Certain website data sites can not be removed. Even after a reset they still remain. This only happened after updating to 10.3.
iPad Air 2 WiFi, Cellular, iOS 10.3
I found a solution and I originally posted it at Cookies won't delete on iOS. I found this thread has a lot of reviews and I will repost here.
I tested on both ios 11.1 beta 3 on my iphone 8 and 11.0.3 on my ipad.
I have this problem since ios 10 on iphone 5s. After I bought an iphone 8 recently and used the backup from the iphone 5s to restore, the "persistent" cookies migrated to the new device. I also bought an iPad Pro and used the backup from the phone to set it up, the "persistent" cookies migrated to the ipad as well.
All the operations and software are under windows. What you need to do is:
Step 1: Use iTunes or a third party software to make a backup of your device.
Step 2: Use a third party software (I used iMazing because it is the one I found that can edit the backup. This is not supposed to be an advertisement.) to edit the backup. To do this you first need to select the backup you made and click the edit button. Then you need to remove all the files in the editable backup under "File System/Apps/AppDomain-com.apple.mobilesafari/Library/WebKit/WebsiteData/WebSQL/ ". You will be able to see all the cookies that you can not delete at this location. I this the absolute path in the actual file system is /var/mobile/Application/com.apple.mobilesafari/Library/WebKit/WebsiteData/WebSQ L/.
Step 3: Usw iTunes or a third party software to restore the backup.
Note: The backup should not be encrypted.
The solution is quite technical, and I hope apple devs can fix this problem soon.
In my case, there is no "website" to "click around in"... blank page and flashing "loading,....under construction"..it is a dead site,...
There's two reasons any company doesn't fix something. They either can't, or they don't care.
You could be right, but neither is acceptable in this case
I agree.
Doesn't work for me on iPad or iPhone
Agree 100%
This worked for me. Thank you!
They were talking about the 10.3.3 update. The 10.3.2 update has been out for a while. Everyone is waiting to see if the 10.3.3 update will fix this issue.
Indeed! This has been dragging on for months. Is Apple selling perma-cookies to certain bidders? Regardless, they're abusing the privacy of their customers. Huge loss of faith here.
Guess what ? The problem is still not fixed ! ♂
Wins5 wrote:
Guess what ? The problem is still not fixed ! ♂
Thank you for the update on your experiences.
Did you follow my instructions?
Do you understand the instructions?
It’s working fine now.
You might have to do it twice.
This *****, try it again
To delete the cookies>try the way I posted.
It messed with me for 24 hours.
It’s not anymore. I’ll check back and see what you post.
Hi Lawrence,
I did post twice re Apple itself having this "issue" (feature?;-) so I guess it was unseemly.
Reporting to Apple is standard and was already done prior.
Discussion board.
Discussing.
:-)
Have no add blocker apps, it's not those. You are right though they are not taking responsibility for this and pushing it off.
Why can't I delete website data in iOS 10.3?
