Searching Your Browser History

You can search your web browser's history to quickly find webpages you have previously visited. Here's how:

Choose History > Show History
Type in the Search field at the bottom of the window

Browser History

The Safari Browser History and iCloud

Safari, Apple's web browser, uses iCloud to keep your browsing history the same on all your Mac computers and iOS devices that have Safari turned on in iCloud preferences Links to an external site.. Your Mac can keep your browsing history for up to a year, while some iOS devices keep your browsing history for a month. You can set how often your Mac removes browser history items in your device's preferences Links to an external site..

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iOS Browser History

Like most modern web browsers, Safari for iOS stores your browsing history so you can call up web pages that you previously visited on your iPhone or iPad. The feature is easy to access and works with any open Safari page on your device. Here's how to use it:

Open Safari for iOS on your iPhone or iPad.
Press and hold the back arrow button on the far left hand side of the bottom tool bar.

Your browser history menu will appear on the screen. From here, you can tap on a link to open it.

If you have multiple windows/tabs open, you can view each window's browser history by tapping the "multiple pages" icon in the bottom right of the tool bar and then selecting the target page to open it. When it is open, you can press and hold the back button to view the history of that particular session. This only works for open tabs that originated on your device. If you use iCloud, you may be able to see pages that are open on another iOS device or Mac. Opening an iPad window from your iPhone, for example, does not allow you to view the history of the iPad browsing session.