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Manage Safari cookies for Apple devices

You can manage how cookies are handled in Safari. You can set the restriction to Always Allow or one of these options:

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iPadOS (iOS 13.1) Third party cookies blocked despite Safari options being set to enable them

Third party cookies are being blocked by Safari although they are explicitly enabled in the settings app. The settings are:

• Settings > Safari > Cross-site-tracking OFF
• Settings > Safari > Block all cookies OFF

...but to no avail. All sites I tested, including https://www.whatismybrow https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250446573 display that my iPad blocks all third party cookies.

There is a similar discussion that seems to have been ignored by Apple support after a while.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250446573

I changed the settings to allow cookies again, cleared all local website data and restarted the iPad completely. Still without success. Does anyone have any ideas about this?

iPad Pro 10.5-inch, Wi-Fi

Posted on Sep 25, 2019 6:24 AM

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Sep 25, 2019 7:36 AM in response to redmark5

This is not a known problem. With a new operating system bugs can appear without Apple's knowledge. I ask that you please submit a bug report so Apple can address them in future updates.

Apple Product Feedback

Sep 25, 2019 7:52 AM in response to QuickPost

Thank you for your quick reply. I already posted this through the product feedback form as well. Let's hope they'll look into it. The automatic reply sounded a bit daunting in this regard ("We can't reply to you personally [...]").

Sep 26, 2019 12:11 AM in response to firekristin

I'm afraid I haven't. As soon as I hear something from Apple, I'll update this thread as well.

According to this source the next iOS update 13.2 will go into beta only in November. Let's hope they'll fix the third party cookie bug faster than that.

Sep 30, 2019 4:52 AM in response to QuickPost

Hi @ zmclearan,

I'm reaching out to you in case you might have heard something recently.

So far, I have not heard from Apple following my product feedback. This seems to be quite a pressing bug with 9 other people having marked this issue as being their problem too. This question is phrased rather technically, so it's likely there are a lot more people out there who encounter the same problem but couldn't find this thread.

Is there any way you could contact the tech team and/or other members of the support team to ask for any solutions to this? If Apple cannot supply a fix soon, is there a way we as the application provider can create a workaround?

Oct 12, 2019 7:25 PM in response to QuickPost

Hi - I worked with Apple support several weeks back with the same problem. The bug prevents Cloud9 (AWS) from working with the new OS. They asked that I open a bug as well. I haven’t heard anything back.

It should be noted that this is some kind of blocking that happens at the OS level, for which there is no current configuration option. It doesn’t only affect Safari - it seems to affect any browser running on the new OS.

It would be good to hear if any progress is being made addressing this.

Oct 29, 2019 1:12 PM in response to redmark5

Nov 13, 2019 1:28 PM in response to redmark5

Confirmed - whatismybrowser.com is still showing that cookies are working fine, but that the 3rd party cookies are being blocked. As noted above, this is also happening in Chrome, but not happening in Opera - therefore I cannot see this as an OS issue, but maybe an app issue that has not updated a configuration setting FOR this version of iOS.

I have seen a couple of people that have said that it has been fixed with iOS 13.2 - however I am running 13.3Beta(x) and I still have the issue with both Safari and Chrome. I may try another browser just for grins, and might even uninstall and re-install Chrome to see if that makes a difference. I will cross my fingers, but I am not holding my breath.

I will update as soon as I can.

Nov 23, 2019 6:23 AM in response to redmark5

I have the same problem with third parties saying i have to unblock cookies on my iPad Pro, my 15 inch MacBook and now my 16 inch MacBook Pro. The only way these websites will work is with my iPhone 11 Pro.

of course I have tried everything possible, but to no avail. My cookies are unblocked by everything I can control.

Luckily I have phone, not fun but it works.

Anyone with a solution, please post!

Sep 25, 2019 8:38 AM in response to redmark5

You are welcome. While Apple does not reply directly to most of their submissions, Apple will read every message.

Sep 25, 2019 11:24 PM in response to redmark5

Did you hear any updates? I am trying to download the audio to my school lectures to listen in the car but it says i'm denied access because I am not allowing third party cookies.....

Sep 26, 2019 4:46 AM in response to redmark5

Crap. I was hoping we could have a solution today before my 5 hour drive to school. Thanks for the update!

Sep 30, 2019 10:26 AM in response to redmark5

I'm afraid I have not heard anything. It is highly unlikely that Apple will reach back out to you after submitting feedback.

Oct 21, 2019 6:39 PM in response to firekristin

Omg same happening here if I can’t watch the training videos I need for class next week I’m screwed.

Oct 30, 2019 8:22 AM in response to RZEROSTERN

Yep - validated this as well. Thanks Apple!!

Nov 13, 2019 1:23 PM in response to redmark5

Just FYI - I am running version 13.3 on my iPad and still getting the same issue - 3rd party cookies blocked. It is actually happening in Chrome as well, although Opera seems to be working fine.

iOS 17 – How to Allow iPhone Safari Cookies

You can allow cookies on your iPhone in iOS 17 by going to Settings > Safari > Advanced > and turning off the Block All Cookies option.

