# Safari on iPhone - Why a blank page?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safari-on-iphone-why-a-blank-page/824664>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 17, 2018, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safari-on-iphone-why-a-blank-page/824664 "2018-11-17T03:53:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safari-on-iphone-why-a-blank-page/824664/1 "2018-11-17T03:53:55Z")

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When I click on Safari on my iPhone, I get a blank page, with the empty search field at the top.

But it used to come with several icons, like Google News and the webpages I visited most frequently.

How do I get that back?

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safari-on-iphone-why-a-blank-page/824664/2 "2018-11-18T01:11:49Z")

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Figured it out - somehow my favourites got blanked out.