How to Add and Manage Reading List in Chrome browser

The Reading List feature helps you in sorting through websites. It enables you to save websites for reading later. You can easily find the websites you saved under this section on Google Chrome. It can save you a lot of time and comes in handy when saving something for leisure.

The Reading List feature works effectively for desktops and mobiles without any hassles. What makes it more convenient is that you can easily sync your Reading List between your devices.

Open to add and manage the Reading List can be found under the Sidebar icon that can be opened with a click of the sidebar icon on the desktop.

Editor’s note: Please do not confuse the Reading list with Reader mode. Learn how to enable reader mode and simplified view for Chrome computer and Android, respectively.

Add Site to Reading List in Chrome Computer

The Reading List feature is an enhanced version of the bookmarks. Using this feature, you can easily safeguard the reading material you need later.

The reading list feature is currently available for Windows, Mac, and Linux users. To add pages to the Reading List, follow the steps:

1. Open Google Chrome on your desktop.
2. Go to the website that you want to save for reading later.
3. Click on the Sidebar icon in the top right side of the address bar.
   It will open the Sidebar panel.
4. From the drop-down, switch to the Reading List option
   
5. Click the Add current tab button.

The website can be saved in the Reading List. Similarly, you can continue adding the currently open tabs to the reading list to access later.

Manage Reading List on Computer

If you need to access, read and delete the saved pages from Reading List, you need to open the sidebar and manage them in Chrome computer. Let’s find out how:

1. Launch Google Chrome on your computer.
2. Click on the Sidebar icon and switch to Reading List from the drop-down.
   It will show all the websites you have added to the list.
3. Click to open the page from the reading list in the browser tab.
4. To manage the reading list, hover over any item and mark it as Read or Unread using the checkbox.
   
5. Hit the X to Delete it from the list.

This way, you can easily browse all the websites and manage the reading list.

Note: You can also click on the Mark current tab as read button command when the reading list page is loaded on the browser.

Add URL to Reading List on Chrome iPhone/iPad

Adding webpages to the Reading List can be done conveniently in Chrome iPhone from the sharing button. Follow these steps:

1. Open the Chrome app on your iPhone or iPad.
2. Open a website that you want to add to the list.
3. Tap the Share option in the address bar or the More menu.
   It will display the list of sharing options and menus.
4. Select Add to Reading List from the menu.
   

The open tab or page will be immediately added to your Reading List for further reading. This can save you time finding the webpage you want to read later.

Manage Reading List on Chrome iPhone

Accessing all the websites you saved in your Reading List is straightforward from the menu options. The steps to follow are:

1. Open Google Chrome on your iPhone or iPad.
2. Tap on the More menu present at the bottom.
3. Select the Reading List from the top menu bar list.
   It will display all the sites added to Reading List.
4. Tap to open the page that you want to read.
5. To manage your list, tap on Edit at the bottom corner.
   
6. Enable the checkboxes for Reading List items, and select the Delete or Mark Read option per need.
7. Hit on the Done button to close the Reading List window.

That’s all you need to do to access and manage your saved websites in the Reading List on Chrome for iPhone or iPad.

Note: the green checkbox indicates that the page was downloaded and supports offline reading.

Bottom Line

You can easily save numerous web pages in the Reading List without hassles. The process is simple and comes in handy for avid readers to add the page to read later and mark them read or delete after finishing reading. I

t can also help if you want to visit a website more than once, just like the bookmarks.

Reading List is a valuable feature that is only available for desktop and iOS devices for now. However, it is expected to launch on Chrome for Android very soon.