Each Internet user has at least once faced the problem of an overloaded cache that takes storage space and makes it difficult for the device to work fast. In this case, it’s important to clear the Safari cache. Along with cache, clearing cookies and browsing history on Safari may help resolve performance issues.

How to delete Safari cache on your device

A cache is a store of data that is created every time when you visit a website on your Mac, iPhone, or iPad. It helps Safari to load the cashed page instantly, so it won’t take long to retrieve the page again.

How to delete Safari cache on iPhone or iPad

There are two ways to delete Safari cache on iPhone and iPad, cache with browsing history and only cache. This would help your device to run fast.

Cache and browsing history

If you want to clear your cache and browsing history, you should follow the steps which would be mentioned in the section below:

• First of all, you should open the Settings app.
• After that, you should click on Safari.

• Then, you should click on Clear History and Website Data.

• There would be a pop-up screen displayed, you should tap on Clear History and Data.

How to clear Safari cache on Mac

There are two ways to clear your Safari cache on Mac. It’s possible to delete just your cache or your cache, history, and cookies. This will help your Mac to run fast.

Only cache

If you don’t want to clear your history and cookies, but you want to clear cache, you should follow the steps which would be mentioned in the section below:

• First of all, you should tap on the Safari tab, and then you should tap on Preferences in the dropdown menu.

• After that, you should tap on the Advanced tab of the menu that would be displayed.
• Then, you should click on the Show Develop menu in menu bar box and close the Preferences menu.

• Next, you should tap on the Develop tab from the Safari menu at the top of the page.
• To finish the process, you should select Empty Caches from the dropdown menu.

Cache, history, and cookies

It’s also possible to delete your browsing history and cookies in addition to emptying your cache. To do that, you should follow the steps which would be mentioned in the section below:

• First of all, you should tap on the History tab at the top of your screen.
• After that, you should click on Clear History.

• There would be a box displayed where you should choose to clear the last hour, today, today, and yesterday, or all history. You should select your time frame and tap on the Clear History button. 

After the history has been cleaned, your cache and cookies associated with that time period would also be deleted.

It’s important to know that deleting your cache, history, and cookies will not clear your autofill data in any way. You’ll have to clear that separately.

Only cache

If you want to clear only the Safari cache on your iPhone or iPad, you should follow the steps which would be mentioned in the section below:

• First of all, you should open the Settings app.
• After that, you should click on Safari.
• Then, you should click on Advanced.

• After that, you should select Website Data.

• To finish the process, you should click on Remove All Website Data.

What about saved passwords and cleared cache

After clearing the cache, history, and cookies, many users face the issue of logging out of their favorite websites in Safari.

If you want to keep your saved passwords, you should use methods to clear only the cache, because when browsing history and cookies are being deleted, your passwords may also be disappeared. That’s because when you delete your cookies, you will lose their password data saved in Safari as well.

If you have noticed that your saved passwords have been deleted, you can check your iCloud settings on your phone or computer.

You should also have a look at whether you’ve checked the box for Safari. As long as this box is checked, any passwords you save through your browser will stay safe in your keychain.