Cannot clear Safari browsing history despite having screen time off

I’ve been trying to clear my browsing history for most of this morning but whenever I try to clear it I get a pop up saying I can’t even though screen time is entirely turned off I have tried turning if iCloud for safari as well but that didn’t help. I’ve looked through the forum and can’t find a working solution does anyone have any other ideas. Im on a iPhone XR with iOS 18

iPhone XR, iOS 18

Posted on Feb 2, 2026 12:03 AM

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Posted on Feb 3, 2026 4:59 PM

(All in Screen Time) First, select “Content & Privacy Restrictions” and ensure it’s disabled, then go to “App & Website Activity” and disable that if it’s enabled. And then ensure that “Share Across Devices” is disabled (if you have another device that could have one of those settings on it could interfere, otherwise you’re fine to leave it on.), if all of that is completed and you still cannot delete your Browser History try to Restart your iPhone - Apple Support and if it still doesn’t work try to Force restart iPhone - Apple Support. If these still don’t work I would contact Apple Support on the issue.

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Feb 3, 2026 4:59 PM in response to Tree_top26

(All in Screen Time) First, select “Content & Privacy Restrictions” and ensure it’s disabled, then go to “App & Website Activity” and disable that if it’s enabled. And then ensure that “Share Across Devices” is disabled (if you have another device that could have one of those settings on it could interfere, otherwise you’re fine to leave it on.), if all of that is completed and you still cannot delete your Browser History try to Restart your iPhone - Apple Support and if it still doesn’t work try to Force restart iPhone - Apple Support. If these still don’t work I would contact Apple Support on the issue.

Cannot clear Safari browsing history despite having screen time off

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