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Hide ads when reading articles in Safari on Mac
You can use Safari Reader to view a webpage article in one page, formatted for easy reading, and presented without ads, navigation, or other distracting items. You can adjust font, font size, and background color for Reader.
View an article using Reader
In the Safari app
on your Mac, click the Reader button
at the left end of the Smart Search field.
The button appears only if the webpage has an article that Reader can show.
To stop using Reader, click the Reader button again or press Esc.
Change how your webpages look in Reader
In the Safari app
on your Mac, while viewing an article in Reader view, click the letter button
that appears at the right end of the Smart Search field.
Do any of the following to adjust the settings:
Choose a font size.
Choose a white, sepia, gray, or black background.
Choose a font.
Reader always shows you the last font, size, and background you chose.