Frequently Visited Sites will not stay deleted, so what’s the point of even building a ‘delete’ feature?

I keep getting the same 4 sites popping up on my frequently visited, no matter how many times I delete them. I have read the suggestion that I just disable the feature, but that’s a poor suggestion bc A) the feature was useful when it was accurate and displayed sites I actually visited, and B) there’s a delete function built in where you can select the site and ostensibly delete it, it just doesn’t actually work. If I can delete a site and I never navigate to it anymore, why does it come back? Why include a delete function that doesn’t actually work?

iPhone SE, iOS 16

Posted on Nov 12, 2022 6:25 PM

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Nov 15, 2022 10:15 AM in response to Merires

Hello Merires,


Have you tried clearing the cookies from iPhone Safari? That may help with this behavior. This is explained here: Clear the history and cookies from Safari on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support. Follow this guidance:


"Delete history, cache, and cookies

      • To clear your history and cookies, go to Settings > Safari, and tap Clear History and Website Data. Clearing your history, cookies, and browsing data from Safari won't change your AutoFill information.
      • To clear your cookies and keep your history, go to Settings > Safari > Advanced > Website Data, then tap Remove All Website Data.
      • To visit sites without leaving a history, turn Private Browsing on.

When there's no history or website data to clear, the setting turns gray. The setting might also be gray if you have web content restrictions set up under Content & Privacy Restrictions in Screen Time."



Let us know if we can help with anything else at all or if this doesn't settle your issue so we can look into this further with you. Thanks and have a fabulous day!




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