How to Download a Wikipedia Page as a PDF

Navigate to Wikipedia., Search for the page you'll like to save., Locate Print/export section in the right panel of the page., Select Download as PDF from the list., Wait till the rendering process is completed., Select the download link to start...

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Step-by-Step Guide

  1. Step 1: Navigate to Wikipedia.

    Type https://en.wikipedia.org/ into your browser's navigation bar and press ↵ Enter to open the page.
  2. Step 2: Search for the page you'll like to save.

    Type a word or a phrase in the search bar on the top-right side of the screen and select the page from the drop-down list to open 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. , This will redirect you to a page which will provide you with the download link for the page. , The page you were redirected to 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. , Select Download the file to start the download.

    Your file will be saved in your usual 'Downloads' folder.
  3. Step 3: Locate Print/export section in the right panel of the page.

  4. Step 4: Select Download as PDF from the list.

  5. Step 5: Wait till the rendering process is completed.

  6. Step 6: Select the download link to start the download.

Detailed Guide

Type https://en.wikipedia.org/ into your browser's navigation bar and press ↵ Enter to open the page.

Type a word or a phrase in the search bar on the top-right side of the screen and select the page from the drop-down list to open 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. , This will redirect you to a page which will provide you with the download link for the page. , The page you were redirected to 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. , Select Download the file to start the download.

Your file will be saved in your usual 'Downloads' folder.

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