Clearing Safari website data does not delete everything - iPhone

Swiping to delete individually each unwanted site did not work.

iPad Mini Retina with iOS 10.3.2

Prior to ? update, the process of either individual swipe or click all worked fine.

Tried EvilNickles suggestion. No go.

We all need fill out the comment form to APPLE.

My next step.

just strated on my ipad - first one, then two now five and keeps growing

there is obviously a glitch in apple software somewhere thats being exposed

come on apple - get this sorted - I just bought a new ipad because my old one ground to a halt....

Gary6, might be just a frustrating, futile exercise. Have you filled out Apple's feedback comment form?

No response if any coming yet from Apple. But maybe if the numbers of comments start stacking up Apple might consider dealing with this problem.

TheApplefallsfarfromthetree, thanks for your suggestion. Tried. No luck. But not running the latest OS X. Afraid to upgrade and lose Aperature plus the NIK plug-ins used. iMac is basically a photo processor. Little used for internet.

True that Gary. I've given up on Apple. Sadly I was one of their most staunch supporters. I give, handing the torch to anyone willing to continue the push. I've the feeling that capitalism has won the war in a corporation who kicked its *** for decades. Fight the good fight my friend. Just remember to save yourself for the next battle if you want to win the war. I fell on my sword for this one. Apple disavowed my last message in this regard. Big brother stompted his might foot upon my passion to save his kingdom. I'm done. Ta ta.

Hi,

I know this is a bit tedious but it works.

1. Set cookies to allow

2. Make a list of all the websites that won't erase from your website data.

3. Visit each site (on safari) doing the following steps.

4. Once you have safari open with the website that is storing data on your device, leaving the window open (press home screen button)

5. Open: settings>safari>advanced>website data

6. Swipe the current website that is open in safari

7. Delete

8. Click back twice

9. Double click home screen button and close safari first then close your settings window

10. Repeat steps for remaining website data stored on your device.

This may be a late answer, however the 'stuck"website data resides in the Safari Databases folder. Us the Option Key plus the GO selection on the Finder menu to open a dialogue box. Select Library, go to the Safari folder and open, select Databases folder and open. delete the website data. Restart Safari and the offending website data is gone.

I have this problem on iOS 10 as well as OS Sierra. On the computer I tried clean cache, deleting cookie folders hidden library. Finally, I was able to delete persistent "cookies" from weather.com and others, but it was a web "database" folder not the standard cookie folder hidden within user library folder.

Unfortunately, that is normal behavior with Safari, even though it shouldn't be. It has been around for several iOS versions.

I find it does all get deleted the second time I tell it to delete everything in Advanced>Website Data.

I truly wish Safari had a cookie control setting

that said "only accept cookies with the same suffix as the website I am visiting". That would prevent all the spyware and tracking garbage that gets stuffed in the Cookies folder.

This is my exact problem also for both my iPhone and iPad.

Some are 0 bytes and some more than 0.

They can not be deleted and I want them gone.

Apple please fix the opresting system to allow users to delete the website data including its zero folders.

This has been a problem since op sys 10.

Pari R

So I have found how to fix this, go to settings>general>reset>reset all settings. After reloAds go to settings>safari> Clear history and website data, fixed, I've even gone to webapages that were stuck in their and I'm able to clean them out now.

update- lol I guess other people found it out already, I just didn't read whole forum lol

I agree and it is very frustrating. I purchased a new phone and restored

from the cloud and it was still there. I restored from my MacBook and once again it was there.

This is just a pesty Lenovo one that I never vivisted from my phone, however I did access lk

Ok I tried what Gus said may work to clear out my history and after loosing all of my photos and contacts my history did clear itself but in a few days the site returned to my history it is Tasteofthewilddogfood

10.3.3 made it WORSE for me. I used to only have 6 persisting cookies, now I have over 30! Most are 0 bytes, but many are non-zero. Come on Apple, please fix this bug! Is this due to changing of the file system? 9.3.5 was fine.

I've wasted many hours trying to resolve this, from resetting, restore backup, different privacy settings, clearing one by one, etc.

I've submitted bug report for every version since this bug appeared.

Raparris31 wrote:

I wonder if anyone has tried remove the website using iOS 11 beta?

If they had, they would not be allowed to discuss it here as doing so would violate the non-disclosure agreement.

I too have struggled with this problem for years and spent hours and hours with apple support basically running me around in circles having me take very drastic and unnecessary steps in an attempt to fix. I have had this problem on my iPhone 7 and iPad Pro. The other day I upgraded to iOS 10.3.3 on both devices at the same time and doing so permenantly fixed this issue on my iPhone, but not on my iPad.