Easy Ways to Clear Safari History and Cache on iPad

If you have used your iPad for quite some while and you are a heavy website browser, your device must have generated a few hundred MB of browsing history and website data. clearing iPad Safari cache can be useful in many ways, for example, release more of the internal storage to your needs. If you are new to the iPhone, or iPad, chances are you may have no idea about how to do this yet. Don’t worry, below tutorial will teach you how to clear cache safari on iPad in two ways.

Way 1. How to Delete Safari History on iPad Safari App

No matter what you want to do for Safari, you should firstly know it well before that. You might know that you can able to remove some bookmarks, history or something else in it if you want. Below is how to clear Safari history on iPad.

Step 1Open Safari app on iPhone, tap the bookmark icon on the bottom bar.

Step 2Then you should choose clock-like history icon, you can holding a item from the list to delete Safari history individually.

Alternatively, you can also tap the Clear button and choose All time, Today and yesterday, Today and The last hour. And this will remove all history, cookies, and other browsing data at once.

Way 2. Clear Cache in Safari on iPad Directly

If you prefer to clear all data from iPad Safari app, you should not miss Settings app on iPad. Below is how.

Step 1On your iPad, go to Settings > Safari > Clear History and Website Data. Clearing your history, cookies, and browsing data from Safari won’t change your AutoFill information.

Step 2Some websites store additional data in a Website Data screen. To delete this data, go to Settings > Safari > Advanced > Website Data > Remove All Website Data.

Way 3. Clear iPad Cache with an iPad Cleaner

Above way is not the best choice if you want to remove the caches from all apps since you have to do it one by one, which is a time-consuming job and some hidden temporary files may not be deleted neither. Here I recommend to use an iPad cache cleaner on your computer to help you clear cookies on iphone of Safari and other app caches from your iPad in one click – FoneEraser for iOS.

Key Functions

1. Clear iPhone or iPad cache without losing data.
2. Wipe out all contents and settings on iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.
3. Erase text files including text messages, iMessages, contacts, call logs, calendar, notes, reminders, Safari bookmark and history completely.
4. Clean up Media files like photos, videos, audio, music, iBooks, iTunes U, Podcast, TV shows, ringtones, audio books, voice memos thoroughly.
5. Support erasing multiple iOS devices at the same time which can save you a lot time.
6. Offer three erasing levels to meet your needs.
7. Fully Support Windows 10 and iOS 9.3.

Option 1. Clear Junk Files

Step 1Free download and install the program onto your computer and then it will launch automatically once it finished.

Step 2Plug your iPad to the computer via USB cable, and enter passcode on your device if it is locked. Tab Trust on device for iOS 7 or higher version.

Step 3The software will soon detect your iPad, if not, click the icon right behind Failed.

Step 4Select Free up Space > Clear Junk Files.

Step 5After loading, check the items you want to remove and click Erase button.

Option 2. Erase All Data

Well, if you think that it is not enougth remove Safari cache, you can choose clear all data and settings on iPad.

Step 1Select Erase All Data then an erasing level (Low, Medium or High). High Level is recommended here.

Step 2After your device is connected, click the Start button to begin erasing and then click Yes to confirm the procedure.

Step 3Wait for the erasing process to complete.

This software can erase iPhone memory thoroughly and permanently. So other contents like photos, videos, music, contacts, messages, voice mail, notes, reminders, etc and settings will be erased as well. After the process is finished, your iPad will be a new device as you just buy it.

Way 4. Reset iPad to Clear iPad Cache and History

Alternative to remove all iPad data is to reset iPad, which help you restore iPhone and get a brand-new iPad finally.

You have 3 choices to do this, including both Apple ways iTunes and iCloud, and Settings app on iPad.

For users who have used iTunes for a while, iTunes is a good choice to manage iOS data on computer. It is compatible for latest iPhone models and it is really easy to use. You just need to connect iPhone to compute, then click device icon > Summary > Restore iPhone.

Alternatively, you should try iCloud if you don't have a computer. It is a cloud service to help you access iOS data and manage them with ease. Visit icloud.com and log into your iCloud account. Then enter Find My and select your iPad. Finally, choose Erase This Device.

The last one you can try is to go to Settings app > General > Reset > Reset All Contents and Settings.

That's it. After resetting, all iPad data including Safari history and cache will be erased permanently.