Our tutorial continues below with more information on the iPhone Safari cookie setting, including pictures of these steps.

You can also watch this video about how to allow cookies on iPhone in iOS 17 for more on this topic.

How to Stop Blocking Cookies in iOS 17 (Guide with Pictures)

The steps in this article were performed on an iPhone 14 Plus in the iOS 17 operating system.

The see steps will work for more other iPhone models that are using iOS 17.

Step 1: Open the Settings app on your iPhone.

Step 2: Scroll down and choose the Safari option.

Step 3: Scroll to the bottom of the screen and select the Advanced option.

Step 4: Tap the button to the right of Block All Cookies to turn it off.

Note that this will not affect cookies in other browsers that you might have on your iPhone, such as Chrome or Firefox.

If you are using a version of iOS prior to iOS 17, then you can read this article about enabling cookies on an iPhone .

Video About the iOS 17 Safari Cookie Setting

Summary – Allowing iPhone Cookies

• Open Settings .
• Select Safari .
• Choose Advanced .
• Turn off Block All Cookies .

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Additional Information About iPhone Cookies

Let’s talk about cookies. No, not the kind you eat with milk! I’m talking about the tiny pieces of data websites store on your device. If you’ve got an iPhone, you’ve probably seen messages about cookies popping up while browsing. So, what’s the deal? Are they good, bad, or just plain confusing? Let’s break it down.

A Crumbly Introduction to Cookies

Imagine walking into your favorite store and the salesperson remembers your name, what you last bought, and even your favorite color. It feels pretty special, right? That’s sort of what cookies do for websites. They help sites remember stuff about you, making your online experience smoother. When a website remembers your login details, shopping cart items, or settings, that’s cookies working their magic.

Why Would I Want to Allow Cookies on My iPhone?

Smooth Sailing : Websites use cookies to make things faster and easier. Hate typing in your username and password every single time? Cookies have your back!

Personal Touch : Ever noticed ads or content that seem like they were picked just for you? Cookies help websites tailor things to your taste.

Remember the Details : Whether it’s saving items in a shopping cart or keeping track of your progress in a game, cookies store these little details.

Sounds Great, But Are There Any Downsides?

Of course, like everything, cookies have a flip side. Sometimes, they can be a tad nosy. If you’re someone who values privacy, you might not like the idea of websites tracking what you’re up to. And let’s be real, nobody likes too many ads. Cookies can lead to a lot of personalized ads, which can sometimes feel overwhelming.

What happens if I block all cookies?

When you block all cookies, websites may not function as intended. You might need to sign in every time or some features might not work.

Can I choose which websites save cookies?

Yes! Safari on iPhone lets you choose which sites you trust. This is a middle ground between blocking all cookies and allowing them everywhere.

Do cookies harm my iPhone?

Cookies themselves are harmless. They’re just data. But, if a website is shady, it might misuse cookies. It’s always good to only allow cookies from sites you trust.

How often should I clear cookies from my iPhone?

Clearing cookies is like spring cleaning. You can do it whenever you feel your browsing is getting cluttered. Some folks do it monthly, while others, only when there’s an issue.

What’s the difference between cookies and cache?

While cookies store details about your interactions, cache is like a memory bank that helps websites load faster. They’re both there to make your life easier, but they do different things.

More About Cookies

For those who dive deep, there’s more to cookies than meets the eye. There are various types like session cookies, which vanish once you close your browser, and persistent cookies that hang around longer. Plus, there’s a difference between first-party cookies (from the site you’re on) and third-party cookies (from advertisers or others). You can even dive into settings on your iPhone to tweak these specifics if you’re feeling adventurous.

In conclusion, cookies on your iPhone can be friends or foes – it all depends on how you see them. They sure make life online easier, but if privacy is your jam, you’ve got controls in your hands. Either way, now you’re equipped with the knowledge to make an informed choice. So, to allow or not to allow? The cookie crumbles in your court!

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Full Third-Party Cookie Blocking and More

Mar 24, 2020

by John Wilander

@johnwilander

This blog post covers several enhancements to Intelligent Tracking Prevention (ITP) in iOS and iPadOS 13.4 and Safari 13.1 on macOS to address our latest discoveries in the industry around tracking.

Full Third-Party Cookie Blocking

Cookies for cross-site resources are now blocked by default across the board. This is a significant improvement for privacy since it removes any sense of exceptions or “a little bit of cross-site tracking is allowed.”

It might seem like a bigger change than it is. But we’ve added so many restrictions to ITP since its initial release in 2017 that we are now at a place where most third-party cookies are already blocked in Safari. To keep supporting cross-site integration, we shipped the Storage Access API two years ago to provide the means for authenticated embeds to get cookie access with mandatory user control . It is going through the standards process in the W3C Privacy Community Group right now.

Regardless of the size of this change, there are further benefits, as explored below.

Paves the Way For Other Browsers

Safari continues to pave the way for privacy on the web, this time as the first mainstream browser to fully block third-party cookies by default. As far as we know, only the Tor Browser has featured full third-party cookie blocking by default before Safari, but Brave just has a few exceptions left in its blocking so in practice they are in the same good place. We know Chrome wants this behavior too and they announced that they’ll be shipping it by 2022 .

