How to Clear Specific Browsing History in Safari

Managing your digital footprint does not always require wiping your entire browser data. This article provides a complete overview of how to selectively delete your Safari browsing history on both Mac and iOS devices. You will learn the exact steps to clear your browsing data from the last hour, the current day, or remove records of a single, specific website while keeping the rest of your history intact.

Clear History for the Last Hour or Today on Mac

If you want to erase recent activity on a Mac without losing saved logins and older history, Safari allows you to filter deletions by time.

  1. Open the Safari browser on your Mac.
  2. Click History in the top menu bar at the top of your screen.
  3. Select Clear History... at the bottom of the dropdown menu.
  4. Click the pop-up menu next to the word Clear.
  5. Choose either the last hour or today (you can also select today and yesterday).
  6. Click the Clear History button to confirm.

Clear History for the Last Hour or Today on iPhone and iPad

You can perform the same time-based history deletion directly within the Safari mobile app on iOS and iPadOS devices.

  1. Open the Safari app on your iPhone or iPad.
  2. Tap the Bookmarks icon at the bottom of the screen (it looks like an open book).
  3. Tap the History tab at the top of the menu (it looks like a clock).
  4. Tap Clear in the bottom-right corner.
  5. Under the "Clear Timeframe" section, select either Last Hour or Today.
  6. Tap the red Clear History button at the bottom to finish.

Delete a Specific Website from History on Mac

To remove a single webpage or all visits to a specific website on a Mac, you need to access the full history log.

  1. Open Safari on your Mac.
  2. Click History in the top menu bar and select Show All History (or press Command + Y on your keyboard).
  3. Type the name of the website into the Search field in the top-right corner of the History window.
  4. Locate the website entry in the results. To select multiple entries, hold down the Command key while clicking them.
  5. Right-click (or Control-click) the selected entry and click Delete, or simply press the Delete key on your keyboard.

If you also want to remove the cookies and cache associated with that specific site, click Safari in the top menu bar, select Settings (or Preferences), go to the Privacy tab, and click Manage Website Data. Search for the website, select it, and click Remove.

Delete a Specific Website from History on iPhone and iPad

Removing individual websites on a mobile device is done using a simple swipe gesture in the history menu.

  1. Open the Safari app.
  2. Tap the Bookmarks icon (the open book) at the bottom of the screen.
  3. Tap the History tab (the clock icon).
  4. Pull down slightly on the history list to reveal the Search History bar at the top.
  5. Type the name of the website you want to remove.
  6. Find the specific webpage in the list and swipe strictly from right to left across the entry.
  7. Tap the red Delete button (trash can icon) that appears.

If you want to remove all cookies and site data for that specific domain on your iPhone, open the main Settings app, scroll down to Safari, tap Advanced, and select Website Data. Search for the site at the top, swipe left on it, and tap Delete.