How To Clear Safari Cache History And Cookies On Mac

Consequences of clearing Safari History and Website Data

Records of visited web pages are deleted. A list of the frequently visited sites is also cleared. It may reduce tracking by websites. (a good thing) You may be logged out of websites. Records of blocked or allowed location access, notification, etc. are also reset. So, if you visit a website, it will again ask your permission for these. The download list is deleted. (Actual downloaded files are not.) If you have several Apple devices that sync via iCloud, the changes will reflect on all.

How to clear Safari history on Mac

You can choose to clear all history in a few clicks. Or choose to delete them date-wise or by specific pages. Let me show you how. Now, if you don’t want to clear the entire history but just a few specific pages, here’s what you need to do.

How to delete specific webpage from Safari history on Mac

How to clear Safari cache and cookies on Mac

To clear cache and cookies of your existing Safari profile, you need to delete all of its Website Data. Here’s how you can do that: The above-mentioned method will only delete website data for a particular profile in Safari. If you’re like me and enjoy using multiple profiles on Safari to maintain a separation between your personal and professional activities, then I’d like to notify you about something. However, if you wish to clear the cookies and cache for all your Safari profiles, then you must employ the following method.

How to clear cache of all Safari profiles on Mac

How to block all cookies for Safari on Mac

Cookies are tiny data packets that a website saves on your device. It helps the site know that you are revisiting it. (If this is your first visit to iGeeksBlog, you might have seen a banner at the bottom asking for your cookie consent.) When you clear history and website data, cookies are also deleted. However, here is how you can remove cookies (cache, etc. too) individually and how you can block them from accumulating further. Be safe!
If you want to remove the Safari cache, history, and cookies on your Mac, just follow the instructions above. Furthermore, I’d highly recommend our complete guides if you’re thinking of changing your default search engine for normal and private windows in Safari. Did you find this guide helpful? Let me know in the comments! Read more:

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