We will report on our experiences of full third-party cookie blocking to the privacy groups in W3C to help other browsers take the leap.

Removes Statefulness From Cookie Blocking

Full third-party cookie blocking removes statefulness in cookie blocking. As discussed in our December 2019 blog post , the internal state of tracking prevention could be turned into a tracking vector. Full third-party cookie blocking makes sure there’s no ITP state that can be detected through cookie blocking behavior. We’d like to again thank Google for initiating this analysis through their report.

Disables Login Fingerprinting

As discussed by Jeremiah Grossman back in 2008 and Tom Anthony in 2012 , and set up by Robin Linus in 2016 as a live demo with which you can test your browser , this technique allows a website to invisibly detect where you are logged in and is viable in any browser without full third-party cookie blocking.

Since “global browser state” has been top of mind in the web privacy community as of late, we’d like to point out that cookies themselves are global state and unless the browser blocks or partitions them in third-party contexts, they allow for cross-site leakage of user information such as login fingerprinting.

Additional Benefits

In addition, there are further benefits to full third-party cookie blocking:

• Disables cross-site request forgery attacks against websites through third-party requests. Note that you still need to protect against forged requests that come in through top frame navigations (see SameSite cookies for guidance).
• Removes the ability to use an auxiliary third-party domain to identify users. Such a setup could otherwise persist IDs even when users delete website data for the first party.
• Simplifies things for developers. Now it’s as easy as possible: If you need cookie access as third-party, use the Storage Access API.

What About the Classifier?

ITP’s classifier keeps working to detect bounce trackers, tracker collusion, and link decoration tracking.

Developer Guidance

If yours is among the few websites that still relies on third-party cookies in Safari and has not been affected by ITP in its previous iterations, here’s how you can make things work for your users:

Option 1 : OAuth 2.0 Authorization with which the authenticating domain (in your case, the third-party that expects cookies) forwards an authorization token to your website which you consume and use to establish a first-party login session with a server-set Secure and HttpOnly cookie .

Option 2 : The Storage Access API with which the third-party can request permission to get access to its first-party cookies.

Option 3 : The temporary compatibility fix for popups, see section “Temporary Compatibility Fix: Automatic Storage Access for Popups” in our ITP 2.0 blog post . This compatibility fix allows the third-party to open a popup from your website and upon a tap or click in that popup gain temporary cookie access under the opener page on your website. Note that this compatibility fix will go away in a future version of Safari so only go this route if it saves you time and allows for a graceful transition period.

Cookie Blocking Latch Mode

The original release of ITP featured what we call “cookie blocking latch mode.” It means once a request is blocked from using cookies, all redirects of that request are also blocked from using cookies. Back in 2017 we got a request to allow cookie blocking to open and close on redirects and implemented that behavior. But with full third-party cookie blocking in place, latch mode is back.

7-Day Cap on All Script-Writeable Storage

Back in February 2019 , we announced that ITP would cap the expiry of client-side cookies to seven days. That change curbed third-party scripts’ use of first-party cookies for the purposes of cross-site tracking.

However, as many anticipated, third-party scripts moved to other means of first-party storage such as LocalStorage. If you have a look at what’s stored in the first-party space on many websites today, it’s littered with data keyed as various forms of “tracker brand user ID.” To make matters worse, APIs like LocalStorage have no expiry function at all, i.e. websites cannot even ask browsers to put a limit on how long such storage should stay around.

Now ITP has aligned the remaining script-writable storage forms with the existing client-side cookie restriction, deleting all of a website’s script-writable storage after seven days of Safari use without user interaction on the site. These are the script-writable storage forms affected (excluding some legacy website data types):

• LocalStorage
• SessionStorage
• Service Worker registrations and cache

A Note On Web Applications Added to the Home Screen

As mentioned, the seven-day cap on script-writable storage is gated on “after seven days of Safari use without user interaction on the site.” That is the case in Safari. Web applications added to the home screen are not part of Safari and thus have their own counter of days of use. Their days of use will match actual use of the web application which resets the timer. We do not expect the first-party in such a web application to have its website data deleted.

If your web application does experience website data deletion, please let us know since we would consider it a serious bug. It is not the intention of Intelligent Tracking Prevention to delete website data for first parties in web applications.

Cross-Site document.referrer Downgraded to Origin

All cross-site document.referrer s are downgraded to their origin. This matches the already downgraded cross-site referrer request headers .

Detection of Delayed Bounce Tracking

Some trackers have started to delay their navigational redirects, probably to evade ITP’s bounce tracking detection. This manifests as the webpage disappearing and reloading shortly after you land on it. We’ve added logic to cover such delayed bounce tracking and detect them just like instant bounces.

