Viewing Desktop Sites on Firefox iOS

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  • Creator: Michele Rodaro
  • Comment: a "blue" dot
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  • Reviewed by: anlazar
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When viewing websites on your iPhone or iPad, the sites will often look different than they would on a computer. Here’s how to change your view of mobile sites in order to see desktop site layouts.

  1. Open Firefox for iOS.

  2. Tap the Page Actions menu.

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  3. Tap Request Desktop Site.

A blue dot will appear in the bottom menu to let you know that you've changed the settings from the default.

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To switch back to the mobile site:

  1. Tap the Page Actions menu.

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  2. Tap Request Mobile Site.
When you request a site in desktop view one time, Firefox will always show that site in desktop view every time you visit until you switch back to mobile.