How to View Visited Website Data on an iPhone

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This wikiHow teaches you how to see how much data the websites you visit on Safari are storing on your iPhone.

1

Open your iPhone's Settings.

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If you don't see this icon, it will be in your App Library.

2

Scroll down and tap "Safari."

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This displays all of your Safari preferences.

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Scroll down and tap "Advanced."

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Another menu will expand.

4

Tap "Website Data."

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You may have to wait a few seconds for the data to load.

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Tap "Show All Sites."

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is at the bottom of the screen.. Website Data will show you a list of all the websites you have visited with Safari on your iPhone, and the amount of data each website is storing on your device. Your iPhone uses this data to make it faster to access previously visited websites. You will see the total amount of data stored on your iPhone at the top of your screen next to Website Data , and a list of all websites you have visited below that.
- If you find out that your Website Data is piling up and taking up more space than you want, you can Remove All Website Data at the bottom of the page, or swipe left on a website on the list to delete the data it's storing.

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How far back does that data go?

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This goes on forever. You can scroll in history and it will appear. The data will show all of the things you've looked at.

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How to View Visited Website Data on an iPhone

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Open your iPhone's Settings.

Scroll down and tap "Safari."

Scroll down and tap "Advanced."

Tap "Website Data."

Tap "Show All Sites."

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