How do I save a PDF of a webpage?

To be honest, there aren’t many scenarios where you would necessarily need to do this anymore. When you make a purchase, buy tickets or book an appointment, it is fairly customary to be sent an invoice, receipt or booking confirmation via email. Moreover, with many leading stores - like Amazon - you are now required to make an account. Via your account, you have instant access to a record of your entire purchase history and invoices. This in ‘tech terms’ is known as a customer portal.

However, there are occasions when emails don’t get sent or are not sent within an allotted time frame yet you need access to them quicker. You may even get the heads up on the browser at the time of purchase reading ‘please make a copy of this as proof of purchase…etc.’ For big purchases like flights or for suppliers that you haven’t used before and are not 100% sure about after due diligence but there is no alternative, it may be worthwhile to get into the habit of saving a PDF of the webpage as a backup for proof of purchase.

Beyond transactions, there may be a vital or really useful piece of information on a website that you want a permanent record of. It could be a piece of journalism, instructions or whatever. Saving it as a bookmark doesn’t necessarily mean when you go back to it, it will be the exact same information as you saw it. Pages can be continuously updated and edited. So saving a PDF guarantees you have access to the same information. The other reason is that you may just want to be able to access it offline.

Whatever your scenario may be, here is how you can save a PDF of a webpage from Google Chrome.

How do I save a webpage as a PDF in Google Chrome on a desktop?

• Open up the browser and go to the webpage you would like to save as a PDF.
• Go to the Chrome menu icon (which is the 3 vertically stacked dots found in the top right hand corner of your browser window).
• Select Print

For the keyboard enthusiasts among you, you can quickly skip the above steps by pressing ‘Ctrl + P’  for Windows or ‘Cmd + P’ on a Mac. Or for both, simply right click and hit Print.

• In the new window that has popped up select ‘Save as PDF’ under the Destination drop down menu.
• Press the ‘Save’ button
• Create a file name and identify the location where you would like to save your PDF file.

How do I save a webpage as a PDF on an iPhone in Safari?

• Download PDF Expert for free. (You need this app in order to be able to create and save PDFs from your browser.)
• Open your Safari browser and go to the webpage you would like to save.
• Press the share button.
• In the new share window tap Options.
• Select PDF rather than Automatic.
• Press Done.
• Select Copy to PDF Expert and a PDF of the entire webpage will be saved.
• Open up PDF Expert to access, read and/or annotate the PDF you have created.

How do I save a webpage as a PDF on an iPhone in Google Chrome?

• Download PDF Expert for free. (You need this app in order to be able to create and save PDFs from your browser.)
• Open your Chrome browser and go to the webpage you would like to save.
• Press the share button which can be found in the top right hand corner of your screen.
• Press and hold down on the print preview image until you can see page options.
• Tap on the image again and it will open up to a full screen.
• Click the share icon which can be found in the bottom left corner of your screen.
• Select PDF Expert and a PDF of the entire webpage will be saved.
• Open up PDF Expert to access, read and/or annotate the PDF you have created.