Surfing the internet will lead you to interesting reads that you may want to return to later or save as a future reference. There are many ways to do this—from bookmarking the page, to adding it to your reading list, to taking screenshots, or to printing the entire webpage.

With your Mac, however, you can easily export a webpage as a PDF using Safari and save it to your documents. Here’s how to do it.

1. Save a Webpage Exactly How It Looks on Safari

If you want to quickly convert a Safari webpage into a PDF on your Mac, without the need to customize it, do the following:

  1. While on Safari, go to the menu bar and click File.
  2. Scroll down to Export as PDF.
  3. In the popup window, rename the file and choose the save location.
  4. Hit Save.

Remember that saving a webpage in this manner will give you an exact PDF version of the webpage, which includes all the menu bars, buttons, ads, and reading suggestions. Though, some of the formatting may change slightly in the PDF to how it appears on your screen.

2. Save a Webpage Without the Distractions

If you find all the ads and buttons unappealing and distracting, you can create a clean PDF copy of the webpage with all the clutter. To do this:

  1. From Safari, click View > Show Reader.
  2. Then repeat the above process: Go to File > Export as PDF > Save.
Comparison of PDF in Reader View and Quick Export

Aside from the cleaner look, saving a webpage from Reader View renders the PDF in pages instead of a single scrollable strip, similar to how saved pages look when you save full-page screenshots of webpages on your iPhone.

3. Save a Customized PDF Using Safari

If you only want to save specific sections of the webpage instead of the entire thing, you can use this method:

  1. In Safari, go to File > Print.
  2. Check the specific pages that include the sections you want to save on the page preview.
  3. Under Pages, input the pages of the PDF you want to save.
  4. Click the dropdown menu at the bottom, then choose Save as PDF.
  5. Rename and choose the file destination before hitting Save.
Print PDF Option in Safari

Like saving web pages from Reader View, saving your PDF in this manner will give you a PDF with several pages instead of a single strip of webpage screenshot.

If you don’t want to include the webpage’s background, just uncheck the box beside Print backgrounds. This is helpful if you plan to print the PDFs and don’t want your printer to waste a ton of ink on the background.

You can also get rid of the headers and footers by removing the check mark beside Print headers and footers.

Keep a Copy of Your Favorite Webpages for an Accessible Read

With Safari, not only can you save PDF copies of your web pages for later reading, you can even customize them to keep a reader-friendly version of it. With this feature, you can save web pages for offline reading for a more accessible read.