purposes

In summary, for accessibility purposes, I require a straightforward method in iOS 26 for iPhone to select all text on a webpage in Safari. This functionality would enable me to, for instance, copy all text on a webpage. Currently, I am unable to manually select all text on the webpage using the drag handles due to its complexity. The ”Select All” option is only available when I am within a text field, but I find myself outside of a text field and simply want to select all text on a page to facilitate copying. On Mac, I can easily activate the Command and A keys to select all text. However, I am seeking a similar solution in Safari on iPhone, where I would like to have a persistent button that allows me to select all text. Are there any gestures or accessibility features that I can enable to achieve this functionality?

iPhone 12 Pro Max, iOS 26

Posted on Nov 16, 2025 3:47 PM

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Alancito

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Nov 17, 2025 2:29 AM in response to FilipOfficial

FilipOfficial ~ As you're familiar with Apple's Shortcuts app, consider using another custom shortcut via Safari's 'Share sheet' icon. Your 'Copy to Clipboard' shortcut would use three shortcut 'actions':

Get Contents of Web Page at Shortcut Input
Copy Contents of Web Page to Clipboard
Speak Text Okay, text copied.

...As the resulting text is unstructured compared to the original, you could add the ChatGPT action to adjust it.

Shortcuts User Guide for iPhone and iPad

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6x6

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Nov 16, 2025 4:40 PM in response to FilipOfficial

Would this solution help: Select all feature in safari reader mode - Apple Community?

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FilipOfficial Author

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Nov 17, 2025 6:41 PM in response to 6x6

Hello 6x6, thank you for your reply. The solution provided by the user "kamsongs" in the thread you linked does indeed work, but is a bit tedious and hard to do as it requires a lot of clicks and two-finger pinching actions. I think "Alancito" might be right that a shortcut might be the way to go, but thank you for giving me a tip about this possibility also!

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FilipOfficial Author

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Nov 17, 2025 6:49 PM in response to Alancito

Alancito, thank you so much once again for your fantastic help, you're actually a hero and a Shortcuts wizard! 🧙🏼‍♂️✨ Seems like the Shortcuts app is the solution to a lot of my problems, this allows me to copy all text on a Safari webpage with just two clicks.

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