How long does it take for Safari to delete search history?


By default, the history automatically gets deleted after a year. You can change the settings to after a day, week, two weeks, or a month.

How long does your search history stay on Safari?

Your Mac can keep your browsing history for as long as a year, while some iPhone, iPad and iPod touch models keep browsing history for a month. To change how often your Mac removes items from your history, see Change General settings.

Does Safari actually clear your history?

If your Mac and your other Apple devices have Safari turned on in iCloud settings, your browsing history is removed from all of them. Clearing your browsing history in Safari doesn't clear any browsing histories kept independently by websites you visited.

How long does Safari history stay on iPhone?

Safari on iOS appears to only display the last 30 days of browser history, with no options that I can find to change this behaviour. On Mac OS Safari it gives you the option to Show All History, as well as settings for how to set when history is deleted (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, manually).

Why is Safari not clearing my history?

It's possible Content & Privacy Restrictions on your device are keeping you from clearing Safari browsing data. These restrictions are typically used to enforce age limits and protect children from harmful content. Safari's Clear History and Website Data button is grayed out when restrictions are turned on.

Does Safari actually clear your history?

If your Mac and your other Apple devices have Safari turned on in iCloud settings, your browsing history is removed from all of them. Clearing your browsing history in Safari doesn't clear any browsing histories kept independently by websites you visited.

Does Safari actually clear your history?

If your Mac and your other Apple devices have Safari turned on in iCloud settings, your browsing history is removed from all of them. Clearing your browsing history in Safari doesn't clear any browsing histories kept independently by websites you visited.

Why is Safari not clearing my history?

It's possible Content & Privacy Restrictions on your device are keeping you from clearing Safari browsing data. These restrictions are typically used to enforce age limits and protect children from harmful content. Safari's Clear History and Website Data button is grayed out when restrictions are turned on.

Does Safari actually clear your history?

If your Mac and your other Apple devices have Safari turned on in iCloud settings, your browsing history is removed from all of them. Clearing your browsing history in Safari doesn't clear any browsing histories kept independently by websites you visited.

Does Safari actually clear your history?

If your Mac and your other Apple devices have Safari turned on in iCloud settings, your browsing history is removed from all of them. Clearing your browsing history in Safari doesn't clear any browsing histories kept independently by websites you visited.

Why is Safari not clearing my history?

It's possible Content & Privacy Restrictions on your device are keeping you from clearing Safari browsing data. These restrictions are typically used to enforce age limits and protect children from harmful content. Safari's Clear History and Website Data button is grayed out when restrictions are turned on.

Does Safari actually clear your history?

If your Mac and your other Apple devices have Safari turned on in iCloud settings, your browsing history is removed from all of them. Clearing your browsing history in Safari doesn't clear any browsing histories kept independently by websites you visited.

Does Safari actually clear your history?

If your Mac and your other Apple devices have Safari turned on in iCloud settings, your browsing history is removed from all of them. Clearing your browsing history in Safari doesn't clear any browsing histories kept independently by websites you visited.

Why is Safari not clearing my history?

It's possible Content & Privacy Restrictions on your device are keeping you from clearing Safari browsing data. These restrictions are typically used to enforce age limits and protect children from harmful content. Safari's Clear History and Website Data button is grayed out when restrictions are turned on.

Does Safari actually clear your history?

If your Mac and your other Apple devices have Safari turned on in iCloud settings, your browsing history is removed from all of them. Clearing your browsing history in Safari doesn't clear any browsing histories kept independently by websites you visited.

Does Safari actually clear your history?

If your Mac and your other Apple devices have Safari turned on in iCloud settings, your browsing history is removed from all of them. Clearing your browsing history in Safari doesn't clear any browsing histories kept independently by websites you visited.

Why is Safari not clearing my history?

It's possible Content & Privacy Restrictions on your device are keeping you from clearing Safari browsing data. These restrictions are typically used to enforce age limits and protect children from harmful content. Safari's Clear History and Website Data button is grayed out when restrictions are turned on.

Does Safari actually clear your history?

If your Mac and your other Apple devices have Safari turned on in iCloud settings, your browsing history is removed from all of them. Clearing your browsing history in Safari doesn't clear any browsing histories kept independently by websites you visited.

Does Safari actually clear your history?

If your Mac and your other Apple devices have Safari turned on in iCloud settings, your browsing history is removed from all of them. Clearing your browsing history in Safari doesn't clear any browsing histories kept independently by websites you visited.

Why is Safari not clearing my history?

It's possible Content & Privacy Restrictions on your device are keeping you from clearing Safari browsing data. These restrictions are typically used to enforce age limits and protect children from harmful content. Safari's Clear History and Website Data button is grayed out when restrictions are turned on.

Does Safari actually clear your history?

If your Mac and your other Apple devices have Safari turned on in iCloud settings, your browsing history is removed from all of them. Clearing your browsing history in Safari doesn't clear any browsing histories kept independently by websites you visited.

Does Safari actually clear your history?

If your Mac and your other Apple devices have Safari turned on in iCloud settings, your browsing history is removed from all of them. Clearing your browsing history in Safari doesn't clear any browsing histories kept independently by websites you visited.

Why is Safari not clearing my history?

It's possible Content & Privacy Restrictions on your device are keeping you from clearing Safari browsing data. These restrictions are typically used to enforce age limits and protect children from harmful content. Safari's Clear History and Website Data button is grayed out when restrictions are turned on.

Does Safari actually clear your history?

If your Mac and your other Apple devices have Safari turned on in iCloud settings, your browsing history is removed from all of them. Clearing your browsing history in Safari doesn't clear any browsing histories kept independently by websites you visited.

Does Safari actually clear your history?

If your Mac and your other Apple devices have Safari turned on in iCloud settings, your browsing history is removed from all of them. Clearing your browsing history in Safari doesn't clear any browsing histories kept independently by websites you visited.

Why is Safari not clearing my history?

It's possible Content & Privacy Restrictions on your device are keeping you from clearing Safari browsing data. These restrictions are typically used to enforce age limits and protect children from harmful content. Safari's Clear History and Website Data button is grayed out when restrictions are turned on.