Testing Your Website

We encourage all developers to regularly test their websites with Safari Technology Preview (STP) and our betas of iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. Major changes to ITP and WebKit in general are included in the betas and STP, typically months before shipping. An easy way to stay ahead of the changes is to use STP as a daily development browser. This gives you access to the latest developer tools and helps you discover unexpected behavior in your websites with each release. If you come across bugs or breakage, please file an open source bug report .

iOS Tip: Be Careful When Blocking Safari Cookies

I had a funny little incident over the weekend while using iOS. One night, I decided to control my Safari cookies by having the browser always block cookies. Everything seemed okay at first. Then the next day, I cleared my website history and data. I then found myself unable to log into any website in Safari. I’ll replicate my steps below in case you run into the same issue.

Blocking Safari Cookies

You can block Safari cookies on iOS by going into Settings > Safari > Privacy & Security section. There are four options to choose from: Always Block, Allow from Current Website Only, Allow from Websites I Visit, and Always Allow.

Normally, I use the setting Allow from Current Website Only. This allows first-party cookies and blocks third-party cookies. The difference is that third-party cookies come from trackers and advertisers, while first-party cookies come from the website you actually visit.

Cookies R Us

Cookies aren’t necessarily bad, at least first-party cookies. It’s just a way for your browser to “remember” your settings for a particular website. For example, when I visit Google search, I get an annoying message where Google nudges me to use Chrome.

I press the button to say no, and I never get the pop-up again. This is because Google set a cookie that remembers that I pressed no, so I don’t have to keep pressing it every time I visit Google search. But when you always block cookies, Google shows the window each time, treating each visit as a new session.

In the same way, when you log into a website, there is often a little button that says “Remember Me.” This is a persistent login cookie that saves your information in the browser, so you don’t have to login each time.

I found an Apple support page where it discusses Safari cookies and the different settings you can use. Under the Always block section, it gives the caveat: “This may prevent some websites from working properly.”

Apparently, not being able to log into websites is an example of improperly working. Maybe if I hadn’t cleared the website data, which includes cookies, I wouldn’t have run into this problem. So my tip is to accept first-party cookies and block third-party cookies.

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Cookies are enabled by default in Safari on your Mac, iPhone, and iPad. If the features of a certain website aren't working properly or you're getting errors about cookies, you may have disabled cookies in your settings. This wikiHow article will teach you how to allow cookies in Safari, and show you what to do if cookies aren't working properly.

Things You Should Know

• Open Safari on your Mac. Go to Safari > Preferences… > Privacy and uncheck "Block all Cookies".

• Try clearing your cookies if you are having trouble loading websites—sometimes old cookies get in the way of saving the new version of a cookie.

Enabling Cookies on a Mac

• In most cases, you'll probably want to leave a checkmark in front of this option to preserve your privacy. However, if websites aren't loading properly or you can't use the features of certain sites, you may need to enable this option.

Enabling Cookies on iPhone and iPad

• In most cases, you'll probably want to leave this switch on, as this protects your privacy. However, if websites aren't loading properly or you're unable to use features of certain sites, you can enable this option and see if it resolves the problem.

Troubleshooting

• Mac: Click the Safari menu, select Preferences , click Privacy , and then remove the checkmark from "Prevent cross-site tracking."
• iPhone/iPad: Open your Settings , tap Safari , and then toggle the "Prevent Cross-Site Tracking" switch to the Off (white) position.

• First, check to make sure private browsing is not always set to turn on—click the Safari menu, select Preferences , click General , and click the "New windows open with" menu. [6] X Research source If "A new private window" is selected, choose A new window instead.
• Then, to open a new window, just close the currently open Safari window, click the File menu, and then select New Window .
• iPhone/iPad: Open Safari and tap the overlapping squares at the bottom. [7] X Research source Tap Private at the bottom (if you see it), select (number of) Tabs , and then tap Done .

• Mac: Click the Safari menu, click Preferences , click Privacy , click Manage Website Data , and then click Remove All .
• iPhone/iPad: Open Settings , tap Safari , tap Advanced , select Website Data , and then tap Remove All Website Data . [8] X Research source

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• Enabling cookies can often allow you to view and have access to a larger number of websites that require cookies in order to function or display properly. Thanks Helpful 0 Not Helpful 0
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• ↑ https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac
• ↑ https://support.apple.com/en-us/105082
• ↑ https://support.ewu.edu/support/solutions/articles/10000057364-how-do-i-disable-prevent-cross-site-tracking-in-safari-
• ↑ https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/use-private-browsing-ibrw1069/mac
• ↑ https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203036

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• If Safari isn't displaying pages correctly, or your iPhone is running out of space, you might need to clear your cookies.
• You can clear cookies on an iPhone with just a few taps in the Settings app.
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Cookies are small files that websites store on your phone or computer to help them remember information about you and your visit. In this way, they can customize and personalize your web experience. Your bank might use cookies to remember your login email address, and how to display the web page. A retailer might use cookies to remember what's in your shopping cart.

Cookies can sometimes be a problem, though. You might need to clear your cookies on an iPhone to resolve a problem with the way your browser is behaving, or to save storage space. And some privacy advocates recommend blocking cookies entirely, so that websites can't glean personal information about you.

