Future Date Stuck in Safari History

I’ve had this annoying issue for several months, and I’ve decided to finally ask for help with it. One day I noticed that there were two entries at the top my Safari history that I hadn’t visited that day. Upon closer inspection, I discovered that those items were not showing as from that day, but actually a future date in the year 2042. I cleared the two items only to find that they reappeared later. I was on Mac OS Sierra when I discovered them, but they have iCloud-synced to all my devices. No matter which device I use to clear the items, they always reappear at the top of my history. They are two sites that I actually visited one day on MacOS Sierra, but it was definitely a day in the past- not future.


I thought to try setting my iPhone date to a day after 2042 and then clear them, but it turns out that iOS will not let me set the date beyond 2031. I will gladly try any other suggestions.

Mac mini (Late 2014), macOS Sierra (10.12.3), null

Posted on Jul 7, 2017 9:58 AM

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Jul 11, 2017 7:20 AM in response to Rysz

I got it solved. Running a malware scan didn't solve it, however you were on point with the persistent cookies. I deleted all cookies and website data from Safari on the Mac (and for good measure my iPad and iPhone too) and cleared the history. So far, it hasn't returned. For the record, the persistent site was a Google search. Go figure. Thanks for the help.

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