If you’ve used Mozilla Firefox, you may remember that the web browser has neat integration with a service called Pocket for marking web pages for reading later. Google Chrome is now following this feature and has prepared a ‘Read Later’ or ‘Reading List’ feature to help users easily save web pages for quick access.
Use Read Later in Google Chrome (2021)
Like other hidden features, we will enable read later using a Chrome Flag. You can use the ‘read later’ feature on both desktop and mobile versions of Google Chrome and we’ve added separate steps for both. If you don’t like this feature, we’ve also included steps on how to disable Read Later in Google Chrome. Feel free to skip to the part based on the platform you use to browse the web.
Read Later in Google Chrome Desktop
1. Introduced as read later, Google has since renamed the feature ‘Reading List’ in the latest Canary releases. Whatever the name, you can Search for ‘read later’ in chrome://flags to enable the flag. Select ‘Enabled’ and restart the browser. Alternatively, you can paste the address below into Chrome’s address bar to access the flag directly.
chrome://flags/#read-later
2. Now that you have the feature enabled, here is how to use it. To add a web page to the reading list, right-click the tab (not anywhere on the page) and select ‘Add tab to reading list’. You can also use the bookmarks button to achieve this. simply Click on the bookmark icon and select ‘Add to reading list’.
3. you will notice a new ‘Reading list’ option in the bookmarks bar It is located in the upper right corner of Chrome. Don’t forget to enable ‘Show bookmarks bar’ if you want to access the reading list from anywhere within Chrome. When you click on the reading list, you will see the pages you have read and the pages you have not read in separate sections.
4. If you have already read the article on your reading list elsewhere, You can easily mark as read by clicking the ‘Mark as read’ button.. Similarly, you can mark articles as unread if you want to read them again. Clicking the ‘X’ icon next to the ‘Mark as read’ button removes the page from the reading list.
Read Later on Google Chrome Mobile
1. Like its desktop counterpart, Enabling read later includes changing the ‘Read later’ flag from chrome://flags. Enable the flag and restart the browser.
Note: Check out our favorite Chrome Flags for Android by clicking the link.
2. Once enabled, you can start adding pages to your reading list. There are two ways to do this. The first method involves long pressing a link and selecting ‘Read later’. Moreover Tap the Bookmarks icon To add a page to the reading list
3. Now you can Access your reading list at Bookmarks -> Reading list. See the image below for the exact path.
4. Just like on Chrome desktop, here you can mark an article as read or unread. You also have the option to quickly delete links from the reading list.
Disable Read Later in Google Chrome
If you’re not a big fan of Chrome’s new reading list feature, you can easily disable it. There are currently two methods to do this. Read later You can disable the Chrome flag or disable the feature from the bookmarks bar. Note that the latter is currently only available in Chrome Canary and you have to wait for the next stable update to use it.
Disable Chrome Reading List Using Chrome Flag
1. In your browser, open the Chrome flags (chrome://flags) and search for ‘read later’ or ‘reading list’ on that page. You can also use the address below to access directly.
chrome://flags/#read-later
2. When the flag appears, Select ‘Disabled’ from the drop-down menu. Restart your browser and the reading list will disappear completely.
Disable Chrome Reading List from Bookmarks Bar
As mentioned earlier, the option to disable the Chrome reading list from the bookmarks bar is not widely available yet. Here’s how to use it, when available:
1. Right click anywhere in the bookmarks bar and you will see a new ‘Show reading list’ option.
2. All you have to do is Uncheck ‘Show reading list’. The reading list will then disappear from your bookmarks bar.
To Save Links in Google Chrome, Try Reading Later
This is how you can enable/disable and use read later in Google Chrome right now. We can expect the Google Chrome team to enable this feature by default in the near future, possibly with Chrome 90. For more such tips, change default search engine, change default search engine, and enable PiP mode in Google Chrome.
