How to Find and Delete Safari’s ‘Shared With You’ Links on iPhone

Quick Tips

• When links are shared on your Messages conversations, these links are viewable in the Safari app.
• Open Settings > Messages > Shared With You > Enable Automatic Sharing > allow access to Safari.
• To view links from friends, go to Safari > tap on Show All next to Shared With You.

How to Enable Shared With You

If your iPhone runs iOS 15 or later, you can use the Shared With You feature. It helps organize content that your friends or contacts share with you in the Messages app. This includes content from Safari, Photos, Music, Apple TV, Podcasts, and News apps. The content shared with you will be labeled automatically in the relevant app, allowing you to see who shared it as well.

Open Settings > Messages > Shared With You > enable Automatic Sharing > enable for Safari.

How to View Links From Friends in Safari

Now that you have Shared With You enabled, you can view all web links from your Messages conversations on Safari. Here’s how to do so:

Step 1: Tap the Safari app from your iPhone home screen.

Step 2: On the Safari Start page, there will be a section for the Shared With You links.

Step 3: Tap the Show All beside Shared With You to view all links.

If you can’t see the Shared With You section on your start page, you may need to edit your start page. Here’s how to do so:

Step 1: On the Safari Start page, scroll to the bottom and tap the Edit button.

Step 2: Tap the toggle beside Shared With You to enable it.

Step 3: Tap the X button at the top right to close the page. The Shared With You section should now feature on the start page.

How to Organize Shared Links in a Tab Group

You can group related shared web links into Tab Groups to make them easier to find. You can create a new Tab Group dedicated to a specific contact or interest or add the link to an existing Tab Group. Here’s how to do so:

Step 1: Tap the Safari app from your iPhone home screen.

Step 2: On the Safari Start Page, scroll to the section for the Shared With You links.

Step 3: Touch and hold down the image preview of a link you want to organize.

Step 4: Tap Open in Tab Group and tap New Tab Group to create one or add the link to an existing Tab Group.

How to Remove a Link From the Shared With You Section

If you do not want a particular link in your Shared With You Section, you can remove it.

Open Safari > Shared With You > touch and hold the link preview > tap on Remove Link.

How to Prevent Content From Particular Conversations in Shared With You

As explained previously, Shared With You typically aggregates content shared in your Messages Conversations. However, you may not want the content from certain conversations in your Shared With You. Here’s how to manage that.

Open Messages > select your chat > tap the contact’s name > disable Show in Shared With You > tap on Done.

Tip: Learn the best ways to refresh a page in Safari.