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Web page to PDF

Your browser can already save any web page as a PDF. Pick your device below and follow the steps. It takes about 30 seconds.

Your device

Chrome or Edge on a computer

  1. Open the page and wait until it has fully loaded.
  2. Press Ctrl + P (Windows) or ⌘ + P (Mac).
  3. Set Destination (in Edge: Printer) to "Save as PDF".
  4. Click Save and choose where to keep the file.

Firefox on a computer

  1. Open the page and wait until it has fully loaded.
  2. Press Ctrl + P (Windows) or ⌘ + P (Mac).
  3. Set Destination to "Save to PDF".
  4. Click Save and choose where to keep the file.

Safari on a Mac

  1. Open the page in Safari.
  2. In the menu bar, choose File, then Export as PDF.
  3. Name the file and click Save.
  4. If the PDF comes out as one very long page, choose File, then Print instead, and pick PDF, then Save as PDF at the bottom of the window.

iPhone or iPad (Safari)

  1. Open the page in Safari and tap the Share button.
  2. Tap Options under the page title, choose PDF, then tap Done.
  3. Tap Save to Files, pick a folder and tap Save.
  4. You will find the PDF in the Files app.

Android (Chrome)

  1. Open the page in Chrome and tap the ⋮ menu at the top right.
  2. Tap Share, then Print.
  3. At the top, change the printer to "Save as PDF".
  4. Tap the round PDF button and choose where to save.
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Why pdfMB does not ask for a link

A web page cannot download another website for you, and many websites block online converters: when we tested, one large news site sent an online converter a "request blocked" page instead of the article. Your own browser already has the page open, signed in and fully loaded, so it makes the most faithful PDF, and the page never passes through anyone else.

Tips for a better PDF

Pictures are missing
Many pages load pictures only when you scroll to them. Scroll slowly to the bottom of the page first, then print.
Colours and backgrounds
Backgrounds are left out by default. In the print window, open More settings and turn on Background graphics (in Firefox: Print backgrounds).
Remove the date and web address
Turn off Headers and footers in More settings for a clean page.
Only some pages
Under Pages, type the page numbers you want, for example 1-3.
Cleaner articles
Reader view (Safari, Firefox) or Immersive Reader (Edge) hides menus and ads. Open it first, then print.
Pages you are signed in to
Because your own browser makes the PDF, pages that need a login, such as order confirmations, statements or course notes, work too.

Questions

Is the text in the PDF real text?

Yes. Chrome and Edge keep text as text, so you can search and copy it. We checked with Thai news and Wikipedia pages and the Thai text came out correctly.

Does pdfMB see the page?

No. Everything happens in your browser. Nothing from the page is sent to pdfMB.

Does it cost anything?

No. Saving as PDF is built into every modern browser.

The PDF is too big to send

Make it smaller with Compress PDF. That also runs in your browser.

Can I put several saved pages into one file?

Yes. Save each page as a PDF, then join them with Merge PDF.

Next steps with your PDF