How to Stop Sharing Safari Web History Across Multiple Devices

The Safari browser on iPhone has a useful feature that is sharing web history with other Apple devices that share the same iCloud account. Then your Safari data will be seamlessly synchronized between them. However, many people are concerned about privacy when sharing Safari history on multiple devices, so you can refer to the following to stop sharing.

How to turn off iCloud sharing for Safari

Safari syncs all your bookmarks, reading list, tab groups, and open browser tabs to your devices.

On the iPhone interface, click on your Apple account , then click on iCloud in the list below.

Next, the user clicks Show all to see the applications that are being synchronized on iCloud. Now you will see the Safari browser, turn off Safari sync with iCloud.

You will then be asked if you want to delete the content synced on Safari's iCloud.

Turn off Handoff on iPhone

Want to stop Safari web tabs from appearing on your iPad or Mac? You'll need to turn off Handoff, which lets you start something on one device and immediately pick up another device and continue.

Go to General Settings on your iPhone then tap on Airplay & Handoff .

At this point we need to turn off Handoff mode to avoid transferring work to another device.

Isabella Humphrey

Update 26 May 2025