2 Easy Ways to Delete Cookies Using the Safari Web Browser

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Clear your history, cache, and cookies with this easy guide

Written by Rain Kengly

Last Updated: January 21, 2026 Fact Checked

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Cookies are bits of website data that help Safari remember your preferences, passwords, usernames, and more. However, this data can get corrupted over time and cause issues with your browser. Clearing your cookies and cache is a good way to keep Safari functioning properly. This wikiHow teaches you how to delete cookies using the Safari web browser on a Mac, iPhone, or iPad.

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Open the Settings app.
Tap Apps, then Safari.
Tap Clear History and Website Data.
Select a timeframe.
Tap Clear History.

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You'll find this option about halfway way down the page.

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Scroll down and tap Clear History and Website Data. This is underneath the History and Website Data field. This will clear your cookies, cache, and history.
- If you don't want to clear your history, skip to this step instead.
You can select Last hour, Today, Today and yesterday, or All history.
This is the red button at the bottom. Your cookies, cache, and history from this timeframe will be deleted.
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Clear your cookies and cache only (save history). If you want to remove your cookies and cache but save your history, do the following:
- Open Settings.
- Tap Apps and select Safari.
- Scroll down and tap Advanced.
- Tap Website Data.
- Tap Remove All Website Data.
- Tap Remove Now.
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Block cookies (optional). If you want to block cookies in the future, do the following:
- Navigate to the Safari settings.
- Tap Advanced at the bottom of the page.
- Toggle on Block All Cookies.
- Keep in mind that some websites require cookies in order to load some features. Blocking all cookies will prevent some websites from working correctly.
- You can also block and unblock certain websites.

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Click the Safari menu. This is in the top toolbar, next to the Apple icon, when Safari is open.^{[2]
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- You can clear your cookies and cache without deleting your entire history.
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Select the websites you want to clear. To select one website, click it. To select multiple websites, press and hold the Command key, and then click them.
- If you're unsure which websites you want to clear, you can check your history.
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Click Remove. If you selected more than one website, you'll need to click Remove All.
- Your cookies will be deleted for these websites.
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Block cookies (optional). If you want to prevent all cookies going forward, check the "Block all cookies" box in the "Cookies and website data" section of the Preferences menu. This will stop Safari from storing cookies from websites.
- You may be prompted to confirm this action.
- Keep in mind that some websites require cookies in order to load some features. Blocking all cookies will prevent some websites from working correctly.

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Why did you just repeat simple instructions from Safari? I want the equivalent of "Cookie AutoDelete" but for Safari.

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Unfortunately, Apple has yet to include an "AutoDelete" of some sort. If you're looking to delete a specific webpage's cookies, you can find them under Website Data inside the specified settings and delete them that way.

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Blocking cookies will result in some websites not functioning properly, while a few websites may cease to load or work altogether.

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