How to disable the mobile version of a website when using a smartphone

In these days it is normal that many web pages have a computer version but also a mobile version.If a website has a mobile version, it is usually shown by default once it detects that the user is visiting from a mobile device, and it is very helpful because it will allow the web to be seen better, easier to navigate and much less resources to be downloaded . However, this is not always the case; Some mobile versions are worse, difficult to understand and take too many clicks to see some information. So, in some cases it will be better to go back to the desktop version.

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Submitted by Maria Campos Pichel on Sun, 11/19/2017 - 22:27
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The easiest way to get to the desktop version of a website is by selecting the desktop view link on the page itself - if it is provieded! Not every website has this option, so of course your described methods are usefull in this cases as a quick workaround.

Submitted by Alma Causevic on Tue, 12/05/2017 - 20:35

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On Mozilla Firefox, you can also do this by opening the menu to the right(three dots on top of each other) and checking "request desktop site". Requesting desktop is particularly useful for youtube videos of songs, because this way, you can lock your mobile device and still listen to the song, which is not possible through the youtube app.

Submitted by Can Özgür Yilmaz on Thu, 11/30/2017 - 11:30

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In case you are using Safari on iOS (version 9 and above):
1. Open web-page
2. Tap Share button (arrow in a box, located in the middle below)
3. Choose option "Request Desktop Site"

Submitted by Anastasiia Ulianova on Sat, 11/25/2017 - 21:47

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If you have installed the mobile version of Chrome on your device with Android or iOS, you can enter the web in question and ask to see the desktop version from the browser menu. To do so, on either device, open Google Chrome and the page you want to visit. Once there press on the menu (on iOS there are three horizontal lines on top of each other and on Android they are three points, both are on the right corner) and look for the option "See as on a computer" that you can mark to that stays permanently and applies to each website you visit

Submitted by Maria Campos Pichel on Sun, 11/19/2017 - 22:29

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