That said, while occasionally clearing cookies can be beneficial, we recommend leaving your cookies enabled because blocking them leads to an inconvenient and unsatisfying web experience. If you've blocked cookies and later decided to turn them back on, see our article, " How to enable cookies on an iPhone to help streamline your web browsing ."  

How to clear your cookies in Safari on an iPhone

1. Open the Settings app.

2. Scroll down and tap "Safari."

3. Tap "Advanced" at the bottom of the page.

4. On the Advanced page, tap "Website Data." On the Website Data page, you can see the size of the cookie files for every website stored on your iPhone.  

• To delete cookies for just certain sites, tap "Edit" and then tap the red icon to the left of the site's name. Tap "Delete" to confirm your choice.
• To delete all your cookies at once, tap "Remove All Website Data" and confirm this by tapping "Remove Now" in the popup window.

You might want to remove not just the cookies, but all history information from Safari as well — this saves additional storage space and can help you troubleshoot if Safari is misbehaving. To do that:

3. Tap "Clear History and Website Data." Then confirm this by tapping "Clear History and Data" in the popup window.

How to block cookies in Safari on an iPhone

3. Turn on Block All Cookies by sliding the button to the right, and then tap "Block All" to confirm.

How to clear your cookies in other browsers on an iPhone

If you are using a browser other than Safari on your iPhone — like Firefox or Google Chrome, for example — you can clear the cookies in those apps as well. You won't find the controls for cookies in Settings, though. You will need to look in the app itself. In Firefox, for example:

1. Open the Firefox app.

2. Tap the menu in the lower right corner of the app (it's shaped like three horizontal lines).

3. Tap "Settings," and then tap "Data Management."

4. Tap "Clear Private Data" and confirm your decision by tapping "OK" in the confirmation window.

Other third-party browsers let you clear cookies in a similar way. Here's how to clear cookies in Chrome:

1. Open the Chrome app.

2. Tap the menu in the lower right (it looks like three horizontal dots).

3. Tap "Settings," and then tap "Privacy."

4. Tap "Clear Browsing Data" to go into a menu where you can select what you want to clear.

5. Select "Cookies, Site Data" and whatever else you'd like to erase, tap the red "Clear Browsing Data" button, and confirm when it asks you to.

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How To : Block Those Annoying Cookie Consent Notices from Appearing on Websites in Safari

As a means to combat annoying and intrusive advertisements in Safari , Apple added native support for content blockers on the iPhone. Instead of being bombarded by notifications, banners, and pop-ups, content blockers prevent them from opening, which can also be said about those annoying cookie consent notices that many websites now have.

Anytime you visit a website, a cookie file is saved on your device that contains information about the website and you, including a unique ID and personally identifiable information such as your name, email address, and phone number. The website then uses this cookie whenever you visit the next time so that they can uniquely tailor this experience to you. For example, if you've placed a few things in your shopping cart, this information is stored in your cookies, so the next time you go to the website, these products may still be in your cart.

Not everyone is okay with how companies track important information via cookies. So the European Union passed a law called the GDPR , which essentially requires websites to get your consent before collecting your data. That's why you may see websites asking for permission to your cookies with annoying banners that sometimes take up the entire page.

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Not every cookie consent banner is the same, however. On some websites, you must accept all cookies to continue using them. On others, you have choices for which types of cookies to allow. Some allow you to ignore the banner and won't collect your information. And then there are websites that have cookie consent banners to let you know about their cookie policy, and it will still collect your information even if you ignore it.

If you don't care about cookie policies, you probably ignore these banners. And if you do, content blockers can help you block these banners so that they don't appear in the first place. Although the website may still collect your information, you no longer have to worry about these cookie consent notices filling up your page. And as a bonus, it won't block ads so that you can continue to support the sites you visit.

Step 1: Install the 'Hush for Safari' App

"Hush for Safari," created by developer Oblador AB , is a simple yet powerful service that blocks those annoying consent notices asking you to accept cookies whenever you visit a new website. The app works as a content blocker (without blocking ads), so it simply guides Safari to hide these notifications without asking for access to your private information, unlike other blockers.

You can check out its App Store listing or even its source code to ensure that they're not tracking or collecting your data.

• App Store Link: Hush for Safari (free)

Step 2: Add It to Safari's Content Blockers

Before you can use Hush for Safari, you must first toggle it on as a Safari content blocker. To do so, launch the Settings app and go into "Safari." Next, scroll down and tap on "Content Blockers" under General . If you don't see "Content Blockers," it's because you don't have a content blocker installed on your iPhone (so make sure Hush has downloaded all the way).

In Content Blockers , you should see Hush for Safari listed as "Hush." Tap on its toggle to enable it. You don't even need to open the app itself, although you should see whether it's enabled or disabled if you do.

Step 3: Browse Safari Without Cookie Consent Notices

Now, whenever you visit a new website, i.e., a website you have never visited before, you should no longer see cookie consent notices. Below you can see the European Space Agency website with a cookie consent notice (left) and without one when Hush for Safari is enabled (right).

In case you want cookie consent notices back, to see which websites track your cookies, go back to Settings –> Safari –> Content Blockers, then toggle off Hush.

