How to Download a Wikipedia Page as a PDF

Last Updated: May 31, 2022

Did you like a piece of information on Wikipedia? You can legally have a PDF copy of that page directly from Wikipedia. Wikipedia allows its users to keep the piece of information they like for easy access when they are offline. This article will help you to download a Wikipedia page in PDF file format.

1

Navigate to Wikipedia.

Type https://www.wikipedia.org/ into your browser's navigation bar and press ↵ Enter to open the page. This takes you to the Wikipedia home page.

2

Search for the page you'd like to save.

Use the search bar at the top-right corner of the page to search. Type a word or a phrase in the search bar, then select the page from the drop-down list. The full page will appear.

3

Locate the Print/export section.

You'll see it on the right panel of the page. The panel is divided into subsections like Interaction, Tools, Print/export and Languages. Under Print/export, you'll see various links which are:
- Create a book: Wikipedia lets you to create an e-book in PDF format which contains all the selected pages and can be downloaded to read offline.
- Download as PDF: Wikipedia provides a PDF copy of all its pages which is downloadable so that the pages can be read offline as well.
- Printable version: You can have a printed copy of the page for school projects, researches, assignments, etc.

4

Select the Download as PDF option.

Click Download as PDF on the panel. This will redirect you to a page that includes a download link. The page will display the message Please wait while the document is being generated. The process won't take more than a minute to complete.
- Immediately after it, the page will refresh automatically and a download link will be generated.

5

Download the file.

Click Download the file to start the download. Your file will be saved in your usual 'Downloads' folder.

Community Q&A

Question

How do I download Wikipedia pages as a PDF in Android?

Edward Lamin

Community Answer

On an Android device, you have to be a member of Wikipedia. You can register by clicking the Options bar on the far upper-right corner. After registering, when you load an article you will see a download symbol above the page in the middle. Click it and the article will download to your files in PDF format.
Question

How do I dowload a wikiHow page?

Community Answer

Follow the instructions listed in the article above.