Privacy - remove all website data doesn't work

Hi all,
when I choose privacy > remove all website data - it doesn't work and all the data remains.... (details says many are in cache)
Q: why is this and how to I remove the data?

A well known contributor here wrote the following ...
Cookies have acquired a worse reputation than they deserve.   They cannot hold any executable code, they just hold data and then, only data the user has provided.   You could say they're as dangerous as you let them become.
And that I think sums it up.    Clearing all website data is counter productive insofar as it removes many cookies that do a useful job and save you time.
Just take care where you browse, use private browsing if you are unsure and that should be enough.   As an option, I bought an app called 'Cookie'. It's about £10 and I found it very good for a whole range of other cookies like databases and flash cookies.   Read about it at ...
Download Cookie for Mac - Protect your online privacy. MacUpdate.com
Thanks for the star.

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Safari 6.0.5, OS X 10.8, MacBookPro 17" Mid-2010.
I cannot properly remove the cookies from Safari. It takes 3, 4 or 5 relaunches to clear them all. Bug?
I have even installed OS X 10.8 on a blank disk, from scratch. I have even repaired my boot disk permissions. The trouble is still there.
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I clear the cache with Command-Option-E.
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I go to the Preferences:Privacy panel, and I clearly see "5 websites stored cookies or other data". Sometimes they are even hundreds.
I click on the button "Details..." and verify they are all listed there. Yes they are.
Now I click on the button "Remove all website data". It seems the data have been removed. No more messages aside the button.
Then I quit and relaunch Safari, then I open the Preferences:Privacy panel.
Well, I clearly still see "5 websites stored cookies or other data".
So I click again on the button "Remove all website data". It seems the data have been removed. No more messages aside the button.
Then I quit and relaunch Safari, then I open the Preferences:Privacy panel.
Well, I clearly still see "2 websites stored cookies or other data". So only 3 data have been removed.
Now I click on the button "Remove all website data". It properly shows the data have been removed.
Then I quit and relaunch Safari, then I open the Preferences:Privacy panel.
Finally, I see the data have been removed. But is that true? Is that reliable? Of course I don't trust that.
So I quit Safari once again, relaunch it once again and verify that on the Preferences:Privacy panel.
Finally I quit Safari (with still some doubt...).
I guess that's not what I am supposed to do.

A well known contributor here wrote the following ...
Cookies have acquired a worse reputation than they deserve.   They cannot hold any executable code, they just hold data and then, only data the user has provided.   You could say they're as dangerous as you let them become.
And that I think sums it up.    Clearing all website data is counter productive insofar as it removes many cookies that do a useful job and save you time.
Just take care where you browse, use private browsing if you are unsure and that should be enough.   As an option, I bought an app called 'Cookie'. It's about £10 and I found it very good for a whole range of other cookies like databases and flash cookies.   Read about it at ...
Download Cookie for Mac - Protect your online privacy. MacUpdate.com
Thanks for the star.

Rest Safari/remove all website data

I thought I was clever and creating a faster way to delete all cookies as opposed to having to navigate all the way into -
Safari/preferences/privacy/remove all website data/remove now
Instead I set up -
Safari/reset safari/remove all website data (the only checked box)/remove
It worked - ONCE.
Now it won't work again. Strange.
Safari Version 6.0.1 (7536.26.14)/
Software Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 (11G63)
Ideally - a keyboard shortcut - or one click "trash all cookies" macro would be great.

Hi..
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For Apple > Use of Cookies
If you really want to have better control over cookies, try another browser like Firefox
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Hi,
In Safari Preferences, Remove All Website Data - doesn't.
At least not the first time.
I have to go into Details and Remove All a couple of times for it to to clear.
And it often lists websites that I haven't been to before or ones that I seen in a while and that I have already cleared.
Is this happening to anybody else?
Cheers.

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Hello All,
I am currently using a MacBook Pro, running OS X 10.8.5 with Safari ver 6.2.2. Recently I have noticed that when I go to preferences and click on Remove All Website Data it does not clean out the sites I have visited. Is this a common problem or do I have a virus or is there a fix? Please help. Thank you for your time.

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HI,
Wow you must have been watching me type and hit send since it took about 1 minute for the reply. Thanks.
Yes i understand the purpose however i still feel as though i should be able to decide for myself if i want to use them as an "option" or turn them off entirely. It's sort of akin to the "trash bin" that's not really trash, though in that instance at least microsoft and Apple listened to consumers (eventally) and allowed users to make the choice. Hey there's a thought how about Apple points the delete to the trash bin and looses the annoying popup, that way we can restore cookies? Sorry, i'm being sarcastic but in my view, if i delete a cookie or a cached web icon it's not exactly the same thing as "saving us" from deleting a spreadsheet or system files. Oh but wait in that instance i CAN delete them without having to endure the annoying "are you sure" pop up. it looks like someone missed the bus on this one. Thanks again I'll check the web for the terminal command and try and edit the tag myself.

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Author:   [email protected]
Date:     2009-05-29 11:22:17 -0700 (Fri, 29 May 2009)
Log Message:
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