You can enable JavaS­cript on your iPhone or on macOS in your browser settings. You also have the option to turn off the scripting language. Keep in mind though that many websites won’t be displayed correctly if JavaS­cript is disabled.

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Step-by-step in­struc­tions on how to enable JavaS­cript in Safari

For many macOS und iPhone users, Safari is their browser of choice. Apple’s web browser supports JavaS­cript and has the scripting language enabled by default. If, for any reason, the language has been turned off or you want to (tem­por­ar­ily) turn it off, you have the pos­sib­il­ity to manually disable or enable JavaS­cript in the Safari settings. Below are the steps you need to follow:

  1. Open Safari on your computer or phone.
  2. At the top of the screen in the menu bar, you will find the option Safari to the right of the Apple symbol. Click on it to open the drop-down menu.
  3. Select Settings….
Image: Screenshot of the Safari drop-down menu
Click on Safari in the top-left corner in order to navigate to Settings.
  1. When you click on Settings…, a new window will open. Click on the tab labelled Security.
  2. Under this tab, you’ll find the option Web content: Enable JavaS­cript. If a tick is in the box, the scripting language is already enabled. If there isn’t a tick, JavaS­cript has been disabled.
Image: Screenshot of the security settings in Safari
If you want to use the scripting language, you can place a tick in front of ‘Enable JavaS­cript’ by clicking on the square.
  1. Close the pop-up window and restart the browser. The changes you made to the settings will now be applied.

The steps for enabling JavaS­cript for Safari on your iPhone are similar to the ones above. Here’s what you need to do:

  1. Open the settings on your smart­phone and select Safari.
  2. At the bottom of the menu, you will find the option Advanced. Tap on it.
  3. Under Advanced, there is a section for JavaS­cript. Tap the toggle switch to enable or disable the scripting language. If the language is enabled, there will be a green back­ground and the toggle button will be on the right. If you turn off JavaS­cript, the button will be on the left and the back­ground will be grey.

Is JavaS­cript important for Safari?

JavaS­cript is a browser-side scripting language that is used by countless websites. The language is often necessary, es­pe­cially when in­teg­rat­ing and dis­play­ing dynamic content. Because the language is needed to display such content, it is enabled by default by all major browsers. If you decide to manually disable JavaS­cript, it may result in lots of websites being displayed in­cor­rectly. Turning off the language can affect content such as videos, ads, dialog boxes or timelines that auto­mat­ic­ally update.

Tip

If you are using another browser and want to disable or enable JavaS­cript, you can find in­struc­tions on how to do so in our Digital Guide:

If you want to learn more about Safari, you can also find articles on topics related to the Apple browser. You can, for example, learn how to export Safari bookmarks.

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