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Hush blocks this webpage. ??

Why didn't the bureaucrats who dream up their wonderful-make-our-lives-better-by-making-them-more-complicated-and-insufferable stuff make an exception for having websites that have THREE cookies only - username and password and a third one that I suppose might be useful for this - a "areYouRegisted" flag, a "doYouWantTwoFactorAuthenticationAndWhichEmailAddressToUseForIt", "preferredDisplayName", "preferredLanguage" - something. Limit these to whatever a reasonable length would be (20 Unicode characters probably - make that 64 or 128 bytes). I guess you might want to require the "sign up page" to include a warning, "This website will use a cookie to store your username and password ONLY".

Yes, it could maybe be abused. But the system already CAN be abused (that's why the GDRF exists, right?) Of course, Liberals (capital L only) don't seem to understand the phrase "compliance cost". And the fact that it applies to BOTH "producers" and "consumers" - an "annoyance factor". And before "they" say, "that doesn't matter".. Aren't they the same ones starting to finally whine about screen-time and distractions and such? (Don't get me started on over-signage on US streets possibly CAUSING more accidents.)

(Though it should already have a preferred display name and language. I suppose this would be if you had a website that could function with only making ONE server request - on login, that's it. But the people who hire web programmers don't care about efficiency, and must assume we ALL have OC-768 lines directly into the companies' server farm - and no one else on that farm when your accessing it)

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Apple on Tuesday released a major update to its Safari Intelligent Tracking Prevention (ITP), the privacy feature that allows the company’s web browser to block cookies and prevent advertisers from snooping on your web habits. According to Apple’s John Wilander, the WebKit engineer behind the feature, Safari now blocks all third-party cookies . That means that, by default, no advertiser or website is able to follow you around the internet using the commonplace tracking technology.

It’s a significant milestone for web privacy, and it puts Apple’s browser officially two whole years ahead of Chrome, after Google said in January that it would start phasing out third-party cookies but not fully until some time in 2022.

“Cookies for cross-site resources are now blocked by default across the board. This is a significant improvement for privacy since it removes any sense of exceptions or ‘a little bit of cross-site tracking is allowed,’” Wilander notes in the announcement post on the blog for WebKit, which is Apple’s in-house browser engine that powers many of its features under the hood.

Wilander notes that users might not notice a big change because ITP has been doing this more or less already. “It might seem like a bigger change than it is. But we’ve added so many restrictions to ITP since its initial release in 2017 that we are now at a place where most third-party cookies are already blocked in Safari.”

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Apple first launched ITP within Safari nearly three years ago, where it immediately set a new bar for web privacy standards on both desktop and mobile by blocking some, but not all, cookies by default. Alongside the substantial privacy work of Mozilla’s Firefox, which also blocks third-party cookies by default as of last summer , Apple has been pioneering a machine learning approach to web tracking prevention that has made Safari one of the most widely used and secure web tools available.

In addition to blocking third-party cookies across the board and by default, Wilander says ITP now has safeguards against trackers using the very nature of tracking prevention as a way to keep tabs on users . He adds that the new feature set also ensures that websites and trackers can’t use login IDs to digitally fingerprint users who might otherwise be using tracking prevention or other privacy tools.

Wilander thanks Google for helping Apple improve ITP

“Full third-party cookie blocking makes sure there’s no ITP state that can be detected through cookie blocking behavior. We’d like to again thank Google for initiating this analysis through their report,” he writes, referencing Google’s research published earlier this year on ITP that revealed the possibility of using some elements of it as a fingerprint. (Apple had to disable the Do Not Track feature in Safari in 2019 for similar reasons.)

Wilander goes on to detail some other, more technical elements of the ITP update. But in general, he says Safari is again setting a new bar for web privacy that he and Apple hope other companies will follow.

“Safari continues to pave the way for privacy on the web, this time as the first mainstream browser to fully block third-party cookies by default. As far as we know, only the Tor Browser has featured full third-party cookie blocking by default before Safari, but Brave just has a few exceptions left in its blocking so in practice they are in the same good place. We know Chrome wants this behavior too and they announced that they’ll be shipping it by 2022,” he writes. “We will report on our experiences of full third-party cookie blocking to the privacy groups in W3C to help other browsers take the leap.”

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First of all, what are third-Party cookies?

Third-party cookies are created by websites other than the one you are visiting. As the name suggests (third-party), they are made by external parties focused on advertising, retargeting, and providing tracking services .

Like standard cookies, third-party cookies store information about the user that the domain that collects them can use later.

Unlike first-party cookies, which try to improve the user experience on the web, third-party cookies are focused on enhancing online marketing, primarily through image advertising. They save user information that includes: gender, age, and user behavior (to determine things like what the users favor and what they avoid.)

The cookies present personalized ads that promote online marketing campaigns based on the user information collected. You can decide whether enable third-party cookies on your web browser or block them.

In this article, you will learn how to enable third-party cookies on Safari .

Safari is one of the most prominent web browsers currently in use. It is the default web browser for Apple devices. For security reasons, third-party cookies are blocked on Safari by default.

