Vault 713 Archive can sit on your phone's home screen, or in your dock or taskbar, with its own icon. It opens in its own window with no browser bars. There's nothing to download from an app store and no account to make.
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The site on a phone, opened from the home screen.
iPhone and iPad
In Safari
1Open vault713archive.com in Safari.
2Tap the Share button, the square with an arrow pointing up, at the bottom of the screen (at the top on iPad).
3Scroll down and tap Add to Home Screen.
4Leave the name as Vault 713 Archive, make sure Open as Web App is switched on if you see it, and tap Add.
Chrome, Edge and Firefox on iOS 16.4 or later have the same Add to Home Screen option in their share menu. On older versions it only works from Safari.
Android
In Chrome
1Open vault713archive.com in Chrome.
2Tap the menu, the three dots at the top right.
3Tap Add to Home screen, then Install (or Create shortcut, on some versions).
4Confirm, and the icon appears on your home screen or in your app drawer.
Samsung Internet: tap the menu, then Add page to, then Home screen. Firefox: tap the menu, then Install.
Windows
In Edge or Chrome
1Open vault713archive.com in Edge or Chrome.
2Edge: open the menu (three dots), choose Apps, then Install this site as an app. Chrome: open the menu, choose Cast, save and share, then Install page as app (or click the install icon at the right end of the address bar).
3Confirm the name, and tick the options to pin it to the taskbar and add a desktop shortcut if you want them.
Firefox on Windows can't install sites as apps. Drag the padlock from the address bar onto your desktop to make a shortcut instead.
Mac
In Safari, Chrome or Edge
1Safari 17 or later: open vault713archive.com, choose File, then Add to Dock, and confirm.
2Chrome: click the install icon at the right end of the address bar, or open the menu, choose Find and share, then Install app. Edge: open the menu, choose Apps, then Install this site as an app.
3The app appears in your Dock and in Launchpad.
Firefox on Mac can't install sites as apps.
Chromebook and Linux
In Chrome or Edge
1Open vault713archive.com in Chrome or Edge.
2Click the install icon at the right end of the address bar, or open the menu and choose Install Vault 713 Archive.
3Confirm, and it appears in your app launcher and shelf.
Menu names change a little between versions of each browser. If you don't see the exact words above, look for “Install” or “Add to Home Screen”. To remove it, delete the icon like any other app. Trouble getting it to work? Get in touch.