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Safari keeps asking for the same cookies over and over again

Hi,


Safari keeps asking me for the same cookies over and over again.


My setting: I know the EU cookie compliance, this is not the problem. I also don't have any blocker or block any cookies via the Safari settings.


My problem: Chrome doens't ask me all the time, it remembers the website were I agreed on the cookies. Safari does not. Two, three days later it asks again. And the problem concerns really all websites, not only some bad coded ones which itself have a bad cookie memory. It's a long while now, I believe it started somewhere in Catalina and it continues on Big Sur now. Safari is always up to date.


I'm getting annoyed more and more about Safaris's cookie amnesia so I'd appreciate any tipps or help. : )

Posted on Jan 15, 2021 3:55 AM

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Posted on Jan 18, 2021 5:23 PM

Hello Patrick,


Thanks for the follow-up info. Let's make sure you don't have Private Browsing enabled in Safari. You can check using the steps here:


Use Private Browsing in Safari on Mac


If you are not using Private Browsing, the next step will be to get in touch with Apple Support for further assistance. They can be reached here:


Get Support


Take care and be safe.

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judysings
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Jan 18, 2021 5:23 PM in response to Mr. Plum Bum

Hello Patrick,


Thanks for the follow-up info. Let's make sure you don't have Private Browsing enabled in Safari. You can check using the steps here:


Use Private Browsing in Safari on Mac


If you are not using Private Browsing, the next step will be to get in touch with Apple Support for further assistance. They can be reached here:


Get Support


Take care and be safe.

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User profile for user: Mr. Plum Bum
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Jan 20, 2021 2:48 AM in response to L_Marshall

I also don't have private browsing enabled.


I'm not finally sure yet but I have one clue I'm following at the moment. Only time could tell if it works:


I have only "Website übergreifendes Tracking verhindern" (something like "prevent cross-site" or "prevent tracking“) enabled, which is actually not the same like "block all cookies". BUT when I visited a website I always lazy clicked "allow all cookies" which possibly leads to this annoying behaviour. So I started yesterday when visiting my regular websites to NOT "allow all cookies", INSTEAD "only allow functional cookies" now. But it's too early now to say if this works. I'll tell here later in the forum.

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User profile for user: Mr. Plum Bum
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Jan 26, 2021 4:02 AM in response to L_Marshall

Update: My experiment was unsuccessful too. Even selecting functional aka must have cookies only, doesn't last longer than a few days (maximum was 6 days). It's now finally clear: Safari can't handle Cookies correctly. All other browsers (Firefox and Chrome) can remember my settings. Safari can't. Not on desktop, not on iPhone, not on iPad. It's a shame.

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User profile for user: Mr. Plum Bum
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Jan 18, 2021 8:13 AM in response to bailier

Hi bailier,


thanks for your reply but I'm already aware of these settings and as I wrote in my first post I have no cookies blocked (setting "block all cookies" is deactivated) and it still doesn't work. Are there any other hidden settings which can influence ALL cookies of ALL websites I visit? Website Tracking is activated. Does this affect the default „accept cookies“ banner? If so, this is not really clear.


Thanks, Patrick

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User profile for user: kwsnl
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Apr 7, 2021 3:17 PM in response to L_Marshall

Hey there,


I am having exactly the same issue and, over time, my level of frustration seems to rise faster and faster, obviously. Can be quite annoying when you need to do some quick research because it slows one down massively. Even if I had a crazy idea and clicked ACCEPT ALL every time, this would still disturb my flow of thoughts and in the end -- productivity. Not sure whether this is a Safari-specific or a wider issue. Though had there been any difference, I guess I would've noticed.


Any help will be very much appreciated! :-)

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