However, you can enable third-party cookies on Safari by following a few simple steps on any of your Apple devices. Whether you have a MacBook, an iPhone, or an iPad, let’s talk about enabling the cookies.

Here are the steps to enable third-party cookies on Safari. IOS (iPhone and iPad) settings are the same because they share the same operating system.

Allow Third-party Cookies On Mac

Launch the Safari browser by clicking its icon (it looks like a blue compass).

Click “Safari ”, which is next to the Apple icon.

A dropdown menu will appear from which you can select “Preferences” .

Click the “Privacy” tab, which is in the top panel.

Navigate to “Cookies and Website Data” and un-tick the option “Block all cookies” . This will allow 3rd party cookies on Safari.

Allow Third-Party Cookies on iPhone/iPad iOS 11

Go to “Settings” .

Scroll down to “ Safari ” and click on it.

Under “Privacy and Security” turn off “Prevent Cross-Site Tracking ”. Also, turn off “Block All Cookies” (Turning off makes the green bar go white.)

Do you know you can also use Safari to do reverse image search on Mac ?

Allow Third Party Cookies on iPad iOS 10 and others

Scroll down to Safari and click on it.

Under “Privacy and Security”, click on “ Block All Cookies ” .

Select “Always Allow” or “Allow from Websites I Visit” from the dropdown menu. This will allow 3rd party cookies on Safari.

Safari is set to block third-party cookies automatically. However, if you use a MacBook and need the browser to stop blocking third-party cookies, you can follow the steps mentioned above to enable third-party cookies on Safari.

At step five, deselect the option “Block Cookies” under the cookies and website data. However, this option allows cookies from all websites to be displayed, which might disrupt your browsing experience.

To cut down the number of websites that display cookies, you can check the option “Allow from websites I visit.” With this option, Safari won’t be able to block third-party cookies on the websites you visit frequently with this option enabled, allowing you to browse uninterrupted and conveniently.

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Apple updates Safari on iOS and Mac to block third-party cookies

Safari is getting better at protecting you on the web.

Safari is blocking third-party cookies. 

Annoyed at how much data companies gather from your web browsing? Apple's giving Safari on iOS and MacOS an update to help. 

Announced Tuesday by Apple WebKit engineer John Wilander in a blog post on the WebKit site, the move fully blocks third-party cookies, bringing the latest version of Safari in-line with other browsers like Tor. (WebKit is the browser engine that powers Safari.)

Google said in a blog post of its own earlier this year that it hopes to add similar functionality to Chrome "within two years." 

Cookies allow for tracking behavior across websites, something that has been under increasing scrutiny in recent years as the internet community began taking stock of how much data was being collected online by these trackers, known as third-party cookies and often used by social networks and advertising companies. With this new update, the newest Safari will no longer allow those cookies to operate.

In tweets accompanying his blog post, Wilander says that Apple will report back its experience to privacy groups such as the Worldwide Web Consortium to "help other browsers take the leap." 

This update takes several important steps to fight cross-site tracking and make it more safe to browse the web. First of all, it paves the way. We will report on our experiences of full third-party cookie blocking to the privacy groups in W3C to help other browsers take the leap. — John Wilander (@johnwilander) March 24, 2020

The move is Apple's latest to fight against data trackers. Last year the company built a new browser technology called Privacy Preserving Ad Click Attribution. It was designed to let advertisers figure out when their ads successfully got you to buy something, but without tracking you across the internet and harvesting personal details to do so. 

The company has taken other steps to try and limit the gathering of people's information, including creating Sign In with Apple , a way for people to sign in to apps and websites without having to necessarily divulge personal information such as their actual email address. 

The new version of Safari is out now in iOS and iPadOS 13.4 and in Safari version 13.1 on MacOS.

CNET's Stephen Shankland contributed to this report. 

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We’re going to focus on changing Safari cookie handling for iOS devices here, but Mac OS X users can find similar specificity for their Mac here .

How to Block Cookies in Safari for iPhone & iPad

• Go to the Home Screen of the iPhone or iPad, and open the “Settings” app
• Scroll down in the primary settings panel to find and select “Safari”
• Choose “Block Cookies” under the ‘Privacy & Security’ section and toggle the setting ON, or select one of three options:
• Always – this blocks all cookies all the time for every website
• From third parties and advertisers – this blocks cookies only from websites other than what you have visited, and blocks ad targeting cookies
• Never – allows all cookies, never blocking any of them
• When satisfied with your preference, hit the Home button to exit out of Settings

OPTIONAL: Use Advanced Safari settings to delete cookies for specific sites as described here or clear all browser data including all site cookies and history.

Settings will take effect immediately upon the next usage of the Safari browser app. The video below walks through the simple settings adjustment process:

You should not need to quit or kill Safari for the change to be made, but if you do find a saved session stored for a website after blocking them, you can use the swipe to quit trick and then relaunch Safari app, or clear out the cookie for that specific site.

There is no right or wrong setting here, it’s simply a matter of personal preference. The “Always” approach can be a bit extreme since it never saves any session data, while the “From third parties” approach tries to find a middle ground between Always and Never.

