why are cookies cleared when clearing safari history?

[dontlan]

every time I clear my safari history, I log out on all sites, why is this happening?

 

[FreakinEurekan]

Why? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ask an Apple developer.

I suspect it's because if you want to remove history, you're trying to remove all evidence of accessing that site. Which would include cookies.

 

[dontlan]

Why? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ask an Apple developer.

I suspect it's because if you want to remove history, you're trying to remove all evidence of accessing that site. Which would include cookies.

apple has left my country, so I don't have the opportunity to write to them(

 

[Fishrrman]

Use the app named "Cookie" to manage your cookies and clear Safari data and caches.
It's "the best there is".
Nothing else I've seen that works as well.

 

[bogdanw]

Apple Support:
Clear your browsing history in Safari on Mac
https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/sfri47acf5d6/mac
Clear cookies in Safari on Mac
https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/sfri11471/
Keep your browsing history private in Safari and Maps
https://support.apple.com/guide/personal-safety/ips375e6d608/web

 

[dontlan]

Apple Support:
Clear your browsing history in Safari on Mac
https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/sfri47acf5d6/mac
Clear cookies in Safari on Mac
https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/sfri11471/
Keep your browsing history private in Safari and Maps
https://support.apple.com/guide/personal-safety/ips375e6d608/web

It doesn't help

 

[VampyricGentleman]

every time I clear my safari history, I log out on all sites, why is this happening?

Simply put, your login access is stored in a cookie that you are deleting.My memory may be wrong but I believe other browsers (Chrome and Firefox I’m recalling) allow you to delete history and other temporary files without deleting cookies.

 

[bogdanw]

It doesn't help

That is what is supposed to do and what it should be doing. If cookies were not deleted, there would be a record (history) of the websites you visited based on the cookies stored.
Use a private window for the websites you don’t want to keep in your history and a normal window for the websites you log into.
Browse privately in Safari on Mac

Browse privately in Safari on Mac

In Safari on your Mac, browse without leaving a record of the websites you visit.

support.apple.com

 

[NoBoMac]

My memory may be wrong but I believe other browsers (Chrome and Firefox I’m recalling) allow you to delete history and other temporary files without deleting cookies.

Yes, both have that capability.

IIRC, Safari did in the past as well but "simplified" the process to clear everything (quick Google points to Safari 7 was last version that one could do that in).

 

[dontlan]

None of you guys helped me.


I click the clear history button in safari and I log OUT OF ALL ACCOUNTS

 

[bogdanw]

Delete history without deleting cookies
- from Terminal

rm ~/Library/Safari/History*

- AppleScript that can be saved as an app

do shell script "rm ~/Library/Safari/History*"

 

[dontlan]

Delete history without deleting cookies
- from Terminal

rm ~/Library/Safari/History*

- AppleScript that can be saved as an app

do shell script "rm ~/Library/Safari/History*"

these commands do not delete the history. I have checked several times

 

[bogdanw]

Make sure you have * at the end of the command.

 

[dontlan]

I entered the with * at the end , the history was not cleared

 

[bogdanw]

Close Safari, give Full Disk Access to Terminal (in System Settings - Privacy & Security - Full Disk Access), run rm ~/Library/Safari/History*, open Safari – History (⌘Y).

 

[Fishrrman]

OP wrote:
"None of you guys helped me."

Did you try "Cookie"?
IT will "help you".

Here's Cookie's working screen:

Take a good look at it.
You can check or UNcheck things to be removed or saved.

Once again:
Cookie will do what you want, with a few clicks of the mouse.
It can do MORE THAN "what you want"...

 

[bogdanw]

Simple app to delete Safari’s history, keeping cookies

tell application "Safari" to quit
delay 0.5
do shell script "rm ~/Library/Safari/History*"
delay 0.5
tell application "Safari" to activate

Save a script as an app in Script Editor on Mac
https://support.apple.com/guide/script-editor/scpedt1072/mac

 

[NoBoMac]

Or: Safari > History > Show All History, Safari > Edit > Select All, Safari > Edit > Delete

Will churn a long time if left open, so might want to quit Safari for a tick and restart.

But will keep a "backup" around as an SQLite equivalent of a transaction log is kept as part of the database used for history management.