# Save a webpage as a PDF

> Save any webpage as a PDF in Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari or on your phone, fix missing images and cut-off pages, or keep the exact on-screen look.

Canonical page: https://sitepeel.dev/guides/save-webpage-as-pdf/

To save a webpage as a PDF, press Ctrl+P (Cmd+P on a Mac), choose Save as PDF as the destination and press Save. It works in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari with nothing to install. Turn on Background graphics to keep colors and images. For a PDF that looks exactly like the screen, export a full-page screenshot as PDF.

Published: 2026-11-04

Tool used in this guide: [Website screenshot tool](https://sitepeel.dev/website-screenshot/index.md)

Free website tool for this task: [Website screenshot](https://sitepeel.dev/free-tools/screenshot/index.md) (https://sitepeel.dev/free-tools/screenshot/)

## In short

- Print to PDF is built into every browser: no extension needed
- Turn on Background graphics, or colors and images may drop out
- Printing splits the page into paper-sized sheets and uses the site’s print styles
- For the exact on-screen look, export a full-page screenshot as PDF

## How to use it

1. **Open the print dialog** Press Ctrl+P on Windows or Cmd+P on a Mac, or choose Print in the browser menu.
2. **Pick Save as PDF** Set the destination to Save as PDF. Firefox calls it Save to PDF.
3. **Check the settings** Tick Background graphics (Print backgrounds in Firefox and Safari), then pick the layout, paper size and margins.
4. **Save and check it** Press Save, pick a folder, then open the PDF to check nothing was cut off.

## Save as PDF in each browser

Where to find Save as PDF, on a computer and on a phone

| Browser | Shortcut | Where to find it |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chrome | Ctrl+P or Cmd+P | Destination: Save as PDF |
| Edge | Ctrl+P or Cmd+P | Printer: Save as PDF |
| Firefox | Ctrl+P or Cmd+P | Destination: Save to PDF |
| Safari on a Mac | Cmd+P | The PDF menu in the print dialog, or File > Export as PDF |
| Chrome on Android | None | Menu > Share > Print, then Save as PDF |
| Safari on iPhone | None | Take a screenshot, tap it, choose Full Page, then Save PDF to Files |

Good to know: Printing uses the site’s print styles, so some sites hide menus, ads or even images in the PDF.

## When the PDF looks wrong

Common print-to-PDF problems and how to fix them

| Problem | Fix |
| --- | --- |
| Colors and pictures are missing | Turn on Background graphics (Print backgrounds in Firefox and Safari). |
| Images are blank | They load as you scroll. Scroll to the bottom first, then print. |
| Content is cut off at the side | Switch to landscape, or lower Scale in the print settings. |
| Only one screen prints | The site scrolls inside a box. Take a full-page screenshot instead. |
| Text breaks across pages | Pick a larger paper size, or save the page as it looks, below. |

## Keep the page exactly as it looks

Printing reflows the page for paper. To keep the on-screen layout, paste the link into Sitepeel’s free screenshot tool, choose Full page and export PDF. It scrolls the page first, so lazy images load.

- The PDF is the screenshot split over A4 pages, so it looks like the site.
- Its text is part of the picture: you can’t select or search it.
- For one unbroken image, export PNG instead.

- [More ways to screenshot a whole page](https://sitepeel.dev/guides/full-page-screenshot-online/index.md)

## Save more than one page

- Print saves one page at a time. For a few pages, repeat it on each.
- For a clean article, open Reader view first (Firefox, Safari and Edge), then print.
- For a whole site, download it with a site copier, then print the pages you need.

- [How to download an entire website](https://sitepeel.dev/guides/download-entire-website/index.md)

## Questions and answers

### How do I save a webpage as a PDF in Chrome?

Press Ctrl+P (Cmd+P on a Mac), set Destination to Save as PDF, open More settings and tick Background graphics, then press Save.

### How do I save a webpage as a PDF on my phone?

On Android, open Chrome’s menu, tap Share, then Print, and choose Save as PDF. On an iPhone, take a screenshot in Safari, tap it, choose Full Page and save the PDF to Files.

### How do I save a webpage as a PDF without page breaks?

Printing always splits the page into sheets. For one unbroken copy, take a full-page screenshot and save it as PNG. Exported as PDF, it keeps the on-screen look over A4 pages.

### Why is my PDF missing images or colors?

Background graphics is off, or the images hadn’t loaded. Tick Background graphics in the print settings, scroll to the bottom of the page so lazy images load, then print again.

### Can I save a whole website as a PDF?

Not in one step: print saves one page at a time. Save each page you need, or download the site with a site copier like HTTrack and print pages from your copy.

## Further reading

- [Google Chrome Help: print from Chrome](https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/1069693)
- [Mozilla Support: print web pages in Firefox](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-print-web-pages-firefox)

## Related pages

- [Screenshot an entire webpage](https://sitepeel.dev/guides/full-page-screenshot-online/index.md): Screenshot an entire webpage in Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari, on Mac, Windows or a phone, with no extension. Or capture any page online from its link.
- [Download a web page](https://sitepeel.dev/guides/download-web-page/index.md): Download a web page to read offline: Webpage, Complete, a single .mhtml file, a PDF or a phone’s offline copy, and why some saved pages look broken.
- [Download a PDF from a website](https://sitepeel.dev/guides/download-pdf-from-website/index.md): Download a PDF from a website: use the viewer’s button or Save link as, find embedded PDFs in DevTools, get every PDF on a site with wget, and know the limits.
- [Download an entire website](https://sitepeel.dev/guides/download-entire-website/index.md): Download an entire website for offline viewing with HTTrack, SiteSucker or one wget command, see what copies badly and why, and save single pages instead.