How to Clear History on Safari

Your Safari browser contains various histories about your interests and browsing patterns. It also helps you quickly access your accounts through your saved logins. This is convenient, but it becomes an issue if others get their hands on your personal information.

In such cases, an ideal approach is to clear history on Safari. Since we carry our iOS devices everywhere and connect to many public networks, this makes it easier for someone to access your sensitive information.

In this blog, let’s look at how to clear history on Safari.

Steps to Clear History on Safari for macOS

It’s simple to clear history on Safari for macOS. Here’s how to do it:

1. Open Safari on your macOS.
2. Click on Safari and then Clear History.



3. A pop-up window will appear. Use the dropdown menu to choose the desired time range to clear. After that, click Clear History to confirm.

Steps to Clear History on Safari for iPhone or iPad

There are two different methods to clear history on Safari for iPhone or iPad:

• Setting app – If you clear browser history via the Settings app, all the data will be cleared.
• Browser’s settings – If you clear browser history via the browser settings, only the browser history will be cleared.

Clearing All Safari History

Let’s look at how to clear all history from your Safari browser:

1. Go to the Settings app of your iPhone or iPad device.
2. Scroll down and select Safari.
3. Tap on the Clear History and Website Data option and then Clear History and Data.

Clearing Specific Website Data in Safari

If you’re looking to clear just the search data in Safari, then proceed with the following steps.

1. Go to the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad device.
2. Scroll down and select Safari.
3. Go to the Advanced section and tap Website Data.
4. Tap on Remove All Website Data and then Remove Now.

Steps to Clear History on Safari With Keyboard Shortcuts

To clear your browsing history in Safari using keyboard shortcuts on macOS, follow these steps:

1. Open Safari on your macOS.
2. Press Command + Y to open the History menu.
3. Press Command + Shift + Delete to clear your browsing history.
4. A pop-up window will appear. Use the dropdown menu to choose the desired time range to clear.
5. Click Clear History to confirm.

This will delete your browsing history based on the time range you selected.

Conclusion

Having a browsing history in Safari can be useful, but if you care more about privacy and how your device runs, clearing your Safari history is an ideal choice. This blog demonstrates how to clear Safari history on macOS and iOS devices to protect your personal info and stay in control of your web activity.

Tahneet Kanwal

Tahneet Kanwal is a freelance technical content writer with over 2 years of hands-on experience in frontend development and technical writing. She holds a B.Tech in Information Technology from University College of Engineering and Technology (UCET). Tahneet creates clear, SEO-optimized content on web technologies, software testing, and automation tools, leveraging her skills in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Tailwind CSS, and various tools like VS Code, GitHub, Figma, and Canva. She is the author of 30+ technical blogs and an open-source contributor through Hacktoberfest. She has also participated in the Google Cloud Arcade Facilitator Program and holds certifications as a Meta Android Developer (Coursera) and in Web Development (Internshala). Over time, she has evolved her writing to prioritize structure, readability, and SEO while maintaining technical depth.

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