How to delete WKWebview cookies
Supports iOS 11.0 and above
Following solution worked well for me:
Step 1. Remove Cookie from HTTPCookieStorage
Step 2. Fetch data records from WKWebsiteDataStore
and delete them.
Step 3. Create a new WKProcessPool
Create a WKWebView Extension:
extension WKWebView {
func cleanAllCookies() {
HTTPCookieStorage.shared.removeCookies(since: Date.distantPast)
print("All cookies deleted")
WKWebsiteDataStore.default().fetchDataRecords(ofTypes: WKWebsiteDataStore.allWebsiteDataTypes()) { records in
records.forEach { record in
WKWebsiteDataStore.default().removeData(ofTypes: record.dataTypes, for: [record], completionHandler: {})
print("Cookie ::: \(record) deleted")
}
}
}
func refreshCookies() {
self.configuration.processPool = WKProcessPool()
}
}
Usage:
override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
super.viewWillAppear(true)
webView.cleanAllCookies()
webView.refreshCookies()
}
Swift 3 version of Sarat's answer:
let dataStore = WKWebsiteDataStore.default()
dataStore.fetchDataRecords(ofTypes: WKWebsiteDataStore.allWebsiteDataTypes()) { (records) in
for record in records {
if record.displayName.contains("facebook") {
dataStore.removeData(ofTypes: WKWebsiteDataStore.allWebsiteDataTypes(), for: [record], completionHandler: {
print("Deleted: " + record.displayName);
})
}
}
}
Apple released new APIs for iOS 9, so now we can remove domain specific cookies stored for WKWebView with below code, but this will only work on devices with iOS version 9 or later:
Below is the Swift 3 version
let dataStore = WKWebsiteDataStore.default()
dataStore.fetchDataRecords(ofTypes: WKWebsiteDataStore.allWebsiteDataTypes()) { (records) in
for record in records {
if record.displayName.contains("facebook") {
dataStore.removeData(ofTypes: WKWebsiteDataStore.allWebsiteDataTypes(), for: [record], completionHandler: {
print("Deleted: " + record.displayName);
})
}
}
}
And Swift 4:
let dataStore = WKWebsiteDataStore.default()
dataStore.fetchDataRecords(ofTypes: WKWebsiteDataStore.allWebsiteDataTypes()) { records in
dataStore.removeData(
ofTypes: WKWebsiteDataStore.allWebsiteDataTypes(),
for: records.filter { $0.displayName.contains("facebook") },
completionHandler: completion
)
}
Objective-C version -
WKWebsiteDataStore *dateStore = [WKWebsiteDataStore defaultDataStore];
[dateStore
fetchDataRecordsOfTypes:[WKWebsiteDataStore allWebsiteDataTypes]
completionHandler:^(NSArray<WKWebsiteDataRecord *> * __nonnull records) {
for (WKWebsiteDataRecord *record in records) {
if ( [record.displayName containsString:@"facebook"]) {
[[WKWebsiteDataStore defaultDataStore]
removeDataOfTypes:record.dataTypes
forDataRecords:@[record]
completionHandler:^{
NSLog(@"Cookies for %@ deleted successfully",record.displayName);
}
];
}
}
}
];
The above snippet will sure work for iOS 9 and later. Unfortunately, if we use WKWebView for iOS versions before iOS 9, we still have to stick to the traditional method and delete the whole cookies storage as below.
NSString *libraryPath = [NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSLibraryDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) objectAtIndex:0];
NSString *cookiesFolderPath = [libraryPath stringByAppendingString:@"/Cookies"];
NSError *errors;
[[NSFileManager defaultManager] removeItemAtPath:cookiesFolderPath error:&errors];