I used to use Chrome because that’s more comfortable, and decided to switch to Safari because I read it much safer. Although I’m not sure if it changes something since I’m still using Google (and not way I’m switching to “FireFox” or these other thingies).
Anyway, when I remove history, it logs me out from everywhere, including Google. Why and how do I stop it?
iPhone 14 Plus, iOS 18
In Safari, clearing your Website Data also removes Cookies and Caches where your login data is stored for that website to keep you logged in. There is not an option on the iPhone when using Safari to remove the Website History and still keep the Cookies. It does not remove the login details stored in Passwords, but will log you out of the website.
In Safari, clearing your Website Data also removes Cookies and Caches where your login data is stored for that website to keep you logged in. There is not an option on the iPhone when using Safari to remove the Website History and still keep the Cookies. It does not remove the login details stored in Passwords, but will log you out of the website.
Safari excels in blocking trackers from monitoring what you are doing on the internet. Current statistics are available on the Homepage in Safari and for mine it shows that it has blocked 185 trackers representing 51% of the websites I have visited, with the most frequent tracker being Google. It is no surprise that Google generates a large part of their revenue by gathering the information on its users and selling that data to advertisers and Chrome will facilitate those efforts. For a quick comparison on the 2, you can look here:
You can certainly send feedback to Apple here for a request to have the ability to remove the history without affecting the Cookies/Cache.
You do have the option to delete data on individual websites, so you do not need to clear all websites data. With other browsers deleting the entire history is commonly used as a security measure to prevent cross-site tracking, but with Safari those are already prevented so you do not get the same benefit of deleting your History or even the need to do that to prevent cross-site tracking.
I do understand for privacy reasons why you may want to remove a website from your history and currently on Safari there are 2 choices, other than deleting all data. Either delete that individual website from your history along with its cookies or use Private Browsing where the history is not stored.
Incognito Mode in Chrome has been under fire and Google has recently been fined for still collecting data on users even when using Incognito Mode, which may be the reason why Chrome users are more prone to deleting website history as a false sense of security, where it is actually the Cookies that store the user data on the website.
On the Mac, there is an option to clear history without removing the Website data, but that ability is kind of hidden. You have to hold the Option key when you go to the Safari menu and the "Clear History" menu item changes to "Clear History and Keep Website Data".
It has been reported that if you are syncing Safari with iCloud on both devices that this can be done on the Mac and it will have the same effect on the iPhone since the Safari data is being synced across those devices, but I have not tested this to confirm.
Apple Maps does have a transit map, but it does depend on the region. You can view stops, delays, add money to transit cards and more.
Get transit directions in Maps on iPhone - Apple Support
For Chrome, it is just two different approaches to browsing websites. Apple is going to be more Privacy focused to prevent Tracking from Cookies used on websites. If you open a new page in Safari, it will show you the Trackers that have been blocked. Here they are on my device and it is no surprise that Chrome makes it easy to remove your history while leaving their trackers in place that are not blocked by Chrome.
The choice is yours whatever app you want to use. If you prefer Google Maps or Chrome, then use it. Google makes the largest part of its revenue off of the information they gain from their users and sell it to advertisers, while Apple's revenue is from the devices they sell. If privacy is important to you, then Safari is the obvious choice and if you want to be able to delete history and keep those cookies, then use Chrome.
Specifically for removing your entire browsing History, you must ask yourself what the reason is that you want to do that. If you think that it is for security then you are not doing that by keeping the cookies, and using Chrome they have already logged your browsing history on their servers that are not removed when you delete them from your device.
Why does Apple make it so complicated? Chrome is so much easier and has more options.
It’s the same with maps, to be honest. For example, on Google Maps I can search something in some languages, and it shows bus stops. This is not the case for Apple Maps.
****, that sucks! Are they gonna change it?
Also, is Safari really safer?
Thank you!
Another question, is it the same in Macs?
Why does Safari log me out when I remove history?
