How to Delete Browsing History on Safari: Step-by-Step Guide

Learn how to delete browsing history on safari with clear steps, practical tips, and troubleshooting guidance for a reliable result.

Instructions for deleting Safari browsing history

Step 1

On the Safari browser interface, click on the book icon as shown below.

Step 2

Now the new interface appears, the user clicks on the clock icon to see all the websites that you have visited on the Safari browser. At this interface you can click to delete a website history, by dragging the website from right to left and then selecting Delete .

Step 3

If you want to delete all browsing history on Safari , you click on the Delete button below will show the options to delete browsing history, including All time, Today and Yesterday, Today and Last hour.

Select the time you want to delete Safari browsing history and then click to perform.

How to delete Safari browsing history in Settings

From iOS 17 and above, when you delete Safari browsing history in Settings, there will be options for deletion time similar to when deleting directly in the browser.

You access the Settings section on iPhone then find the Safari browser to adjust.

Switch to the new interface, you will see the Clear History and Website Data option . This will display the options to clear browsing data with time options as shown below.

Just select the time you want and click Delete history below to delete.

How to clear cache, cookies Safari retains history

If you want to fix website loading issues or delete tracking data without losing your list of visited pages, follow the steps below.

Step 1

You access Settings then click on Applications . We continue to select Safari browser to adjust.

Step 2

In the settings interface, scroll down to the bottom and click Advanced . Then select Website Data to delete.

Step 3

Shows a list of websites visited on Safari. Tap Edit in the top right corner and delete specific websites if you want. Or you can tap Clear All Website Data .

We press Delete now to do it.

How to block Safari browser cookies

If you want Safari to stop storing cookies altogether, you can turn it off in the browser's settings interface.

We also access the Advanced section in Safari settings from Settings. Now you enable Block all cookies to do so. Click Block all to enable this setting.