How to Clear Calculator History on Your iPhone

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By Leanne Hays
January 09, 2025

Apple has introduced new and improved features to the iOS 18 calculator, including the ability to see your iPhone calculator history. You can also clear your calculator history partially or entirely; here's how.

Why You’ll Love This Tip:

  • Clear mathematical equations you don't need to save in your iPhone's iOS 18 calculator.
  • Make your calculator history easier to navigate by deleting clutter.

How to Clear Calculator History on Your iPhone

System Requirements

This tip works on the iPhone 15 and later running iOS 18.1 or later. Find out how to update to the latest version of iOS.

If you have your iPhone updated to iOS 18 or later, you can use all the new and improved iOS 18 calculator features. These include the ability to see your iPhone calculator history, and to clear some or all of your iPhone calculator history; here's how.

  1. Open your iPhone Calculator app. iPhone calculator app
  2. Tap the List icon. tap list icon to see iphone calculator history
  3. Tap Edit. tap edit to clear calculator history
  4. Tap the circles next to the listings you want to delete, then tap Delete. tap delete to clear calculator history

Now you know how to check and clear the calculator history on your iPhone of one, several, or all the equations saved. Be sure to check out our free Tip of the Day for more great iPad and iPhone calculator tutorials.

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Leanne Hays has over a dozen years of experience writing for online publications. As a Feature Writer for iPhone Life, she has authored hundreds of how-to, Apple news, and gear review articles, as well as a comprehensive Photos App guide. Leanne holds degrees in education and science and loves troubleshooting and repair. This combination makes her a perfect fit as manager of our Ask an Expert service, which helps iPhone Life Insiders with Apple hardware and software issues.
In off-work hours, Leanne is a mother of two, homesteader, audiobook fanatic, musician, and learning enthusiast.

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