Chrome Privacy Settings

If you don’t want to store one or more of the five types of data on your iPad, the Chrome for iOS app offers a way to delete data permanently with a few taps.

How to Delete Browsing Data From an iPad

Follow these steps to remove Chrome browsing data from your iPad.

Types of Browsing Data You Can Clear

The five types of private browsing data you can select to clear are:

Last HourLast 24 HoursLast 7 DaysLast 4 WeeksAll Time

Only items that the iPad acquired or visited during the specified time period are cleared. All Time is the best choice if you want to clear all the private browsing data from the iPad.

Browsing History: Your browsing history is a record of the websites you visited in Chrome. It is accessible from the Chrome History interface or through the autocomplete feature in the browser’s combination address and search bar. Cookies, Site Data: A cookie is a text file placed on your iPad when you visit some sites. Each cookie tells a web server when you return to a web page. Cookies remember settings that you have on a website and important information such as login credentials. Cached Images and Files: Chrome for iPad uses its cache to store images, content, and URLs of recently visited web pages. The browser can render pages faster on subsequent visits to the site by using the cache. Saved Passwords: When entering a password on a web page, such as when logging in to your email account, Chrome for iOS asks if you want the browser to remember the password. If you choose yes, it’s stored on the iPad and then populated the next time you visit that web page. Autofill Data: In addition to passwords, Chrome stores other frequently entered data, such as a home address, on your iPad.