Why can't I delete website data in iOS 10.3?

Well we're into the 3rd update of 11.0 folks and STILL the issue persists... and now my phone is plagued with yet another sickness...when you open in lock screen,...it freezes up and will not go to portrait,... even hitting the "home" button does nothing...sometimes a hard restart is necessary...

It seems that they are putting out updates that address other trivial issues, and NOT the specific issues that they SHOULD be concentrating on...

EVERYTIME they issue an update, something else gets messed up...

getting very sick and tired of this crap,...seriously thinking of going BACK to android this season... a phone that explodes in my pocket sounds better than a phone that collects data and plants cookies to monitor me with..and is constantly screwing up because a handful of 20 year old computer nerds are playing games in Cupertino instead of addressing issues.

I'm sure Steven Jobs would not have tolerated this garbage.

To add insult to injury all those affected with the persistent cookies which can't be removed which shows 0KB also can't block cookies despite having the option toggled on in settings try for yourselves clear all website data so the persistent cookies show 0KB enable block cookies prevent cross sidetracking then Safari search one of those sites then go back and have a look in advance Safari settings boom the cookies are active and they also dropping many more awesome work Apple ... all the hype Apple claims regarding browser privacy isn’t working for me!! Is the mighty apple really stumped by google.com to name 1.. what’s the the point of the block cookies option if it doesn’t work I asked a senior support advisor, bbbbbb I’m escalating your case we’ll be in touch.....,,.,,kids won’t be getting new iPads for Christmas

Thank you Henry I used the third party software you suggested and it resolved the issue for me👍👍👍 The program is easy to navigate and use top marks from me... apple if you’re listening this should be your model for iTunes in the future...kids still aren’t getting new iPads for though!!!

Thank you. Your instructions and solution worked well for me with an iPhone 5, iOS 10.3.3. I was able to use the iMazing trial version to edit a backup copy, delete the WebSQL trouble files and restore the edited backup file to my phone. Thanks again HenryBlackW.

GeniusBarn wrote:

I think if one discusses which IOS version one is using, one risks having their post "removed" from this thread. That being said... 😉

Not true. You can discuss versions all you want. What you cannot do is discuss unreleased versions.

What’s up LA. I should have been more specific. I have had posts bumped from this thread when talking about IOS systems that “rhymes with” Beta. Maybe they’ve become more lax... but if Im going to take my valuable time to post here -I aure as *** do not want my post bumped. Peace

<Edited by Host>

Not trying to be a jerk, but your statement is contradictory (and I apologize for yet another follow-up). "You can discuss all the versions you want. What you cannot do is discuss unreleased versions.".

To me that reads, "you can't discuss all IOS versions". With respect to my earlier post that began with "FINALLY", and having had posts bumped from times past when mentioning an IOS that rhymes with Beta, I was simply being cautious. Do the math. I dislike online trolls and people speaking down to one another (that means you SkankHunt42). There is some good content w/in this thread (I liked HenryBlackW's post... nice work). But for the most part it's just a bunch of "I am so smart, S-M-R-T", Homer Simpson stuff. This was certainly a Privacy issue, and it WAS a security issue (I know you think otherwise). This was a security issue for the "99.9% of users who didn't even notice", as you pointed out, in particular. How so? Search, w/o quotes "Safari Browser Exploits Supercookie Evercookie" on sites like 4chan or StackOverflow... or better yet, do the same search using your search engine of choice via the onion. Too many security exploit discussions to note. That being said, I'm not saying you or anyone else is uncool, not nice, whatever. We're all in this together! Peace & Love to you'alls.

So instead of posting links about how this Safari evercookie/supercookie problem could be exploited in a security sense (privacy has been covered), I'd rather close with a link to an intriguing smart phone project. I'm on board 100%. Give "Losing my Edge" by LCD Soundsystem a listen before heading over to your local Apple Store -next time you're ready to buy a new smartphone... and check it here, http://www.zdnet.com/article/purism-linux-smartphone-makes-its-1-5-million-crowd funding-goal/

Privacy does matter!

<Link Edited by Host>

GeniusBarn wrote:

With respect to my earlier post that began with "FINALLY", and having had posts bumped from times past when mentioning an IOS that rhymes with Beta,

What rhymes with "beta"? "Data"? Theta?

Seriously, you don't have posts removed for mentioning things that rhyme with beta. You have posts removed for discussing beta versions. Apple's beta builds may not be discussed in the public forums. You are, however, allowed to say the word "beta".

Level 9 Apple user eh? Thanks for putting an exclamation mark (so to speak) following my Linux post w/ your Level 9 status. You strike me as the very literal type. I can’t believe Im wasting my time back in this thread -but yeah, see my original post and follow-up to the person who asked which IOS version I was using (the post with the wink). You are correct from your implied rationale in your Reply to me, and with respect to my rhyming & preceding posts -unlike your Level Nineness, Im not cut from the Apple cloth. Im using the IOS that rhymes with Data & begins with a “B” (and now regretfully so, last eve in my excitement after an update I wanted to write w/in this thread to mention to all of you good people the fix was in). U dig? (rhetorical, dont answer as Im out 4good). Linux phone for me. Peace & Love.

Awkard. So...back to the topic at hand, is this going to get fixed, or is the premium I pay for hwsw enginerding (at the expense of actual hardware) now just going to marketing?

Edit: I voted my own reply as helpful, not sure if that’s a faux paus but if everyone does it I look bad if I don’t

Disappointing. Already 6 official releases for iOS 11 and still no fix to this year old issue! Yet they rush out a iOS 11.1.1 fix for the autocorrect issue due to the negative press coverage. Perhaps that's required in order for Apple to put some effort to actually address the problem.

I have an open support case with Apple on this issue. I've been asking them on every iOS release if the issue has been resolved. They finally told me in so many words, they would let me know when its been fixed. I haven't heard a peep from them, so I would guess not. I went ahead and asked anyway. Need to keep this high on the nag-meter to make sure they don't forget about this problem.

It worked for me on my iPad Pro 9.7”. I just checked and it didn’t work on my iPhone SE. Darn, I thought it was fixed. But something is different such that the Pro actually deleted all data when it wouldn’t before.

pdeschaine wrote:

Come on apple corporation, give us an easy fix,

Apple is not reading here. If you want to leave them feedback, use this link:

http://www.apple.com/feedback

If you want to contact Customer Support, use the link at the top right of the page.

If you purchased your phone from Apple, you have 14 days to return it and get your money back. After that, any issues will be dealt with under the warranty.

Best of luck.

Apple does not participate in these forums. This is a user to user support forum. If you wish to let Apple know your feelings, then you use the feedback link here, http://www.apple.com/feedback and click on the appropriate subject area.