Safari on iPhone or iPad works like any other browser — it stores certain types of web content locally, such as website cookies and images. Thereby, it aims to improve performance and remember your preferences on subsequent visits. However, your past browsing data can also get in the way of privacy, especially if you share your device with others.
Not only that, but an outdated browser cache can cause irregularities or prevent web pages from loading. Regardless of your reason, the process of clearing cache and history of the Safari browser is not entirely clear. After all, there doesn’t seem to be a built-in setting in Safari that lets you do that, right? Unless you know where to look.
But if you know it and see the option greyed out, here are some detailed instructions on how to fix that. So without any further hassle, let’s get started.
Clear Safari Cache
Unlike third-party browsers like Microsoft Edge, Apple has never put much effort into integrating Safari with a dedicated Preferences panel. And even with the iOS 12 update, things haven’t changed one bit. To clear your browsing history, you really need to drill down into the iOS Settings app, which seems pretty ridiculous, but perhaps makes sense considering how closely linked the operating system is to the operating system. its native applications.
Step 1: Open the Settings app.
Step 2: Scroll down, then tap the option labeled Safari.
Step 3: Again, scroll down, then tap Clear history and site data.
Step 4: Tap Delete on the confirmation pop-up box and voila! Safari will clear your browsing history and data.
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Delete personal website data
What if all you want to do is just clear cached data for a particular website? Thankfully, that’s more than possible. It will be quite helpful when troubleshooting specific issues caused by outdated website data. Also, you won’t have to lose all of your Safari browser cache in the process.
Step 1: After tapping Safari on the Settings screen, scroll all the way down — past Clear history and website data — and then tap Advanced.
Step 2: Tap Site data.
Step 3: You should find all data categorized by site. Swipe an item to the right of the screen, then tap the Delete option that appears.
Repeat for other sites where you want to clear any cached data.
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Clear history and website data is greyed out
On certain iOS devices, you may find the Clear History and Website Data options grayed out. As a result, they prevent you from clearing your browsing data. And no, this is not some iOS 12-related bug or glitch. It happens because of content restrictions that are enforced by the operating system and require you to remove them before the option can be used. Chances are, you did this yourself before handing over your device to someone else as a measure to prevent them from accessing certain websites.
And if you’re updating from iOS 11, you won’t find content restrictions in the General section of the Settings app either. As of iOS 12, they are now part of Screen Time.
Step 1: On the Settings app, tap Screen Time.
Step 2: Tap the option labeled Content and Privacy Restrictions. If you already have a Screen Time password (formerly known as a Restricted passcode), you’ll need to insert it to continue.
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Step 3: Tap the option labeled Content Restriction.
Step 4: Tap Web Content.
Step 5: You’ll see the options Limit Adult Sites or Only Allowed Sites Enabled—most likely, that’s the old option. If so, tap the option labeled Unlimited Access, then go back.
Tap Safari on the Settings app and you won’t see the option to Clear history and site data grayed out anymore.
Reset screen time passcode
Can’t remember your Screen Time (Limited) passcode? Then you need to take the drastic action of restoring your iOS device with an iTunes backup as a means of getting rid of it. But there is a catch – you have to specifically use the backup you may have created before the Screen Time passcode. The recovery procedure, on the other hand, also only recovers the passcode.
In case you do not have access to such a backup, you need to restore your iPhone or iPad and set it up as a new device. Obviously, you lose all data in the process.
You must specifically use the backup you may have created before the Screen Time passcode
Therefore, take the necessary precautions such as creating new iCloud and iTunes backups, manually copying locally saved notes, documents, and other forms of data to another device, or cloud storage, etc before you continue.
Warning:
If you didn’t set up a Screen Time password in the first place, you may be restricted by Apple’s Family Sharing feature. In such a case, there’s really nothing you can do but ask the family organizer to lift the content restrictions for you — have fun explaining why!
Clean all
So that’s how you proceed to clear Safari’s cache and history. Not very convenient since you need to drill down into another app to do that, but useful nonetheless. But wait — if you’re looking to clear your browsing history just to cover your tracks, why not switch to Private tabs in the future?
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Private tabs are extremely useful because they automatically clear your cache and history at the end of your browsing session. Of course, you won’t be able to use them if there are any restrictions on the content. But if not, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t.
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