Is anyone having any issues with cookies in 10.3 Safari? Cookies don't seem to delete when I try to remove them using all the delete methods. Additionally, when I block cookies, cookies still get stored.
May be cookies settings have changed and I need to change something. Does anyone know?
iPhone 6s
I've had the same issue with being unable to delete a number of "0 Bytes" cookies on my iPad for a while, but recently an eBay.co.uk cookie of 508KB size began to exhibit the same behaviour - at which point I "snapped", enough is enough! I found a solution, however it's a little long-winded and requires a Mac:
This was sucessful for me on both my iPad Pro and iPhone SE - both on iOS 10.3.3. I can't confirm if it will work for iOS 11 devices, but from what I've read many people have found the cookie problem to be fixed in 11.1.2.
TechLaw wrote:
I don’t expect magic either but I do expect a $1,0000 device to at least properly type a letter ”i”.
Which it does after updating to 11.1.1
Lady’s and gentlemen who have a solution for this problem?!
Please validate away, before your high horse gets tired.
Nope, problem still here as of 11.2.6 on the 6s.
still using safari 10.1.2 and the persistent cookies remain, does anybody have any solution/response from apple yet on how to remove?
Does 11.3 resolve this issue?
I have the same issue and have tried all the suggested resolutions short of full resets in part because if you have done a backup you will only reinstall the problem. I am in the UK and the problem sites are:
Additionally further rogue websites show numbering anything from 2-30 depending on when you look and this after not having launched Safari!!!!
I hope that Apple is working on this bug as it is most frustrating and it can limit users ability to visit certain sites from Safari. You always can try another browser that works on iPhone, such as TOR.
The work around I've figured out (see earlier in thread regarding my experience with iPhone) is...
After chatting with Apple Support about this issue, was able to clear the problem with the "Reset All Settings" selection under Reset in the "General Settings" menu. If you do this make sure you backup first as you will need to do restore
to maintain your settings.
I performed the reset 24 hours ago and so far the issue has not returned
I tried this suggestion, but it didn't work for me... total waste of my time, because the cookie is still there, never seen this before .... and hope it isn't something more serious, than just a cookie! I would hate to think I am going to have to do an erase all content and setting, to get rid of one **** questionable cookie! I find it odd, to say the least!
None of the methods suggested by Apple resolve this issue. The problem is that the cookies are saved in a locked state and will persist forever. I have used the SQLite command interpreter to inspect the backup files on my Mac and every cookie which cannot be deleted is stored in one of the tables. After using the "Erase All Content and Settings" on my iPad yesterday, followed by restoring from a backup, each and every one of the cookies was restored. An additional "bonus" behavior, once which results in apps occupying a specific row and column on the home screen being launched automatically after power up, was also restored; the bits responsible for this errant behavior are also being stored in the backup. Groovy.
My guess is that Apple has changed the behavior of persistent cookies without notifying developers; cookies that were once removable are now permanent.
I had the same problem with cookie databases (on OS X), but there is a way to remove them (use at your own risk, I assume you are a Unix/Linux user). Using a terminal window, cd to ~/Library/Safari/Databases. Remove what you do not want there.
It worked for me. This is certainly a new Safari bug, I have never seen Safari not be able to remove all cookies after a pass or two...
Thanks. I am reluctant to nuke anything there since I don't have any information related to the directory and database stucture used by Apple for these iPad and iPhone backups. I failed to specify earlier that the problems I am having are with iOS, not mac OS. The iOS 10.3.1 update caused this problem for me and my wife as well.
Having the skills is one thing, but reverse engineering Apple's backup structure for iOS devices is another. It is distributed among more than 100 subdirectories, each having one or more SQLite tables; the tables are so normalized that it is difficult to know which records to delete. I can't locate the top-level schema I would use to map everything.
Thanks
I saw this problem as well on my iPhone. Go into settings, then select Safari. Near the bottom I selected Clear History and Website Data. This then greyed out, but when I selected Advanced, then Website Data, I could still see data left by the original Clear. This is a bug (or a very interesting feature). I was able to click Edit however, and delete the individual databases.
Good Luck!
I have the same problem in iOS 10.3.1. Going into edit (Safari>Advanced>Website Settings>Edit) and manually deleting each does not solve the problem. Yes, they appear to go away after doing this. But, come back to to this Advanced>Website Settings page a second later and they are all still there.
iOS 10.3 Safari cookies won't delete
