How to print any web page without ads, menus or wasted paper
By Nasir Uddin Shamim ยท Founder, PrintxPDF
Short answer: To print a web page without ads, open it in a printer-friendly tool or your browser Reader mode first, then print. This removes navigation, ads and sidebars and typically cuts a nine-page printout to two or three pages while keeping the article text and images intact.
A web page is built for scrolling, not for paper. Hitting Ctrl+P usually gives you the article plus three ad slots, a cookie banner, a newsletter box and a comment wall spread over nine sheets. These guides cover every reliable way to strip that clutter first: Chrome and Safari reader modes, browser print settings, print preview tricks, and a free browser-based cleaner that lets you delete anything left over before you print.
Every guide in this topic
- How to print a web page without ads, Five ways to print a web page without ads, banners or sidebars: printer-friendly tools, Chrome reader mode, print preview, browser extensions and CSS tricks.
- How to print only the part of a page you selected, Print just the text you highlighted instead of the whole page. Selection-only printing in Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Safari, plus what to do when it fails.
- Web page printing problems and how to fix them, Cut-off text, blank pages, missing images, tiny fonts and wasted sheets. Twelve common web page printing problems with a fix for each, in every major browser.
- Print to paper or save as PDF? How to decide, When to print a web page on paper and when to save it as a PDF instead. Cost, searchability, archiving, legal records and sharing compared side by side.