How to Get to Your Reading List in the Microsoft Edge iPhone App

The Reading list from the original Microsoft Edge iPhone app is no longer a separate feature. Microsoft moved those saved pages into Favorites, so open Edge, tap the menu, tap Favorites, open Other favorites, and look for a folder named Reading list saves. To save a new page for later, use Add to favorites in the same menu.

This guide covers the current Microsoft Edge app on an iPhone. The older version of this article described a star icon and a Reading List tab from the 2018 app. Microsoft has since rebuilt Edge, and its support pages now say the new Microsoft Edge no longer supports the Reading list, although you still have access to your data.

What Happened to the Edge Reading List

A reading list is a place in a browser where you park articles that you want to read later, separate from your regular bookmarks. The original Edge had one on Windows 10 and in its iPhone app.

Microsoft did not carry that feature into the new, Chromium-based Edge. According to Microsoft, all of your reading list items are now in Favorites, inside a folder called Reading list saves under Other favorites. Favorites is the Edge name for bookmarks.

Microsoft pointed people to two replacements at the time: Favorites and Collections. Collections has since been retired as well, which is covered later in this article. That leaves Favorites as the documented way to keep a list of pages in Edge.

Before You Start

• Use the current app. These steps apply to the new Microsoft Edge app from the App Store, not the 2018 version. If the app has not been updated in a long time, update it first.
• Sign in with your Microsoft account. The Reading list saves folder reaches your iPhone through sync, so you need to be signed in to Edge with the same account you used on the computer where the list was created.
• Turn on Favorites sync. Microsoft notes that if you sync your favorites, any saved collections or reading lists are synced too.
• Expect the folder only if you used the old list. If you never saved anything to the Reading list in the original Edge, there is no folder to find.

The Edge menu is the button with three dots (…) on the toolbar at the bottom of the screen.

How to Find Your Reading List Pages in Edge on an iPhone

Microsoft’s help pages give the folder location for Edge on a computer, and the Other favorites folder in the phone app shows the synced favorites stored in your desktop browser’s Other favorites folder. Put together, this is the route on an iPhone.

1. Open the Microsoft Edge app.
2. Tap the menu button (…) on the toolbar. A panel of options opens.
3. Tap Favorites. The Favorites button is on the top row of the menu. If you do not see it there, tap Settings and then Favorites.
4. You will see three locations: Favorites bar, Other favorites, and Mobile favorites. Tap Other favorites.
5. Tap the Reading list saves folder. Your old reading list pages are listed inside it.
6. Tap a page to open it.

If the Reading list saves folder is missing, your favorites probably have not synced yet, or the list was never imported on any of your devices. The sync and troubleshooting sections below cover both cases.

Warning: if you see an empty Reading list saves folder on a synced device, do not delete it. Deleting it also deletes the reading list from the device where the data was imported.

How to Save a Page to Read Later

With no separate reading list to add to, Favorites does the same job. Microsoft’s instructions for the iPhone app are short.

1. Open the page you want to keep.
2. Tap the menu button (…).
3. Tap Add to favorites.

The page is saved to Mobile favorites, which is the location for favorites added from your phone. To read it later, tap the menu, tap Favorites, then tap Mobile favorites.

Favorites you add from a private tab are kept too. Here’s how to open a private browsing tab in Edge on iPhone.

If you tap Add to favorites on a page that is already saved, the Edit favorite window appears instead. That is a quick way to confirm a page is already in your list.

One limit is worth knowing. Microsoft’s current help pages do not describe offline reading for favorites, so plan on needing an internet connection to open a saved page. To send a saved page to another person instead, share the page link from Edge on your iPhone.

How to Turn On Sync So the Folder Appears

The reading list folder only shows up on your iPhone if Edge is signed in and syncing favorites. Microsoft’s sync instructions for Edge give these steps for the mobile app.

Sign in to Edge on the iPhone

1. Open the Microsoft Edge app and tap your profile image.
2. Tap Accounts.
3. Select your account, then tap Sign in to sync. If your account is not listed, tap Add Account and follow the prompts.

Check that Favorites is included

1. In the Edge app, tap the menu button, then tap Settings.
2. Tap your profile image.
3. Under Sync settings, tap Sync. A list of data types appears.
4. Make sure the Sync switch and the Favorites switch are both on. You can tap Sync now to force a sync with the server.
5. Tap Done.

Give the first sync a little time before you look for the folder again. To undo this later, return to the same screen and turn the Favorites switch off, or sign out of Edge.

How to Find the Same Pages on a Computer

It helps to check the computer too, because that is where the old list was usually imported. In Edge on Windows or Mac:

1. Select Settings and more (the three dots) at the top corner of the window.
2. Select Favorites.
3. Select Other favorites.
4. Select Reading list saves.

If the folder has pages in it on the computer but not on the phone, the problem is sync on the phone. If the folder does not exist on the computer either, the old list was never brought into the new Edge. You can keep favorites easy to reach on a computer by learning how to show or hide the favorites bar in Microsoft Edge.

What About Collections?

Collections, the other feature Microsoft suggested in place of the Reading list, is being retired. Microsoft’s Collections support page says you can’t add new pages starting with Edge 145, and Collections is gone starting with Edge 149 (June 4, 2026). On a computer, use Move to Favorites in the Collections pane to turn each collection into a Favorites folder. Only saved web pages move; images and notes don’t.

Troubleshooting

There is no Reading List tab or star icon

That is expected. Those controls belonged to the original Edge app. In the current app, saved pages live under Favorites in the menu.

The Reading list saves folder is not there

Check that you are signed in to Edge on the iPhone with the same Microsoft account as your computer, and that Favorites is switched on in the sync settings. Then check the folder on the computer. If it is missing there too, the list was not imported, and Microsoft’s support pages do not describe a way to rebuild it.

The folder is there but empty

Leave it alone. Deleting an empty Reading list saves folder on a synced device deletes the reading list from the device where the data was imported. Open Edge on the computer where you originally used the Reading list and look in the folder there.

I cannot find Favorites in the menu

Menu layouts change between app versions. There are two routes: the Favorites button on the top row of the menu, and Settings then Favorites. If neither matches what you see, update Microsoft Edge to the latest version and look again.

Favorites are not syncing

Open the sync settings and tap Sync now. If that does not help, Microsoft’s Edge for mobile FAQ explains how to report it: tap the menu, tap Send feedback, and describe the sync issue with as much detail as you can.

Sync options are missing or locked

If you signed in with a work or school account, your organization may manage what Edge is allowed to sync. Ask your IT administrator rather than trying to work around it.

Frequently Asked Questions

Next Step

Open Edge on your iPhone, tap the menu, and check Favorites for the Reading list saves folder. Then use Add to favorites for anything new you want to read later. If ads get in the way while you read, find out how to block ads with the Microsoft Edge iPhone app.