How to: Clear private data in Safari on your Mac


Instructions

1) Open Safari.

2) In your Mac's menu bar, click History and choose Clear History.

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3) In the field labeled "Clear", choose All History. Then, click the Clear History button.

CAUTION: If you are using iCloud, this will clear history in Safari on all of your devices (for example, iPhone) signed in to the same account.

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4) In your Mac's menu bar, click Safari and choose Settings.

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5) Click the Privacy tab. Then, click Manage Website Data.

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6) Click Remove All.

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7) Click Remove Now.

CAUTION: This cannot be undone.

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8) Click Done.

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9) Close the Safari settings window.

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Outcome

Browsing history, saved cookies, and saved website data have been cleared out of Safari.

For more information, please visit Apple's support website at https://support.apple.com/en-ie/guide/safari/sfri47acf5d6/mac.