To get the full URL to the site you want to archive, visit that site in a web browser, and then copy the address from the bar along the top of the screen. On a computer, highlight the URL and press ⌘ Cmd+C (Mac) or Ctrl+C (PC) to copy. Right-click the “Save Page Now” field and select Paste to insert the copied URL. On a phone or tablet, highlight the URL, tap and hold the highlighted area, and then tap Copy when it appears. To paste the copied URL into the “Save Page Now” field, tap and hold the field, and then tap Paste.
Some websites cannot be archived by the Wayback Machine due to their configuration. If you see an error, it’s usually because the site’s owner has chosen to ignore the Wayback Machine’s web crawler.
If you don’t know the address of the website, type its name (or some keywords that describe it) into the field instead. Entering an address like https://www. wikihow. com will yield different results than entering https://www. wikihow. com/Use-the-Internet-Archive%27s-Wayback-Machine.
If you searched for a name or by keyword, you’ll see a list of suggested sites to peruse. Click or tap the URL and then continue to the next step.
If a website was archived multiple times on one day, the circle around the date will be a little larger. Hover your mouse cursor over the date to see the list of archive times, then select a time to view that version. If you see an error when you click a date or time, the site may be set up to ignore the Wayback Machine’s web crawler. Errors can also mean that the website was unreachable at the time. Depending on the way the site was archived, you may be able to click links on the page to see other archived content. Unfortunately, clicking links on an archived site will usually produce an error.
