How to view and clear your web browsing history in Safari on iPhone or iPad
Manage your history for greater privacy
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Knowing how to view and clear your web browsing history inSafarion an iPhone or iPad is fundamental for privacy. After all, browsing history comes bundled with web navigation unless you’re on Private browsing.
Safari isApple’s proprietary web browser, and it offers a simple method to review and delete specific websites from your web history, or all of it. In this guide, we’ll walk you through the steps to access and clear your Safari browsing history on iPhone and iPad.
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Tools and requirements
Steps for how to view and clear your web browsing history in Safari on iPhone or iPad
Step-by-step guide to view and clear your web browsing history in Safari on iPhone or iPad
We’ve demonstrated the steps below on an iPhone. But the process is nearly the same on the iPad, and we’ve pointed out the differences where relevant.
1. Launch Safari and access History
Open Safarion your iPhone andtapthe’Bookmarks' buttonat the bottom (beside the tab switcher button).
On iPad,tapthe’Show Sidebar’buttonat the top left corner.
2. Clear History
SelecttheHistorytab(clock icon) to view all your browsing history.
Tap ‘Clear’at the bottom right corner to bring up the menu and choose a duration under the’Clear Timeframe:Last hour,Today,Today and yesterday’, and’All history'.
To close tabs along with clearing history,toggle on ‘Close All Tabs’.
Finally,tap ‘Clear History’at the bottom to erase your browsing history.
To delete only specific websites from history, go to theHistory tab,tap ‘Edit’(in the bottom left corner),selectthe websites you wish to delete, and thentap ‘Delete’(bottom right corner).
Final thoughts
Clearing your web browsing history in Safari is a straightforward and effective way to boost privacy. But remember that deleting your history removes data that you could easily use to access previously visited websites. If you’d prefer not to save your browsing data, try the Private Browsing Mode on Safari.
For more iPad and iPhone tips, check out our tutorials onhow to use and configure a VPN on your iPhone or iPad,how to change your iPhone password or reset it, andhow to save, view and manage passwords in Safari.
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