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iPhone - iOS 18 shortcut to clear Safari history & website data?

I want to create a shortcut on my iPhone (iOS 18.x) to clear Safari history & website data.


In the past, you could create a shortcut to do this in iOS using a Shorcut > web > open URL action with a target URL of prefs:root=SAFARI&path=CLEAR_HISTORY_AND_DATA


but this does not work in iOS 18.


Can anyone recommend how to do this in iOS 18?


This is to get around the lengthy & annoying task of doing all the following: tap Settings > scroll down 2 screens to Apps > tap Apps > scroll all the way down to Safari (in my case 7 screens) > tap Safari > scroll down 3 screens to Clear History and Website Data > Tap

iPhone 16

Posted on Oct 12, 2024 2:37 PM

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Posted on Oct 17, 2024 2:09 AM

Bump. I used to use the aforementioned method too. I like to clear my history / cookies fairly often to prevent trackers. Surely there must be an iOS 18 work around…anybody?

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iPhone - iOS 18 shortcut to clear Safari history & website data?

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