Do I need to clear history on icloud?

Do I need to clear history,cookies,cache on Icloud?  How?

Your cookies and browser cache are only stored locally on your devices.  If you are syncing Safari with iCloud, your open web pages ("iCloud tabs") are in iCloud, and can be cleared by simply closing the open tabs in your browser (or by enabling private browsing).
Are you doing this as a troubleshooting step for something?

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  • Having trouble connect consistantly with websites, clear history then it works and an hour later, need to do the same thing (clear history to connect)

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  • How can I lock "clear history" on my iPad Safari, so that you need a password to clear browsing history?

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  • Why firefox 3.6 downloads all of the files again after restartarting the browser from a website if the "clear history when Firefox closed" is not Enabled?

    We have a corporate website, we officially support FF3, FF4, IE8 and IE9. Our web site is quite big, so we really need browser caching, first time page load is around 15 seconds. With files in the cache getting new page is less than a second.
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  • I need to clear space on my mac and have 2 other devices I need space on- IpHone and Ipad.  I have Itunes match.  If I delete the library from my computer, how can I play music from the cloud on all devices.  S

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    I have a MacBook, do I need to clear the memory or defragment the disk like I need to do on my work pc with Windows?
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  • My 'clear history button is not working. When I click on it it doesn't do anything and the letter are gray instead if blue like usual. I've gone to every type of settings I can bit I don't know how to fix it. Please help .

    My 'clear history button is not working. When I click on it it doesn't do anything and the letters are gray instead of blue like usual. I've gone to every type of settings I can think of but I don't know how to fix it. Please help .

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    least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
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  • The clear history in the google search box no longer works

    I'm using firefox 3.6.16. Suddenly the clear history link on the google search bar is not working. I can clearch history under tools but not within the search bar ,I don't know how to correct the problem. Can someone tell me what to do?

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  • How do i clear data in icloud

    please can someone help me... my icloud storage is full and i dont want to buy more..can i clear the storage i have already and if so how?
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  • Clearing history, cookies and cache

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    b- check if temporary or cache files have deleted?
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  • Firefox is running so slow even after clearing history, cookies, and cache

    My firefox browser suddenly started running very slow. I have cleared history, cookies, and cache. I have run scans, and even tried to uninstall and reinstall. it is still running slow

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    I've had several pinned apps, tab groups etc that always reappeared when I closed and opened Firefox. I always had history stored without a problem.
    Today I opened Firefox, and my pinned apps, tab groups, and history were all gone, and the option to Clear history when Firefox closed was checked. I did NOT do that. How could that happen? I definitely need to avoid this happening again!!
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