An alternative to using the “Always Block” setting is to simply use Private Browsing mode in Safari on iOS, which never stores cookies so long as the user keeps private browsing enabled. The advantage to the private browsing approach is that it’s easy to toggle back and forth depending on the user preferences, as it does not require a specific Settings adjustment to achieve. Using Private Browsing as a cookie blocking approach can be particularly helpful for multi-user iPads or if you’re handing a device off to someone else to use temporarily.

Browser cookie control is a welcome feature to iOS, and Mac OS X users may recall the feature was first introduced to Safari settings on the Mac a few versions back, which offers the exact same level of fine-tuning.

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I’m surprised that this article says Safari offers “tremendous user control over how web cookies are handled.” I would replace “tremendous” with “basic.” All or none is basic. And blocking third-party cookies is more or less “none.” Some sites need cookies to work, but deleting all the junk ones after the fact is hardly a solution. Private browsing is no better if you like having history to look back on. Are there no iOS browsers that allow exceptions to the block all cookies rule (like Firefox or Chrome)?

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The easiest way to take video of an iPhone screen is with an app called Reflector: https://osxdaily.com/2013/09/09/record-iphone-ipad-screen-reflector/

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How to Block Cookies in Safari

Websites use browser cookies to store information and retrieve information about you each time you visit. Sometimes this is helpful, such as cookies that save your shopping cart information between sessions, but cookies also allow advertisers to profile you and try to get you to spend more money. If you want to control your privacy, you can block all cookies or just some of them in Safari.

Block Cookies in Safari on the Mac

1. Select Preferences from the Safari menu or use the Command+, keyboard shortcut (hold down the Command key and the comma key at the same time).

2. Go to the Privacy tab.

3. Choose how you want Safari to treat cookies. By default, Safari allows cookies from the sites you visit, but prevents third-party content that might be embedded in those sites from storing cookies on your computer. Your other options are:

• Always block: No cookies are allowed to be stored on your Mac. Keep in mind this option might prevent some sites from working properly.
• Allow from current site only: Only the current site you're visiting will be allowed to store cookies.
• Always allow: All websites, third parties, and advertisers can store cookies on your Mac.

4. Close the Preferences window when you are done. Your settings will apply to all future website browsing.

One setting you might also want to change in Safari's Preference menu is website tracking. Check the "Ask websites not to track me" option to tell sites and their third-party content providers not to keep track of your browsing activities using tools other than cookies. Safari will send a "do not track" request when you visit the site, but it's up to the website owner to comply.

Block Cookies in Safari in iOS

You can also block cookies on your iPhone or iPad to stop sites from tracking your mobile browsing activity. Here's how to do that in iOS 8 or later.

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1. Open the Settings app, tap Safari, and tap Block Cookies.

2. Select your cookies preference. The options are the same as those for OS X.

If you're using iOS 7 or earlier, your options will be "Never," "From third parties and advertisers," or "Always."

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Manage cookies and website data

Websites often store cookies and other data on your Mac. This data may include information that you have provided, such as your name, email address, and preferences. This data helps websites identify you when you return so the site can provide services for you and show information that might be of interest to you.

By default, Safari accepts cookies and website data only from websites you visit. This helps prevent certain advertisers from storing data on your Mac. You can change options in Safari preferences so that Safari always accepts or always blocks cookies and other website data.

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Important: Changing your cookie preferences or removing cookies and website data in Safari may change or remove them in other apps, including Dashboard.

Choose Safari > Preferences, click Privacy, then do any of the following:

Change which cookies and website data are accepted: Select a “Cookies and website data” option:

Always block: Safari doesn’t let any websites, third parties, or advertisers store cookies and other data on your Mac. This may prevent some websites from working properly.

Allow from current website only: Safari accepts cookies and website data only from the website you’re currently visiting. Websites often have embedded content from other sources. Safari does not allow these third parties to store or access cookies or other data.

Allow from websites I visit: Safari accepts cookies and website data only from websites you visit. Safari uses your existing cookies to determine whether you have visited a website before. Selecting this option helps prevent websites that have embedded content in other websites you browse from storing cookies and data on your Mac.

Always allow: Safari lets all websites, third parties, and advertisers store cookies and other data on your Mac.

Remove stored cookies and data: Click Manage Website Data, select one or more websites, then click Remove or Remove All.

Removing the data may reduce tracking, but may also log you out of websites or change website behavior.

See which websites store cookies or data: Click Manage Website Data.

Change how often websites ask to use your location information: Select a “Website use of location services” option:

Prompt for each website once each day: Safari prompts you once each day for each website you visit that requests use of location services.

Prompt for each website one time only: Safari only prompts you once for each website you visit that requests use of location services.

Deny without prompting: All websites are denied access to location services and Safari does not prompt you.

Ask websites not to track you: Some websites keep track of your browsing activities when they serve you content, which enables them to tailor what they present to you. You can have Safari ask sites and their third party content providers (including advertisers) not to track you.

With this option turned on, each time Safari fetches content from a website, Safari adds a request not to track you, but it’s up to the website to honor this request.