Manage cookies and website data using Safari (2024)
Websites often store cookies and other data on your Mac. This data may include information that you have provided, such as your name, email address, and preferences. This data helps websites identify you when you return so the site can provide services for you and show information that might be of interest to you.
By default, Safari accepts cookies and website data only from websites you visit. This helps prevent certain advertisers from storing data on your Mac. You can change options in Safari preferences so that Safari always accepts or always blocks cookies and other website data.
Important:Changing your cookie preferences or removing cookies and website data in Safari may change or remove them in other apps, including Dashboard.
Choose Safari> Preferences, click Privacy, then do any of the following:
Change which cookies and website data are accepted: Select a “Cookies and website data” option:
Always block: Safari doesn’t let any websites, third parties, or advertisers store cookies and other data on your Mac. This may prevent some websites from working properly.
Allow from current website only: Safari accepts cookies and website data only from the website you’re currently visiting. Websites often have embedded content from other sources. Safari does not allow these third parties to store or access cookies or other data.
Allow from websites I visit: Safari accepts cookies and website data only from websites you visit. Safari uses your existing cookies to determine whether you have visited a website before. Selecting this option helps prevent websites that have embedded content in other websites you browse from storing cookies and data on your Mac.
Always allow: Safari lets all websites, third parties, and advertisers store cookies and other data on your Mac.
Remove stored cookies and data: Click Remove All Website Data, or click Details, select one or more websites, then click Remove.
Removing the data may reduce tracking, but may also log you out of websites or change website behavior.
See which websites store cookies or data: Click Details.
Ask websites not to track you: Some websites keep track of your browsing activities when they serve you content, which enables them to tailor what they present to you. You can have Safari ask sites and their third party content providers (including advertisers) not to track you.
With this option turned on, each time Safari fetches content from a website, Safari adds a request not to track you, but it’s up to the website to honor this request.
In the Safari app on your Mac, choose Safari > Settings, then click Privacy.
Click Manage Website Data.
Select one or more websites, then click Remove or Remove All. Removing the data may reduce tracking, but may also log you out of websites or change website behavior.
You can change Safari settings so that Safari always accepts or always blocks cookies and website data. In the Safari app on your Mac, choose Safari > Settings, then click Advanced.Deselect “Block all cookies.” Websites, third parties, and advertisers can store cookies and other data on your Mac.
In the Safari app on your Mac, choose Safari > Settings, then click Websites. On the left, click the setting you want to customize—for example, Camera. Do any of the following: Choose settings for a website in the list: Select the website on the right, then choose the option you want for it.
The web server — which stores the website's data — sends a short stream of identifying information to your web browser in the form of cookies. This identifying data (known sometimes as “browser cookies”) is processed and read by “name-value” pairs. These pairs tell the cookies where to be sent and what data to recall.
Privacy Protection: Regularly clearing your cache and cookies helps protect sensitive information from prying eyes. Troubleshooting: Sometimes, the easiest fix for a misbehaving website is to clear out the old data that's sitting in your cache and cookies.
Website Data will show you a list of all the websites you have visited with Safari on your iPhone, and the amount of data each website is storing on your device. Your iPhone uses this data to make it faster to access previously visited websites.
If you're unable to clear your Safari history, content & privacy restrictions might be the culprit. This feature, often used for parental controls, can prevent history clearing.
Clearing the cache on your Safari browser is something that should be done periodically, no matter what. Not only will this help speed up your browser, but it will also maximize performance. Furthermore, it helps maintain the security of the browser and fixes certain browser errors that you come across.
Things You Should Know. In Google Chrome, click ⋮ → "Settings" → "Privacy and security" → "Cookies and other site data" → "See all site data and permissions". On Safari, click "Safari" → "Settings" → "Privacy" → "Manage Website Data…".
Right-click on the website and click Inspect or press F12 or Ctrl + Shift + I for Windows or command + option + J for Mac to open the developer console.
Go to the Applications > Storage.
Expand the Cookies dropdown and select the website to see the cookie details.
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