Website data removal. Some of the website data just comes right back no matter how many times I remove them

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When attempting a history clear on saved website data on my MacBook. Under Safari system preferences when I am only trying to remove SOME of the saved data I have some that can't be removed. NO matter how many times I go back and try to remove. I have re- tried some 10 times and they keep coming back.


They never used to stay there when I deleted them before. Is there some new setting that I need to look at? Is there something I can do to remove them?


Hope someone can help! Thanks in advance!

MacBook Pro 15", OS X 10.11

Posted on Mar 7, 2019 12:53 PM

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Mar 7, 2019 1:48 PM in response to ratattat

  Website Data comprises of Caches, Cookies, Local Storage and Databases.

  How to remove  caches, cookies, Databases and Local Storage?


  Note: Shopping and notification sites

           Empty shopping carts/ bags.

           Log out of the account.

 

1. Empty Caches

    Safari > Preference > Advanced

    Checkmark the box beside "Show Develop menu in menu bar".

    Develop menu will appear in the Safari menu bar.

    Click Develop and click "Empty Caches" from the dropdown.

    Do this twice.

 Safari Develop menu   https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/use-the-safari-develop-menu-sfri20948/mac


2. Delete Cookies

    Safari > Preferences > Privacy > Cookies and Website Data...:

    Click the “Manage Website Data” button.

    Remove all cookies except  ones from Apple, your internet service provider and banks.

    Quit Safari. Relaunch Safari holding the Shift key down.

    Repeat the procedure again. Restart the Mac.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204098


3. Safari > Preferences > Search > Smart Search Field > Enable Quick Website Search

    Click the “Manage Websites “ button. Click “Remove All” button and then “Done     


   

 4. Delete Databases and Local Storage items

     Remove  the item from Reading List, Bookmarks, iCloud Tabs and History.

     Log out of the sites if you are logged into these sites.

     Backup your Mac.


     Quit Safari.


     Hold the Option key on the keyboard down and click the “Go”menu in the Finder menu bar.

     Choose “Library” from the dropdown. 

     Scroll down the list.

     Click open the Safari folder.

     Scroll down the list and click open the “Databases” folder.

     Click open the “IndexedDB folder”.

     If you find the items there, right click and choose “Move to Trash”

     or select all and move to Trash. 


     Scroll down the list and click open the “Local Storage” folder

     Right click the items you want  to remove and choose “Move to Trash”.

     Restart your Mac, launch Safari  holding the shift key on the keyboard down and test.




iCloud syncing will restore some of this data.

You can temporarily disable iCloud syncing.

System Preferences > iCloud  > Safari

It is not easy to remove cookies known as “evercookies”

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