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How do I completely disable Reader View in Safari for Mac?

I never want the location bar replaced by Show Reader View; I want it to be a "normal" web-browser interface line showing the current URL.


How do I completely disable "Reader View" in Safari for Mac?


Thanks!
~~Kris

iMac (27-inch, Late 2012), macOS Sierra (10.12.4), Safari 10.1

Posted on Jul 5, 2017 8:16 AM

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Posted on Jan 28, 2018 5:11 PM

Click on Safari > Preferences > Websites At the bottom right hand corner of the window make sure you have selected "Off" for the "When visiting other websites:"

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Jan 13, 2018 10:06 AM in response to JazzboBebopper

Blind Hacker: Reader View is a hacker’s dream. As everyone knows, you either know you have been hacked or you don’t. I had ‘voice over’ turned on my iPad, and ‘Reader View’ comes on without me hitting the settings icon. There is John Draper - one criminal hacker who has been known to work with other hackers with disabilities like his (eyesight). Reader View is a hackers dream - especially if you are blind - because it reads only relevant material. Apple needs to allow us to disable this in Safari.

How do I completely disable Reader View in Safari for Mac?

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