Introduction?
If you don’t use incognito mode on your browser, all online activity will be saved in your iPhone’s browser history. However, this is not something you want or need anyone else to have access to. For your convenience, here we provide you with a simple way to clear Safari history on your iPhone.
Clear Safari history on iPhone:
Clearing your Safari history and website data will erase everything you’ve browsed online, cookies, download history, cached images and files, auto-fill form data, etc.
First Steps to clear Safari history on iPhone or iPad
Go to the Settings tab of your iPhone.
Open Safari.
You will find the option to “Clear History and Website Data.” Click on it.
When the Clear History and Data alert appears on your screen, tap Clear.
Clear safari history
Clear Safari history and website data on iPhone:
Once you clear the history on your iPhone, the message “Clear History and Website Data” will appear greyed out.
What if you just want to delete website data?
There may be a case where you want to get rid of only website data and not your entire Safari history. That’s why you have to:
So, Go to Settings > Safari > Advanced > Website Data.
Clear history on iPhone
Clear Safari website data on iPhone
Next, tap “Delete All Website Data” and confirm your decision by tapping “Delete” when the pop-up window flashes on your iPhone screen.
What happens when you use private browsing windows?
When you use a private browsing window, nothing is suspended in your browsing history. Any websites you visit or any other type of website data will not be saved in your browsing history on your iPhone.
Clear Safari history on iPad:
3 Here is the steps to use private browsing mode on iPhone and iPad
Here’s how to switch to private browsing mode. Launch the Safari browser and click on the tab-switching icon appearing in the lower right corner of your screen. Next, tap Private shown at the bottom left corner of your iPhone screen. You will be transferred to private browsing mode!
Safari Chronicles: Ready and Dusty!
You have easily learned how to clear Safari history on your iPhone. Now you can sit back and relax as none of the people you don’t want to see in your browsing history will be able to access it.