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How do i disable History Sharing across my mac devices for OSX 10.11 El Capitan?

Recently Upgraded to OSX 10.11 El Capitan on all my machines and realised that the history are the same across. How do i manage it or disable it completely without the need to sign out?

MacBook Air (13-inch Late 2010), OS X El Capitan (10.11.1)

Posted on Nov 2, 2015 2:47 AM

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Posted on Nov 3, 2015 12:28 PM

Hello there Z3u$,


If I understand correctly you are seeing your browser history across all the devices you have updated to El Capitan. This indicates to me that iCloud has Safari enabled in your System Preferences according to the Safari Help site:


Search your browsing history

https://help.apple.com/safari/mac/9.0/index.html?localePath=en.lproj#/ibrw1114

Safari uses iCloud to keep your browsing history the same on all your Mac computers and iOS devices that have Safari turned on in iCloud preferences.


You can stay signed into iCloud but you would need to disable Safari in your System Preferences to stop this happening:


Change iCloud feature settings

http://help.apple.com/machelp/mac/10.11/#/mh80b67854f2

Use iCloud Preferences to change iCloud feature settings. To open iCloud preferences, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click iCloud.


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Nov 3, 2015 12:28 PM in response to Z3u$

Hello there Z3u$,


If I understand correctly you are seeing your browser history across all the devices you have updated to El Capitan. This indicates to me that iCloud has Safari enabled in your System Preferences according to the Safari Help site:


Search your browsing history

https://help.apple.com/safari/mac/9.0/index.html?localePath=en.lproj#/ibrw1114

Safari uses iCloud to keep your browsing history the same on all your Mac computers and iOS devices that have Safari turned on in iCloud preferences.


You can stay signed into iCloud but you would need to disable Safari in your System Preferences to stop this happening:


Change iCloud feature settings

http://help.apple.com/machelp/mac/10.11/#/mh80b67854f2

Use iCloud Preferences to change iCloud feature settings. To open iCloud preferences, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click iCloud.


User uploaded file


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How do i disable History Sharing across my mac devices for OSX 10.11 El Capitan?

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