Smartphones are just like computers and they need maintaining from time to time. One important maintenance that helps improve performance is to delete cookies, cache, and history on a regular basis. Every time you visit any website, various kinds of data, information, and personal details get stored in your web browsers as browsing data/history, cache and cookies in your phone.

Cookies are small files that a website stores on your computer or smartphone that contain data about your browser, or login data, which is often used for advertising purposes. Besides, cookies could pile up and take up your smartphone’s storage slowly, which in turn interfere with the loading speed.

In order to keep your smartphone in a peak performance, we’re going to show you how to delete your browsing data and cookies on iPhone 7 with iOS 8 or later and Android phone with 6.0 or later. Below are the easy guides to help you to clear your browsing history and cookies from mainstream mobile end browser, Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Opera.

How to clear and delete your cookies and browsing data on iPhone 7

Most of Apple users would use iPhone’s default browser, Safari. Unlike other browsers, we can’t clear the browsing data on Safari from it. We need to go to the iPhone’s settings and delete the cookies. 

Safari

 

1. Launch Settings.

2. Scroll down and find out Safari.

3. Continue to scroll down and find out Clear History and Website Data, and click on it.

4. Tap Clear History and Data to delete the cookies and browsing history as you wish.

Chrome

 

1. Click the three-dot menu button at the top right of the screen.

2. Go to Settings > Privacy > Clear Browsing Data.

3. You can choose what to delete on the list and confirm it later by tapping Clear.

Firefox

 

1. Click the hamburger menu button at the top right of the screen.

2. Choose Settings > Clear Private Data.

3. Just what to do in Chrome, selecting what to delete on the list and then tap Clear Private Data.

4. Click OK to confirm.

Edge

1. Open Microsoft Edge.

2. Click the three-dot menu button on the bottom right of the screen.

3. Choose Settings > Privacy > Clear browsing data.

4. Select the types of data that you wish to keep, then tap the red Clear browsing data button near the bottom of the screen.

5. Click Clear to confirm your decision.

Opera


1. Tap the red “O” icon at the bottom of Opera.

2. Open Settings > Clear.

3. You can choose what to delete or just select Clear All.

4. Choose Yes to confirm.

How to clear and delete your cookies and browsing data on Android phone

The default browser on Android devices is usually Chrome, or the browsers developed by the device manufacturer. But Chrome still comes first.

Chrome

1. Click the three-dot menu button at the top right of the screen.

2. Go to Settings > Privacy > Clear Browsing Data.

3. You can choose what to delete on the list and confirm it later by tapping Clear.

Firefox

1. Click the hamburger menu button on the top right of the screen.

2. Choose Settings > Clear Private Data.

3. Just what to do in Chrome, selecting what to delete on the list and then select Set.

4. Click OK to confirm.

Edge

1. Open Microsoft Edge.

2. Click the three-dot menu button on the bottom right of the screen.

3. Choose Settings > Privacy > Clear browsing data.

4. Select the types of data that you wish to keep, then tap the red Clear browsing data button near the bottom of the screen.

5. Click Clear to confirm your decision.

Opera

1. Tap the red “O” icon at the bottom of Opera.

2. Open Settings >Clear.

3. You can choose what to delete or just select Clear All.

4. Choose Yes to confirm.