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.
I added VPN service and after a hard reset I was able to delete all the website data. I have been able to use Safari without any problem.
I have been thinking of a vpn but instead I have been using Firefox. How has the vpn held up keeping safari clear of this website data problem?
On iOS 10.3.2, I was able to delete all cookies but the ones that showed 0kb. I updated to 10.3.3 and now I can't delete any cookies at all. It made it worse.
Need help I have the same problem apple need to fix this can't trust my brow
Why can't you trust for forehead? You should probably read this:
Good thought but no cigar. Didn't work.
This used to work in previous versions of IOS, so the issue that is raised concerns the fact that what you suggest dies not work anymore in later IOS versions
Thank you for your suggestion but it dies not work for me .
What do you mean when you say "click back twice"?
Thank you for clarifying that. I didn't realize an Apple user forum was for Apple users.
pinksparkle164 wrote:
Thank you for clarifying that. I didn't realize an Apple user forum was for Apple users.
It's a surprisingly common misapprehension.
Glad you agree it's a bug, I thought you were saying in a previous post that the cookies were working as they were supposed to be. I was posting to say they certainly aren't on my device...
It most likely is a bug but if that is the case, I wonder why it has persisted since IOS 10.0.
Ltsgosrfn wrote:
It most likely is a bug but if that is the case, I wonder why it has persisted since IOS 10.0.
I explained that in a post just 2 above yours.
Forget Safari. Try the BRAVE browser. If Apple doesn't care, then neither do I.
Why can't I delete website data in iOS 10.3?
