[8 Easy ways] How to Clear Cookies on Your iPhone (2026)

Clear Both Your History and Cookies From Safari

If you want Safari to remove your browsing history and cookies in one pass, use the combined clear option. Apple also notes that clearing this data removes website permissions such as location access and notification settings for those sites.

Steps

1. Open the Settings app on your iPhone, scroll down, and tap Safari
2. Select the Clear History and Website Data icon
3. Select Clear History and Data when asked to confirm your selection to delete the Safari browser's cookies and the log of the websites you visited


Clear History and Data on iPhone

4. Once you're done, exit the Settings app.

Clear Cache & Cookies for Chrome on iPhone

If you are experiencing issues with your iPhone, such as slower performance or errors when loading websites, clearing the cache and cookies for Chrome may help.

However, before clearing your cache and cookies, you should update your recovery phone number and email address. This way, if you are signed out of your account after clearing your cache, you will still be able to sign back in.

Steps to Clear All Cookies in the Chrome App

1. In Chrome, select the menu icon (three dots) in the lower right corner
2. Go to Settings > Privacy


Steps To Clear Cache & Cookies for Chrome

3. Tap Clear Browsing Data
4. Choose Cookies, then Site Data, and then Clear Browsing Data
5. Select Clear Browsing Data to confirm that you want to clear the Chrome app's browsing history.

Steps to Delete Cookies From a Site in the Chrome

1. Open Chrome on your computer
2. Click More (usually displayed as the three dots) in the upper right, followed by Settings
3. Select Privacy and Security, followed by Cookies and other site data


Select Privacy and Security in Chrome

4. Tap See all site data and permissions
5. Look for the website's name in the upper right corner
6. Click Remove to the right of the site
7. Click Clear to confirm.

Steps to Delete Cookies From a Period of Time

1. Launch Chrome on your computer
2. Click More(usually displayed as the three dots) at the top right, then More tools, and then Clear browsing data
3. Click the dropdown at the top, next to "Time range"


Find Time range in Chrome

4. Choose a time period, such as the last hour or day
5. Check Cookies and other site data
6. Uncheck all of the other options
7. Click the Clear data button.

Delete Cookies in Other Browser Apps on iPhone

If you are using a different browser app on your iPhone, such as Firefox or Opera, the steps for deleting cookies may be slightly different. However, the basic process is usually to look for and delete any stored cookies in the privacy settings for that app.

Steps to Delete Cookies From Firefox on iPhone

1. Launch Firefox on your iPhone
2. Toggle the menu (three horizontal lines) in the app's lower right corner
3. Select "Settings" followed by "Data Management"


Click Data Management

4. Tap "Clear Private Data" and confirm your decision in the confirmation window by selecting "OK."

Delete Firefox browser history on iPhone

How to Clear Cookies on iPhone Automatically

Although you can manually delete cookies from your iPhone's browser history, this can become tiresome if you regularly use multiple browsers. A more efficient solution is to use a tool that automatically clears cookies from all your browsers.

This way, you can be sure that your cookie data is regularly deleted and won't build up over time. Luckily, different tools can do this, ensuring that your browsers are always cookie-free and helping protect your privacy.

How to Disable Cookies on iPhone or iPad

If you don't want to delete cookies on your iPhone or iPad but want to prevent them from being placed in the first place, you can disable this feature.

Steps to Block Cookies on Your iPhone

1. Go to Settings on your iPhone
2. Select Safari by scrolling down the screen
3. To enable Block All Cookies, slide the button to the right and select Block All.


Enable Block All Cookies on iPhone

Steps to Use Content Blockers to Block Cookies

Content blockers are third-party apps and extensions that let Safari block cookies, images, pop-ups, resources, and other content. They are available as a browser extension, allowing you to turn them on and off whenever you need to easily.

To use a content blocker on your iPhone or iPad:

1. Download and install the content blocker of your choice from the App Store
2. Go to Settings > Safari > Extensions
3. Tap a listed content blocker to enable it.


Turn On Content Blocker

Once you've enabled a content blocker, it will run automatically in the background, blocking cookies and other types of content as needed.

How to Use Browser Without Leaving History

If you want less local browsing data saved on your iPhone, Private Browsing is the better choice than clearing cookies after every session. In Safari, Private Browsing does not remember the pages you visit, your search history, or your AutoFill information, and recent Apple guidance also notes that it blocks known trackers and removes some tracking information from URLs.

Steps to Turn On Private Browsing on iPhone

1. Launch Safari on your iPhone
2. Select the Tabs option
3. To view the Tab Groups list, tap [number] Tabs or Start Page
4. Tap Private followed by Done.

Turn On Private Browsing on Safari

When Private Browsing is enabled, the Safari address bar appears black or dark instead of white or gray. On recent iPhone software, you can also lock private tabs so they require Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode when you return to them.

How Frequently Should You Delete Cookies?

There is no hard and fast rule for how often you should delete cookies, but there are a few general guidelines you can follow. If your iPhone is running out of space, it's a good idea to clear your cookies to free up some memory. Also, if you feel like your browser is loading more slowly than usual, deleting cookies can help speed things up and as well protect your privacy.

Will I Lose the Autofill Account and Password if I Delete Cookies?

Deleting cookies does not normally erase passwords saved in iCloud Keychain or another password manager. What it often removes is the website session that kept you signed in, so expect to log in again even if your saved credentials are still available.