I am not able to access localStorage in Safari (IPad with IOS-6).

For example, the following code is working fine in Windows on all browsers and on (iPad with iOS-5) but not in iOS-6:

localStorage.setItem("var","5");
alert(localStorage.getItem("var"));

Please help.

I am not able to access localStorage in Safari (IPad with IOS-6).

For example, the following code is working fine in Windows on all browsers and on (iPad with iOS-5) but not in iOS-6:

localStorage.setItem("var","5");
alert(localStorage.getItem("var"));

Please help.

• javascript
• safari
• local-storage

• What is the error? Is window.localStorage defined? caniuse confirms web storage is supported by iOS Safari. – Frédéric Hamidi Commented Nov 3, 2012 at 11:58
• The error which i got was : QUOTA_EXCEEDED_ERR: DOM Exception 22: An attempt was made to add something to storage that exceeded the quota. – Amber Commented Nov 3, 2012 at 12:06
• 1 possible duplicate of html5 localStorage doesn't works in ios safari private browsing – KingKongFrog Commented Aug 9, 2013 at 15:44

1 Answer 1

I was able to fix the issue by turning off private browsing on the iPad. I came across the solution from the reference : https://github./cloudhead/less.js/issues/312#issuement-2994845