How to See the Entire URL in Safari's Address Bar

Safari has a weird way of hiding the full URL for sites you have open. For example, in the address bar, it will show laptopmag.com instead of the full path to the article on the site (e.g., http://www.laptopmag.com/reviews/laptops/gigabyte-p37x-v5). If you want to see the full address of the page you're visiting and not just the domain name, you can change how Safari behaves.

Show the Full Website Address in Safari on the Mac

1. Go to Safari > Preferences or click the Command+, keyboard shortcut.

2. Click the Advanced tab.

3. Check the "Show full website address" box.

4. Close the Preferences window.

You'll now see the entire website address for pages you visit, just like you can on other browsers.

Show the Full Website Address in Safari in iOS

The iPad and iPhone version of Safari doesn't have a setting to always show the full URL. However, you can tap on the address bar to expand the URL.

You'll have to do this for each page you want to check out, though.