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Getting started
5 articles
Set it up the way you like, from day one.
Privacy and ad blocking
8 articles
Blocking ads, trackers, pop-ups and cookie boxes.
Tabs and private tabs
5 articles
Switching, grouping, tidying and locking tabs.
Search and the address bar
5 articles
Search engines, suggestions, keywords and the bar.
New Tab page
4 articles
Wallpapers, shortcuts, widgets and notes.
Look and feel
4 articles
Themes, colours, fonts, blur and motion.
Reading and page tools
3 articles
Reading mode, Read Aloud, translate, find and more.
Downloads, offline and data
3 articles
Where files go, offline pages and saving data.
Passwords and backups
3 articles
Saved passwords, the generator and your backup file.
Apps: PDF, scanner and more
4 articles
PDF Tools, Document Scanner, Image Studio and QR.
Fixing problems
6 articles
When a site, a video or a download misbehaves.
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Popular questions
- Make Smart Browser your default browserSo links from other apps open here.
- What's in the menuEvery place and tool the menu opens.
- Block ads, trackers and pop-upsTurn blocking on, and see what it stopped.
- Turn off blocking for one siteFor a site that breaks, or one you want to support.
- Clear your browsing dataNow, or every time you quit.
- Private tabs, and locking themBrowse without leaving a trace on your phone.
- Change your search engineGoogle, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Brave and more.
- Move the address bar to the bottomAnd pick its look: Classic, Soft Round, Hairline or Two Islands.
- Set a wallpaper on the New Tab pagePick one of ours or use your own photo.
- Dark mode and colour themesLight, dark or the phone's choice, in ten colour themes.
- Reading mode and Read AloudJust the article, or have it read to you.
- Choose where downloads are savedA folder of your own, or ask each time.
- Save and fill your passwordsKept encrypted on your phone, behind your fingerprint.
- Back up and restore everythingOne file with your bookmarks, settings and tabs.
- PDF Tools: make, join and pick pagesEvery PDF job, on your phone.
- Put a password on a PDF, or take it offLock PDF and Unlock PDF in PDF Tools.
- A site doesn't load or looks brokenQuick checks that fix most sites.
Getting started
5 articles- Make Smart Browser your default browserSo links from other apps open here.
- Choose what the Home button opensThe New Tab page, Irfan's Start Page, or any site.
- What's in the menuEvery place and tool the menu opens.
- Bookmarks, folders and Liked PagesSave pages to come back to, sorted your way.
- Find a page in your historySearch by title or address, or clear it.
Privacy and ad blocking
8 articles- Block ads, trackers and pop-upsTurn blocking on, and see what it stopped.
- Turn off blocking for one siteFor a site that breaks, or one you want to support.
- Hide cookie pop-upsStop "We value your privacy" boxes from showing.
- See your privacy reportWhat was blocked over the last 7 days, and where.
- Add your own block listBlock more with any public filter list.
- HTTPS-Only Mode, cookies and Do Not TrackThree switches that make every site safer.
- Clear your browsing dataNow, or every time you quit.
- Camera, microphone, location and notificationsAllow or block what a site asks for.
Tabs and private tabs
5 articles- Change how the tab switcher looksGrid, Stack, List, Carousel or Quick Sheet.
- Group tabs and tidy away old onesKeep lots of tabs without the clutter.
- Show your tabs in a row above the address barSwitch tabs with one tap, like a desktop browser.
- Private tabs, and locking themBrowse without leaving a trace on your phone.
- Reopen a tab you closedUndo, or find it in Recently closed.
Search and the address bar
5 articles- Change your search engineGoogle, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Brave and more.
- Search one site with a keywordType "yt" and a space to search only YouTube.
- Move the address bar to the bottomAnd pick its look: Classic, Soft Round, Hairline or Two Islands.
- Voice search, recent searches and copied linksFaster ways to get where you're going.
- Pull to refresh and volume key scrollingSmall gestures that save time.
New Tab page
4 articles- Set a wallpaper on the New Tab pagePick one of ours or use your own photo.
- Add, move and edit shortcutsYour favourite sites, one tap away.
- Widgets: notes, most visited and moreChoose what the New Tab page shows, and in what order.
- Use Irfan's Start Page as your homepageA calm start page that works with Smart Browser.
Look and feel
4 articlesReading and page tools
3 articlesDownloads, offline and data
3 articlesPasswords and backups
3 articlesApps: PDF, scanner and more
4 articles- PDF Tools: make, join and pick pagesEvery PDF job, on your phone.
- Put a password on a PDF, or take it offLock PDF and Unlock PDF in PDF Tools.
- Scan documents with your cameraFind the page, fix the corners, save a PDF.
- Image Studio, QR Codes and the HTML EditorEdit photos, make codes and write pages.
Fixing problems
6 articles- A site doesn't load or looks brokenQuick checks that fix most sites.
- Videos don't play by themselvesAutoplay, and keeping the screen on.
- Links keep opening other appsChoose whether links open apps or stay here.
- A download won't start or is stuckWi-Fi only, storage and retrying.
- The app feels slow on my phoneSettings that make it lighter.
- Report a bug or ask a questionSend a bug, an idea or a question.
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