Keep Safari history longer than a month? (2024)

FAQs

Why does my Safari history only go back one month? ›

Safari uses iCloud to keep your browsing history the same on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac computers that have iCloud set up for Safari. Your Mac can keep your browsing history for as long as a year, while some iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch models keep browsing history for a month.

See a longer list of recently visited websites: Click the History menu. See all websites in your browsing history: Choose History > Show All History.

For future entries, choose Preferences from the Safari menu, click on General, and increase the time before they're removed. For previous history entries, no, unless they're stored in a backup. For future entries, choose Preferences from the Safari menu, click on General, and increase the time before they're removed.

Launch the Safari browser on your desktop. It's a blue and white icon with a compass. Once the Safari browser is up and running select “History” from the menu on the top left and click on it. When the drop down menu appears, highlight and click on “Show All History.”

Screen Time Limits: If you have enabled Screen Time Content & Privacy on your Mac, you may be not able to clear the Safari history. System Issues: Issues with your Mac's operating system can also interfere with Safari's ability to clear history.

You can decide when or if your history is automatically deleted after one day, one week, two weeks, one month, one year, or you can keep your history indefinitely by selecting the manual option.

Chrome only stores the browsing history for the last 90 days. Your History page shows the websites you've visited on Chrome in the last 90 days. It doesn't store pages from secure websites, pages you've visited in Incognito mode, or pages you've already deleted from your browsing history.

Why does my Safari history delete itself iPhone? Safari history on iOS has always been finite. It might have variables like storage available, how often it is accessed, iCloud storage, amount of devices, amount of sites, etc, random arbitrary thing, etc.

How do I stop Safari from keeping track of history? ›

If you've been looking up information about safety strategies online and are concerned someone may see your browsing history, you can remove all records that Safari keeps about where you've browsed. On your iPhone or iPad: Go to Settings > Safari > Clear History and Website Data.

Your Mac can keep your browsing history for as long as a year, while some iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch models keep browsing history for a month. To change how often your Mac removes history items, see Change General preferences in Safari.

You can remove all records that Safari keeps of where you've browsed during a period of time you choose. If your Mac and your other Apple devices have iCloud set up for Safari, your browsing history is removed from all of them.

Try resetting Safari. Close Safari completely from the app switcher window by double clicking the Home button and swiping up the Safari preview pane until it disappears from the screen. Then go to Settings > Safari > Clear History and Website Data. Then do a forced restart.