How To View History in Safari on a PC, Tablet, or Mobile Device

Safari for iOS provides a convenient way to keep track of your browsing history. You can use it to call up web pages quickly you’ve visited. You can easily go down the rabbit hole when performing searches online. This makes it difficult to remember exactly where you found a valuable piece of information. Reviewing your browsing history can retrace your steps, saving you the arduous task of finding the data from scratch. This article covers how to see your history in Safari. Check out how to do that below.

How to View History in Safari on an iPhone

Safari stores your browser activity, making it possible to revisit sites at a later date. You could either view your most recent history or check out the entire list of previously visited websites. This is how to do that.

1. Go to the Safari app on your device.
   
2. Locate and long-press the Page Back icon.
   
3. A list of your most recently visited sites will be displayed on the screen.
   

You have now accessed your recent history on Safari.

If you would like to view your complete Safari browsing history, here’s how to do that.

1. Open your Safari app.
   
2. Click the Bookmark icon to open a new screen.
   
3. Press the “Clock” icon located at the top of the new page.
   
4. A list of your previously viewed websites will be available on the screen.
   

You’ve now accessed your Safari browsing history.

How to View History in Safari on an iPad

Safari allows users to keep track of their browsing history. This feature can then be used to revisit sites that might be of interest. You could either view recent history or peruse all your browsing data. The steps listed here detail how to do that.

1. Open the Safari app on your iPad.
   
2. Navigate to the Page Back button and long-press it.
   
3. Your recent searches will appear on your screen.
   

You have now viewed the recent history on your iPad.

To view your complete browsing data, follow the steps outlined here.

1. Tap on your Safari app.
   
2. Press the Group Tab icon at the top left corner.
   
3. Hit the History icon at the top of the screen.
   
4. Your entire browsing history will now be displayed on the page.
   

How to View History in Safari on a Mac

Your Safari browsing history allows you to revisit sites you viewed in the past. You can even use the search tool so that you don’t have to scroll through the entire list of results to find what you are looking for. Here’s how to view your browsing history on an iPhone.

1. Open Safari and head to the menu bar located at the top of the page.
   
2. Tap “History” then “Show All History” to reveal the list of websites you have visited.
   
3. To find a particular website, search for it in the search bar at the top of the screen.
   
4. Click on it to open the page in your browser.

You can now see your history in Safari. If you signed in to your device using the same Apple ID that you use on your other Apple devices, that history would also be displayed on your Mac.

Can You View History From Private Browsing?

Private Browsing is a feature that prevents Safari from storing information on sites you have visited. It ensures there’s no record of your online activity, including passwords or autofill information. It also prevents iCloud from storing data on any tabs that you open. To provide an additional layer of privacy, Safari prevents sites and content providers from tracking you. Any cookies you might have picked up are deleted once you close the tab.

This means that Safari doesn’t store your browsing history when you activate Private Browsing. You will therefore be unable to view it in the future.

How to Clear History in Safari

If your Apple device is lagging or otherwise misbehaving, you might consider clearing your browsing data. This is how to do that.

1. Open Safari.
   
2. Tap the Bookmark icon.
   
3. Press the “Clock” icon that’s in the top right corner of the new window.
   
4. Press “Clear.”
   

Your browsing data will now be removed from your device.

Retracing Your Steps

Like many web browsers, Safari stores information on websites you’ve visited. This data can come in handy when you want to go back to a particular site. This guide shows you how to retrieve the browsing history stored on your Apple devices.

Have you viewed your browsing history on Safari? What did you think of the process? Let us know in the comments below.