How to delete Safari History

Safari is a web browser exclusively available to Apple users only. It is the default browser for every Apple device. If you are an Apple user, you might be familiar with it but one thing that most of us are not familiar with is how to get rid of the browsing history on Safari?

If you are also wondering about the same then today is your lucky day; we will demonstrate how you can delete history from Safari on Mac or your iPhone. There are various reasons why a person might want to delete their safari's history but the most important one is to save yourself from digital frauds.

The browser history contains a lot of your personal information including your saved log-ins, preference of sites, social networks, and banking passwords. It can turn problematic if any third party site gets hands on this data.

Well, no need to worry. You can clear all this data by just clearing your history from Safari. If you are worried that you have to delete all your data, then also you can have a chill-pill.

Safari provides you with some dynamic options that allow you to choose what data you want to delete. Without any further delay, let’s move to the guide showing you every step of the process to delete your history on Safari.

How to delete Safari history?

Safari is used on iPhone as well as on Mac but both have different user interfaces and different options. It means that to delete history on iPhone, you have to follow a different procedure than deleting the history of Safari on Mac. So, we will discuss both one by one. Let’s start with deleting your Safari history on Mac.

How to delete Safari history on Mac?

1 Open Safari.

Launch Safari browser from your Mac.

2 Go to the "History" tab.

On the top of your screen, you will find some options related to your browser. Select the "History" section from the above options.

3 Select the "Clear History" option.

In the history tab, you will find the "Clear History" option at the bottom of the tab. Select it and a new window will pop-up.

4 Select the time range.

Now, you will have to select the time range up to which you want to delete your history. You can choose to delete the history of the last hour or just one day if you visited any controversial or important site at that time or else just choose all the history and everything will get cleared.

5 Click on the "Clear history" button.

At last just click on the "Clear history" button after selecting the time interval and all the history you chose will be deleted.

You can delete your history from your Mac using these easy steps. Now, to delete the history of Safari on the iPhone.

Deleting Safari history on iPhone:

1 Open the "Settings" app on your iPhone.

On your iPhone, look for the settings app and launch it.

2 Go to the "Safari" option.

In the settings, you will find the "Safari" option. Tap on it to open the settings related to your Safari browser.

3 Scroll down to the "Clear History and Website Data" button.

Scroll down in the safari settings until you reach the "Clear History and Website Data" option. Click on it to delete the history of your safari browser.

4 Select the time frame.

When you click on the "Clear History and Website Data" option, you will be given an option to choose the time period up to which you want to delete your history.

Select wisely because there is no turning back from here. Once you choose the time frame, the data will be deleted automatically.

Now, you have learned how you can delete your Safari's history on iPhone as well as on Mac. If you find this blog informative, please share it and subscribe to our free newsletter.