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Safari iPad history no longer showing.

Why will my history no longer show in Safari on my iPad? It used to show when I tapped on the "History" in "Bookmarks", but now is empty and it doesn't matter whether I use Yahoo, Google, Bing, etc. No history will show up.

You don't have Private Browsing enabled do you? If you have Private Browsing enabled the Safari toolbar is black, when you turn on private browsing it will not save your history. Just tap the + sign in the upper right corner of the toolbar and you will see the Private button in the lower left corner of Safari. Tap that to turn Private Browsing off.

Close Safari and reboot your iPad. Instructions are for iOS 7.

Double tap the home button and you will see apps lined up going left to right across the screen. Swipe to get to Safari and then swipe "up" on the app mini screen to close it.

Reboot the iPad by holding down on the sleep and home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple Logo appears - ignore the red slider if it appears on the screen - let go of the buttons. Let the iPad start up.

I tried this but it did not correct the problem. I also went into the settings for Safari and noted that the "Clear History" selection was blue. I cleared the history (it turned gray), then went back into Safari and did some browzing but no history shows. I again rebooted the iPad and entered Safari, but no history showed after visiting several sites.

You don't have Private Browsing enabled do you? If you have Private Browsing enabled the Safari toolbar is black, when you turn on private browsing it will not save your history. Just tap the + sign in the upper right corner of the toolbar and you will see the Private button in the lower left corner of Safari. Tap that to turn Private Browsing off.

That was the problem! Thanks for your help.

I don't see the private browsing on the bottom left of the new page, and still I don't see any new history. I used to get history but now I don't. Any idea why? Any other suggestion?

Hi michaeljreije. Safari has changed in 4 years. You can tell you're using Private Browsing if the top band is gray, not white. Are you using Private Browsing?

Hello Diana, I think I am in private mode.

最后更新：2017-09-28 07:54:11

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