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How can I stop Safari from asking me to prove I'm not a robot on iPhone?

On my iPhone, how do I stop Safari from asking me to prove I’m not a robot and play the “check all the squares with a bicycle” game (only to see the bicycle is touching a bunch of lines, so I have to guess, Apple says I’m wrong, then makes me find all the stairs in blurry photos, then the game continues)?


This is so maddening! Especially when I just want to know the score of a game… I got to play “I’m Not A Robot” again just now when I typed “how do I ask apple for help.” This never used to happen, so Apple clearly changed something. If you know how to undo it, please share. Thank you in advance for any help!!


Note - I use an iPhone 13 Pro Max and all software is up to date (my post tagged an old phone and I cannot update the tag).


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Posted on Jul 16, 2024 8:54 PM

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Jul 16, 2024 9:43 PM in response to DanRB4

This has nothing to do with Safari or Apple. Some websites you visit may want to verify that you are an actual person and the way they do this is through the captcha or more likely what you are seeing is the Google version called reCaptcha. You can learn more about this here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReCAPTCHA


Since you claimed it happens on your searches, then change your Search engine to something other than Google. Do this at Settings > Safari > Search Engine and report back your results. Some sites will always do it, but if you are seeing it frequently on your searches with Google as your search engine, then it is Google that thinks you are a bot and they are making you prove you are not before you can use their service.

How can I stop Safari from asking me to prove I'm not a robot on iPhone?

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