I cant seem to remove stored cookies and data
in Safari - Preferences- privacy. Everytime I highlight a dabase and click remove it just reappears
iMac, macOS High Sierra (10.13.3), apple tv, mini iPad
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Delete Databases and Local Storage items
Remove the items from Reading List, Bookmarks, iCloud Tabs and History.
Log out of the sites if you have logged into these sites.
Empty shopping carts, bags, etc.
Backup your Mac.
Quit Safari.
Hold the Option key on the keyboard down and click the “Go”menu in the Finder menu bar.
Choose “Library” from the dropdown.
Scroll down the list.
Click open the Safari folder.
Scroll down the list and click open the “Databases” folder.
Click open the “IndexedDB folder”.
If you find the items there, right click and choose “Move to Trash”
or select all and move to Trash.
Scroll down the list and click open the “Local Storage” folder
Right click the items you want to remove and choose “Move to Trash”.
Restart your Mac, launch Safari holding the shift key on the keyboard down and test.
iCloud syncing will restore some of this data.
You can temporarily disable iCloud syncing.
System Preferences > iCloud > Safari
It is not easy to remove cookies known as “Evercookies”