Ever since the last OS update on both my iPad and iPhone, every time I tap “Clear History and website Data,” I immediately get a message asking if I want to close all tabs. It forces me to answer, or it won’t clear the history. This happens every single time, and it’s irritating. How can I get it to stop?
iPad mini 4, iPadOS 15
Being a system-generated prompt, this cannot be suppressed.
It is generally only necessary to erase/clear your History and Website Data if you need to resolve an issue - or remove cached data to release internal system storage. If you are attempting to clear browsing history or cached data, many Users might wish to retain existing open-tabs, as otherwise these would also be lost; the prompt that you see provides choice appropriate to need.
What, precisely, are you attempting to achieve? Are you trying to resolve a performance issue, or something else?
Being a system-generated prompt, this cannot be suppressed.
It is generally only necessary to erase/clear your History and Website Data if you need to resolve an issue - or remove cached data to release internal system storage. If you are attempting to clear browsing history or cached data, many Users might wish to retain existing open-tabs, as otherwise these would also be lost; the prompt that you see provides choice appropriate to need.
What, precisely, are you attempting to achieve? Are you trying to resolve a performance issue, or something else?
You can obviously clear your cached data should you choose to do so. Consider that cached data enhances system performance (though not having to reload static data) - and stores cached session authentication tokens.
Thanks for your reply! I frequently clear out history and website data to simply keep cached data out of my iPad.
Clearing History and Website Data Glitch?
