Ever felt safari running slow in iOS 10? Apple made the much-awaited iOS 10 publicly available in September 2016. Many of Apple’s stock apps have received a complete overhaul, including Safari. Of late, we have been hearing users complaining of Safari slowing down in iOS 10.

With changes to Notes, Mail, Phone, Photos, Camera, Maps, Music, News, Calendar and many more, iOS 10 includes dozens of new features and improvements. With several features like interactive notifications, elegant Messages, Split-View in Safari and more, iOS10 stands apart from the rest. New Safari features include side-by-side Tabs for iPad, inline video support, Apple Pay in mobile version Safari, deleting individual website data and more. Although iOS 10 is pretty much stable now, Safari running slow could be one of the many issues you are facing on iOS 10. In this post, we will take a look at how to speed up Safari. 

Safari Running Slow in iOS 10: How to Speed Up

Solution 1: Clear History and Data

All browsers store history and data. As your browsing volume increases, more and more data is stored in the form of history and related data. This can get clogged up and slow down Safari. So, the first thing you should try is clearing History and Data.

Steps to clear History and Data 

1. Head to Settings and tap Safari.

2. Tap on “Clear History and Website Data” and confirm “Clear History and Data”

Now, relaunch Safari and check if this fixes the problem of Safari running slow on iOS 10.

Solution 2: Disable Background App Refresh

When you switch to a different app, some apps run for a short period of time before they’re suspended. Suspended apps are those that aren’t actively in use, open, or taking up system resources. When Background App Refresh is ON, suspended apps can check for updates and new content. Disabling background app refresh can help fix Safari running slow on iOS 10.

1. Head to Settings.

2. Tap on General.

3. Tap on Background App Refresh and Toggle it OFF.

Solution 3: Clear all Safari Tabs

Keeping unnecessary tabs open in Safari can slow down Safari. In the OS parlance, each tab incurs non-trivial overhead since each tab is supported by a process. Having lot of tabs open consumes memory and wastes CPU resources. Close these tabs if you aren’t using them.

Clearing all safari tabs saves significant memory and may help fix the problem of Safari running slow in iOS 10.

Solution 4: Clear Reading List

Clearing reading list resolves issues with Safari running slow in iOS 10 and can speed up Safari.

1. Head to Settings. Tap on General.

2. Tap on Storage & iCloud usage and then tap Manage Storage.

3. Locate and tap on Safari. You should see ‘Edit‘ option in the top right corner. Tap on Edit.

4. Tap the red button to the left of Offline reading list and then tap on Delete.

Solution 5: Disable Location Services

Disabling location services can also help to speed up Safari. 

To disable location services follow these simple steps –

• Head to Settings -> Privacy
• Tap on Location Services and Toggle it OFF

Solution 6: Reset Network Settings

This solution may also help speed up Safari. To reset network settings –

• Head to Settings -> General -> Reset network settings.

Solution 7: Disable JavaScript for Safari

Disabling JavaScript can help you get rid of  the problems you are facing with Safari running slow in iOS10. To disable JavaScript for Safari –

• Head to Safari -> Tap on Advanced 
• Toggle JavaScript OFF

So that’s it, folks! Ideally, doing all of the above can speed up Safari significantly. But if you do not have the time to go through all these solutions, you may start with Solutions 1, 2 and 3 and check if Safari speeds up.

Be sure to check out our fixes for iMessage not working, iMessage waiting for activation issue and clearing Documents and Data for free space.

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