Why can't I delete website data in iOS 10.3?
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
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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.
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Exactly, your right, Thank You ♂👏
SOLVED with update to 10.3.3 !! Hopefully this will not rear it's ugly head again when visiting some of these troubled websites!
Not fixed for me LG.com will go away and I'm updated to the latest version as of today
Not fixed for me either. Everything was gone after update but once I went to some sites they stayed. ☠
Nope , Still not fixed ... ALL 0 byte files still remain..... i guess maybe we can wait for ios 11 for a fix in the fall ?
Thanks for the update
Not sure what the big problem is because every time they do an IOS update they out with the update, but then the new actives are the ones that stay ????
It worked, thanks
Yes I also have the problem where 0bytes are shown under the advanced website data which I don't understand why they are, can you advise me on how you do delete those please.
Thank you
Your a legend man thank you so much😊😊😊😊!!
This worked for me, but only after a did it twice for each persistent site. If it doesn't work for you the first time, try repeating the complete process a second time.
Twice does work on some sites
I just don't understand how some of the websites do delete and are never seen again however the one I have never deletes and shows all the time!
Safari is a web browser, not google. Safari uses google as its default search engine. I think you may of misunderstood what tech was telto you.
Why can't I delete website data in iOS 10.3?