How to Remove Autofill on iPhone: Passwords, Browser History & More

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Clear out any sensitive or embarrassing autofill info on your iPhone
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This wikiHow teaches you how to delete your name, credit cards, passwords, and contact information from Safari on your iPhone. We'll also go over how to remove autofill information in other popular browser apps on iOS, like Chrome and Firefox.

All the Ways to Clear Autofill Info From an iPhone

You can clear your name, contact information, passwords, and credit card information in your iPhones Settings app. Simply go to Settings > Safari > Autofill to do so. To remove your browser history autofill, open the Safari app, tap the book icon, and tap Clear in the bottom-right.

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Clearing Your Name and Contact Information

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  1. It’s the app on your home screen with a gray gear icon.
    • When Safari automatically enters your name and contact details into a form field, the information comes from your Contacts card. This method helps you prevent Safari from pulling information from Contacts so you don’t have to delete your own Contact card. [1]
  2. The Apps option is at the bottom of the Settings screen. Safari will be under the "S" heading.
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  3. It’s in the “General” section.
  4. The switch will turn gray, and Safari will no longer pull your name, phone number, or address from your information in Contacts.
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  1. It’s the app on your home screen with a gray gear icon.
  2. It's near the middle of your screen, with an icon of a gray gear.
  3. You may have to scroll to see this option.
  4. You can also choose which places AutoFill will autofill passwords from, if you don't want to disable AutoFill for passwords completely.
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Clearing Credit Cards

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  1. It’s the app on your home screen with a gray gear icon.
  2. The Apps option is at the bottom of the Settings screen. Safari will be under the "S" heading.
  3. It’s in the “General” section.
    • If you aren’t asked to enter a passcode, you don’t have any AutoFill data stored.
  6. It’s at the top right corner of the screen.
  8. It’s at the top left corner of the screen. These cards will no longer be suggested when filling out forms in Safari.
    • To prevent Safari from saving cards for AutoFill in the future, tap the back button, then slide the “Credit Cards” switch to the Off position (gray). [2]
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Clearing Browser History Autofill

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  1. If you want to remove the autofill that occurs when you start typing in a website address in Safari, you can do so from inside the Safari app.
  2. This will bring up your browsing history.
  3. It's in the bottom-right corner of the screen.
  4. You can choose to clear your browsing history from the last hour, today, today and yesterday, or all of your browsing history.
  5. If you want to close all the currently open tabs you have in Safari as well, toggle on Close All Tabs .
  6. Once you do so, your browsing history for the selected timeframe will be cleared immediately.
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Clearing Autofill Info in Chrome

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  1. You are able to edit settings for the Chrome app directly within the app.
  2. This will open the browsing history deletion menu.
  3. You can select anywhere from "last hour" to "all time."
  4. Uncheck anything you don't want to delete.
    • Choose Browsing history to remove browsing history autofill.
    • Choose Saved passwords to remove passwords autofill.
    • Choose Autofill data to remove any other autofill data (such as addresses and emails).
  5. Your browsing data will immediately be deleted. [3]
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Stopping Chrome From Saving Autofill Info

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  1. You are able to edit settings for the Chrome app directly within the app.
  2. It's in the bottom right corner.
  3. It's in the horizontally scrolling list of icons at the top of the menu. You will need to scroll all the way to the right to see it.
  4. It's in the middle of the screen, with a yellow icon of a key.
  5. You may be asked to enable Face ID before you're able to interact with this menu.
  6. When done, tap Done in the upper-right corner, then tap < Settings in the upper-left corner.
  7. It's in the middle of the screen, with a yellow icon of a credit card.
  8. When done, tap < Settings in the upper-left corner.
  9. It's in the middle of the screen, with a yellow icon of a location pin.
  10. When done, tap < Settings in the upper-left corner.
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Clearing Autofill Info in Firefox

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  1. 1
    Open the Firefox app. You are able to edit settings for the Firefox app directly within the app.
  2. 2
    Tap ≡ . It's in the bottom right corner.
  3. 3
    Tap Settings . It's at the bottom of the list, with an icon of a cogwheel.
  4. 4
    Scroll down to the Privacy heading. It's about halfway down the page.
  5. 5
    Choose the area you want to remove autofill data from. You can select Passwords , Payment Methods , or Addresses .
    • Unlike Chrome, you must remove each autofill entry individually.
    • To remove a payment method or address, tap on the entry you want to remove, then tap Edit > Remove [address/card] .
    • To remove a password, tap on the entry, then tap Delete .
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Clearing Browsing History Autofill in Firefox

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  1. 1
    Open the Firefox app. You are able to edit settings for the Firefox app directly within the app.
  2. 2
    Tap ≡ . It's in the bottom right corner.
  3. 3
    Tap Settings . It's at the bottom of the list, with an icon of a cogwheel.
  4. 4
    Tap Data Management . It's under the Privacy heading, about halfway down the page.
  5. 5
    Toggle on Browsing History . Toggle off anything you don't want to delete.
  6. 6
    Tap Clear Private Data . Your browsing history will immediately be removed and will no longer autofill when you try to type in your browser's URL bar.
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Stopping Firefox From Saving Autofill Info

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  1. 1
    Open the Firefox app. You are able to edit settings for the Firefox app directly within the app.
  2. 2
    Tap ≡ . It's in the bottom right corner.
  3. 3
    Tap Settings . It's at the bottom of the list, with an icon of a cogwheel.
  4. 4
    Scroll down to the Privacy heading. It's about halfway down the page.
  5. 5
    Tap Passwords . It's the top option under Privacy . You may be asked to enable Face ID before you're able to interact with this menu.
  6. 6
    Toggle off Save Passwords . When done, tap < Settings in the upper-left corner.
  7. 7
    Tap Payment Methods . It's the second option under Privacy . You may be asked to enable Face ID before you're able to interact with this menu.
  8. 8
    Toggle off Save and Fill Payment Methods . When done, tap < Settings in the upper-left corner.
  9. 9
    Tap Addresses . It's the third option under Privacy .
  10. 10
    Toggle off Save and Fill Addresses . When done, tap < Settings in the upper-left corner.
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Common Questions: iPhone AutoFill Settings

How do I reset my iOS AutoFill?

Head to your Settings app and tap the "Safari" option, followed by "AutoFill." While there isn't an official "reset" button on this page, you can change/update your AutoFill contact and credit card information (or toggle it off altogether). [4]

How do I delete my AutoFill contact information?

Go to your Settings app and tap "Safari" and "AutoFill." Select the "My Info" option to update the contact associated with your AutoFill settings. Alternatively, toggle off "Use Contact Info."

Where is AutoFill information stored?

The information used for AutoFill can be accessed and toggled on/off in your phone's Settings. Just select the "Safari" option, followed by the "AutoFill" selection.


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References

  1. ↑ https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21470?locale=en_US
  2. ↑ https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/automatically-fill-in-forms-iphccfb450b7/ios
  3. ↑ https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/142893?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DiOS
  4. ↑ https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/automatically-fill-in-forms-iphccfb450b7/ios

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