Content

• Steps

Your iPhone stores a lot of data about your movements. Typically, this data is used to keep things simple, such as tracking a website you have visited or finding a missed call. If you're afraid someone will see things you shouldn't, you can delete the history of some or all of the services on your iPhone.

Steps

Method 1 of 7: Safari Browsing History

1. 

   Open Settings. You'll clear your browsing history in the Settings section, not the Safari app. While it can be deleted from the Safari app, it cannot remove auto-entries or cookies. Clearing the browsing history from the Settings section will make sure to wipe everything clean.

2. 

   
   
   Scroll down and press select "Safari.’ You will see it in the 5th group of options.

3. 

   Scroll down the Safari menu and click "Clear History and Website Data " (Clear History and Web Data). A window appears asking you to confirm.
   • If the button is greyed out, you need to disable website restrictions. Go back to the Settings menu and select "Restrictions". Enter the restriction code and select "Websites". Select "All Websites" to allow deletion of history. Without a restriction code, you cannot delete history.

4. 

   
   
   Confirm that you want to delete history. Browsing history, cache, autofill and cookies on Safari will be cleared. Browsing history on any device you are signed in to with your iCloud account is also deleted. advertisement

Method 2 of 7: Chrome Browsing History

1. 

   
   
   Open the Chrome app. If you use Chrome on your iPhone, you can delete your browsing history right from the app.

2. 

   Press the Menu button (⋮) and select "Settings" (Establish). You may have to scroll down to find this item.

3. 

   Click the "Privacy" option. A new menu appears with lots of reset options.

4. 

   Click on "Clear Browsing History" to clear your history. You are asked to confirm deletion of them.

5. 

   Click "Clear All" to clear your browsing history. This is the action of clearing all history, night memory, web data, and cookies.

6. 

   Select "Clear Saved Autofill Form Data" to remove all autofill information. advertisement

Method 3 of 7: Call History

1. 

   Go to the calling app. You can delete call history to remove all calls from the Recents list.

2. 

   Select the "Recents" tab. This is a tab that shows a list of recent outgoing and incoming calls.

3. 

   Select "Edit" in the upper right corner of the screen. A red minus sign will appear next to each call in the history section.

4. 

   Click the red minus sign to delete items one by one. Click the minus sign next to each item to delete.

5. 

   Tap "Clear" to delete all calls at once. If you want to clear the entire list, click "Clear" in the upper left corner of the screen. This button appears only after you have selected "Edit". All calls in the Recents list will be deleted. advertisement

Method 4 of 7: iMessage history

1. 

   Open the Messages app. You can delete text messages using the Messages app.

2. 

   Press the "Edit" button. The button is in the top left corner of the screen.

3. 

   Select each conversation you want to delete. Check the box corresponding to each conversation you want to delete. You can select multiple chats at once.

4. 

   Select "Delete" after selecting it. The entire selected conversation will be deleted without confirmation.

5. 

   Change your message history settings. By default, Messages will save messages permanently. You can change those settings to save messages for 1 year or 30 days to free up memory and reduce clutter:
   • Open Settings.
   • Select "Messages."
   • Select "Keep Messages".
   • Select how long you want to save the message. The application will automatically delete messages that exceed the storage time of the new setting.
   advertisement

Method 5 of 7: Keyboard History

1. 

   Open Settings. If you want to get rid of words added to your iPhone's auto-correct dictionary, you can do so from Settings.

2. 

   Choose "General" (General). A list of general iPhone options will be displayed.

3. 

   Scroll down and select "Reset" (Reset). There are lots of reset options popping up.

4. 

   Choose "Reset Keyboard Dictionary" (Reset Keyboard Dictionary). You will be asked to confirm.All custom words you save will be deleted. advertisement

Method 6 of 7: Google Search app

1. 

   Open the Google app. If you use the Google app to search, you can delete your search history right in the app.

2. 

   Tap the Gear icon in the top left corner of the screen. This will open the Settings menu.

3. 

   Scroll down and select"Privacy.’ You will see the current active account.

4. 

   Click on the "Browsing" option. The "History" section will appear at the top of the page.

5. 

   Select "Clear on-device history" to delete the search history. Note that this only clears search history on the app. Search is still stored in active Google account. advertisement

Method 7 of 7: Delete All Data

1. 

   Using this option you want to erase all data on iPhone. Here's how to delete all history and data on your phone, you will be asked to reset your phone from scratch after completing the process.

2. 

   Go to Settings. If you are sure you want to erase everything on your iPhone, go to Settings.

3. 

   Select "General". General settings of iPhone will appear.

4. 

   Scroll down and select "Reset". The device reset option will appear.

5. 

   Select "Erase All Content and Settings " (Erase All Content and Settings). You will be asked to confirm that you want to delete everything.

6. 

   Wait for your iPhone to reset. This will take a long time.

7. 

   Set up iPhone. After completing the setup process, you will be redirected to the initial setup. You must either set up your phone again or restore from an iTunes or iCloud backup. advertisement