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Cannot remove all website data from Safari on iMac

I have an iMac running High Sierra ver. 10.13.6 and I am using Safari ver. 11.1.2 and when I go to Preferences > Privacy > Manage Website Data > Remove All, I can get all but 24 or 25 items to delete. I have closed the browser and reopened it and gone through the steps again with the same result. Does anyone have a solution? Thanks!

iMac, macOS High Sierra (10.13.2)

Posted on Aug 21, 2018 9:42 AM

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Posted on Aug 22, 2018 7:05 AM

Hi liberAlan



First One


To delete cache:

> Go to Preferences in Safari

> Advanced Tab

> Activate Developer Menu

> Go to Develop in the menu bar

> Empty Caches


Manage Website Data:

> Go to Preferences in Safari

> Privacy Tab

> Manage Website Data

> Select and Remove or Remove all.


History:

> Safari in the menu bar

> Clear History

> Select all



If it does not work try this:



Quit Safari.


In Finder go to Go menu and then Go to Folder.


Copy and paste this ~/Library/Safari/Databases.


Delete the contents of the folder.


Launch Safari again and check if all is ok.


If that doesn’t work, copy and paste this ~/Library/Safari/LocalStorage.


Delete the contents of the folder.


Then go to Safari/History and delete any entries for the related websites.


Test.


Thanks

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Aug 22, 2018 7:05 AM in response to liberAlan

Hi liberAlan



First One


To delete cache:

> Go to Preferences in Safari

> Advanced Tab

> Activate Developer Menu

> Go to Develop in the menu bar

> Empty Caches


Manage Website Data:

> Go to Preferences in Safari

> Privacy Tab

> Manage Website Data

> Select and Remove or Remove all.


History:

> Safari in the menu bar

> Clear History

> Select all



If it does not work try this:



Quit Safari.


In Finder go to Go menu and then Go to Folder.


Copy and paste this ~/Library/Safari/Databases.


Delete the contents of the folder.


Launch Safari again and check if all is ok.


If that doesn’t work, copy and paste this ~/Library/Safari/LocalStorage.


Delete the contents of the folder.


Then go to Safari/History and delete any entries for the related websites.


Test.


Thanks

Cannot remove all website data from Safari on iMac

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