To clear cookies in Safari, you use Safari’s own settings on Mac or the Settings app on iPhone/iPad to remove website data for some or all sites.

Quick Scoop

  • Clearing cookies can fix login glitches, loading issues, and weird site behavior.
  • You can delete cookies for all sites or just specific websites, depending on your device.
  • On iPhone/iPad you do this from the Settings app; on Mac you do it from Safari → Settings/Preferences.

On Mac (Safari browser)

  1. Open Safari.
  2. In the top menu bar, click Safari → Settings (on some macOS versions it may still say Preferences).
  1. Go to the Privacy tab.
  1. Click Manage Website Data….
  1. Choose how you want to clear:
    • Select one site and click Remove to delete cookies just for that site.
 * Hold **Command** and click multiple sites, then click **Remove**.

 * Click **Remove All** to delete cookies and stored data for every site.
  1. Confirm by clicking Remove Now if prompted.

After this, you may be logged out of websites and some site preferences will reset.

On iPhone or iPad (Safari)

You can either clear all history + cookies or just website data.

Fast way: clear history and cookies

  1. Open Settings.
  2. Scroll down and tap Safari.
  3. Tap Clear History and Website Data.
  4. Tap Clear History to confirm.

This removes browsing history, cookies, and other site data for Safari on that device.

More targeted: clear website data only

  1. Open Settings → Safari.
  2. Scroll down and tap Advanced.
  3. Tap Website Data.
  1. Either:
    • Tap Remove All Website Data , then Remove Now , or
 * Search for a specific site, swipe left on an entry and tap **Delete** , or tap **Edit** and use the red minus icons to remove selected sites.

Tips and small gotchas

  • Clearing cookies will sign you out of most websites and may reset things like language or theme settings.
  • If a single site is glitchy, try deleting only that site’s data instead of everything.
  • If Safari is slow or loading old versions of pages, clearing cookies and related website data can help speed things up and refresh content.

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