How To Clear Safari History On Iphone With Restrictions

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Need to delete an incriminating recent search that pops up every time you click Safari's URL bar? You can quickly delete all of your recent searches, regardless of which version of Safari you're using. If you have an iOS device, you can clear your recent searches by deleting all of your browsing history.

Note: Deleting your search history is different than deleting your browsing history. Your search history is everything that you've entered into the Search bar, while your browsing history is a record of all the websites you've visited. To delete your browsing history, click here.

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Open Safari. You can delete your recent searches from within the Safari browser.
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Click the URL bar. If you are using an older version of Safari with a separate Search bar, click the Search bar instead.

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Delete any URL that's currently in the bar. This should ensure that your recent searches are displayed.
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Click "Clear Recent Searches" at the bottom of the list. ^[1]
- This only clears your recent searches. If you need to delete all of your browsing history, click here.
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Delete a single entry. If you only want to remove a single search history entry, you can do so from the Bookmarks view.
- Click the Bookmarks button or press ⌥ Opt+ ⌘ Cmd+2 .
- Search for the entry that you want to remove.
- Select the entry and press Del or right-click it and select "Delete".
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Open the Settings app. The only way to delete your search history in Safari for iOS is to delete all of your browsing history.
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Tap "Safari". It is located beneath the "Maps" option.
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Scroll down and tap "Clear History and Website Data". You will be asked to confirm by tapping "Clear".
- This will delete all of your browsing history and cache, along with your recent search history.
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I cannot delete my browsing history. I have restrictions. Is that why?

Yes, go into settings and turn off all restrictions. Then you can clear history and reset the restrictions.
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How do I clear only select history items?

Choose "History," then "Show History." Select history entries and daily sets of entries, and then press Delete.
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How do I clear my history on Safari on an iPod?

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If it's on iPod touch then you have to go into bookmarks where you'll find history, then when you go in there you will see a button that says clear at the bottom.
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I keep trying to delete my search history, but every time I do, this one website won't go away. Why?

Did you accidentally bookmark the website? If so, you will have to remove the bookmark. You might have also visited a site with a virus. Try clearing the history once more, and delete all of your tabs. Turn your computer off and on, and then see if the website is gone.
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How do I clear my search history on my iPhone if I have restrictions?

Go to Screen Time, Content and Privacy Restrictions, and turn off Content & Privacy Restrictions.
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The button to clear the search history on my iPhone is grey and I can't click on it. Why? And how can I fix it?

This is because you have restrictions set on your iPad you must go to screen time in settings and put in password and select turn of restrictions.