Options
Read It Later gives you a number of ways to customize the application. All of the options available are detailed below.
Main Options
Account
Edit My Account
Opens to your account panel on the Read It Later website. Here you can edit your username/password, privacy settings and more. Note that if you change your username/password, you will need to logout/relogin afterwards.
Logout
Removes your account from the Read It Later app. Allows you to relogin (if your password has changed) or to clear your user data off the device.
Auto Download
Allows you to configure what Read It Later will download when opened. For more on this topic see: How to Download.
Reading
Fullscreen (Pro Only)
If fullscreen is activated, whenever you are reading an article, the controls on the top and bottom of the screen will disappear to give you the entire screen for your reading. To bring the controls back, tap the expand icon in the lower left corner.
Scrollbar
The scrollbar allows you to quickly move through long articles. To use it while reading, simply hold your finger on the right side of the screen.
When it appears, you can drag it up and down to move through the article.
Note: If need be, you can move the scrollbar to the left side of the screen under Advanced Options
Advanced Options
Offline Data
Clear Downloaded Files
Use this if you would like to clear all of the files Read It Later has downloaded for use offline. You will have to redownload your pages before going offline again.
Clear Cookies
Sites that require logins may store cookies in Read It Later's browser. If you need to delete them, use this to clear any stored cookies.
Auto Download
Only on WiFi
If you have a limited data plan, you may not want Read It Later to download all of your articles using your hard earned bandwidth. Use this option if you'd like Read It Later to only auto download articles if you are connected to a wifi connection. If you enable this and do want to download articles while on a data network, you can still initiate the downloads manually. Learn More
Reading
Lefty Scrollbar
Moves the scrollbar to the left side of the screen.
Auto Mark as Read (Pro Only)
Automatically marks pages as read when opened for more than 5 seconds.
List
Auto Sync
When enabled, Read It Later will automatically update your reading list when opened.
Show List Counts
When enabled, the number of items in your reading list and currently reading list will be displayed on Read It Later's start screen.
Show Count On App Icon (Pro Only)
When enabled, the number of items in your reading list will appear on the Read It Later icon on your device's springboard.
Exclude tagged from list (Pro Only)
If you'd like to use tags more like folders, this option may help your workflow. When tagged items are excluded from your reading list, they only appear in their tag lists. So for example, if you had 2 items in your list and tagged one 'my tag', then your reading list would only show 1 item and the tagged item would only appear when viewing the items tagged as 'my tag'.
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