In the future, you can use Safari’s Private Browsing mode to visit websites without saving them to your history.
If this button is grayed-out, there’s either no history saved, or the option is restricted in Screen Time. You can reenable Clear History and Website Data in Settings > Screen Time > Content & Privacy Restrictions Web Content by disabling all website restrictions.
Your AutoFill information (e. g. , contact info and saved credit cards) will not be deleted. Alternatively, you can delete the cookies without clearing your history. Navigate to Settings > Safari > Advanced > Website Data. Select Remove All Website Data.
If you don’t want Chrome to add the websites you visit to your history, you can browse privately in incognito mode.
Note that this will delete the Google Chrome browsing data for any synced devices as well.
In addition to clearing your entire call history, you can also delete individual received or sent phone calls from your call log.
If you just want to delete a single entry instead of clearing your entire call log, tap the red minus sign next to the call you want to clear.
If you’re signed in to another device, such as an iPad or Mac, using the same Apple ID, your iMessage history will be cleared from that device as well.
Open the Settings app. Select Messages. Tap Keep Messages. Select how long you want to store messages for. This will automatically delete messages that are older than the new setting.
If you sync your data to iCloud, erasing your iPhone will not erased that synced data. Once you sign back in with your Apple ID, all synced data will reappear. For example, if you use iCloud to sync your iMessages (the default option), those messages will reappear on your iPhone after you sign back in with your Apple ID after erasing your phone.
You may need to enter your Apple ID password or iPhone passcode. This will restore your device to the factory settings, deleting all of the information and settings.
