diff --git a/app/src/androidTest/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/WebViewDataManagerTest.kt b/app/src/androidTest/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/WebViewDataManagerTest.kt
index d6010f0a539e..167db53cb369 100644
--- a/app/src/androidTest/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/WebViewDataManagerTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/androidTest/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/WebViewDataManagerTest.kt
@@ -20,14 +20,15 @@ import android.content.Context
 import android.webkit.WebStorage
 import android.webkit.WebView
 import android.webkit.WebViewDatabase
-import androidx.test.annotation.UiThreadTest
 import androidx.test.platform.app.InstrumentationRegistry
 import com.duckduckgo.app.browser.session.WebViewSessionInMemoryStorage
 import com.duckduckgo.app.fire.DuckDuckGoCookieManager
 import com.duckduckgo.app.global.file.FileDeleter
 import com.nhaarman.mockitokotlin2.mock
 import com.nhaarman.mockitokotlin2.verify
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
 import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
+import kotlinx.coroutines.withContext
 import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
 import org.junit.Test
 
@@ -38,28 +39,61 @@ class WebViewDataManagerTest {
     private val mockStorage: WebStorage = mock()
     private val context = InstrumentationRegistry.getInstrumentation().targetContext
     private val mockFileDeleter: FileDeleter = mock()
+    private val mockWebViewDatabase: WebViewDatabase = mock()
     private val testee = WebViewDataManager(context, WebViewSessionInMemoryStorage(), mockCookieManager, mockFileDeleter)
 
-    @UiThreadTest
     @Test
-    fun whenDataClearedThenCacheHistoryAndStorageDataCleared() {
-        val context = InstrumentationRegistry.getInstrumentation().targetContext
-        val webView = TestWebView(context)
-        val mockWebViewDatabase = mock<WebViewDatabase>()
-
-        testee.clearData(webView, mockStorage, mockWebViewDatabase)
-
-        assertTrue(webView.historyCleared)
-        assertTrue(webView.cacheCleared)
-        assertTrue(webView.clearedFormData)
-        verify(mockStorage).deleteAllData()
-        verify(mockWebViewDatabase).clearHttpAuthUsernamePassword()
+    fun whenDataClearedThenWebViewHistoryCleared() = runBlocking<Unit> {
+        withContext(Dispatchers.Main) {
+            val webView = TestWebView(context)
+            testee.clearData(webView, mockStorage, mockWebViewDatabase)
+            assertTrue(webView.historyCleared)
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun whenDataClearedThenWebViewCacheCleared() = runBlocking<Unit> {
+        withContext(Dispatchers.Main) {
+            val webView = TestWebView(context)
+            testee.clearData(webView, mockStorage, mockWebViewDatabase)
+            assertTrue(webView.cacheCleared)
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun whenDataClearedThenWebViewFormDataCleared() = runBlocking<Unit> {
+        withContext(Dispatchers.Main) {
+            val webView = TestWebView(context)
+            testee.clearData(webView, mockStorage, mockWebViewDatabase)
+            assertTrue(webView.clearedFormData)
+        }
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun whenExternalCookiesClearedThenCookiesRemoved() = runBlocking<Unit> {
-        testee.clearExternalCookies()
-        verify(mockCookieManager).removeExternalCookies()
+    fun whenDataClearedThenWebViewWebStorageCleared() = runBlocking<Unit> {
+        withContext(Dispatchers.Main) {
+            val webView = TestWebView(context)
+            testee.clearData(webView, mockStorage, mockWebViewDatabase)
+            verify(mockStorage).deleteAllData()
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun whenDataClearedThenWebViewAuthCredentialsCleared() = runBlocking<Unit> {
+        withContext(Dispatchers.Main) {
+            val webView = TestWebView(context)
+            testee.clearData(webView, mockStorage, mockWebViewDatabase)
+            verify(mockWebViewDatabase).clearHttpAuthUsernamePassword()
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun whenDataClearedThenWebViewCookiesRemoved() = runBlocking<Unit> {
+        withContext(Dispatchers.Main) {
+            val webView = TestWebView(context)
+            testee.clearData(webView, mockStorage, mockWebViewDatabase)
+            verify(mockCookieManager).removeExternalCookies()
+        }
     }
 
     private class TestWebView(context: Context) : WebView(context) {
diff --git a/app/src/androidTest/java/com/duckduckgo/app/global/view/ClearPersonalDataActionTest.kt b/app/src/androidTest/java/com/duckduckgo/app/global/view/ClearPersonalDataActionTest.kt
index 283917505714..b585f7243bea 100644
--- a/app/src/androidTest/java/com/duckduckgo/app/global/view/ClearPersonalDataActionTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/androidTest/java/com/duckduckgo/app/global/view/ClearPersonalDataActionTest.kt
@@ -80,12 +80,6 @@ class ClearPersonalDataActionTest {
         verify(mockDataManager).clearData(any(), any(), any())
     }
 
-    @Test
-    fun whenClearCalledThenDataManagerClearsCookies() = runBlocking<Unit> {
-        testee.clearTabsAndAllDataAsync(false, false)
-        verify(mockDataManager).clearExternalCookies()
-    }
-
     @Test
     fun whenClearCalledThenAppCacheClearerClearsCache() = runBlocking<Unit> {
         testee.clearTabsAndAllDataAsync(false, false)
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/WebDataManager.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/WebDataManager.kt
index 13320fdca1db..1304ecc5c99b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/WebDataManager.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/WebDataManager.kt
@@ -28,10 +28,8 @@ import java.io.File
 import javax.inject.Inject
 
 interface WebDataManager {
-    suspend fun clearExternalCookies()
-    fun clearData(webView: WebView, webStorage: WebStorage, webViewDatabase: WebViewDatabase)
+    suspend fun clearData(webView: WebView, webStorage: WebStorage, webViewDatabase: WebViewDatabase)
     fun clearWebViewSessions()
-    suspend fun deleteWebViewDirectory()
 }
 
 class WebViewDataManager @Inject constructor(
@@ -41,20 +39,17 @@ class WebViewDataManager @Inject constructor(
     private val fileDeleter: FileDeleter
 ) : WebDataManager {
 
-    override fun clearData(webView: WebView, webStorage: WebStorage, webViewDatabase: WebViewDatabase) {
-        clearCache(webView)
+    override suspend fun clearData(webView: WebView, webStorage: WebStorage, webViewDatabase: WebViewDatabase) {
+        clearWebViewCache(webView)
         clearHistory(webView)
         clearWebStorage(webStorage)
-        clearFormData(webView)
-
-        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
-            clearFormData(webViewDatabase)
-        }
-
+        clearFormData(webView, webViewDatabase)
         clearAuthentication(webViewDatabase)
+        clearExternalCookies()
+        clearWebViewDirectory(exclusions = WEBVIEW_FILES_EXCLUDED_FROM_DELETION)
     }
 
-    private fun clearCache(webView: WebView) {
+    private fun clearWebViewCache(webView: WebView) {
         webView.clearCache(true)
     }
 
@@ -66,13 +61,17 @@ class WebViewDataManager @Inject constructor(
         webStorage.deleteAllData()
     }
 
-    private fun clearFormData(webView: WebView) {
+    private fun clearFormData(webView: WebView, webViewDatabase: WebViewDatabase) {
         webView.clearFormData()
+
+        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
+            clearFormData(webViewDatabase)
+        }
     }
 
-    override suspend fun deleteWebViewDirectory() {
+    private suspend fun clearWebViewDirectory(exclusions: List<String>) {
         val webViewDataDirectory = File(context.applicationInfo.dataDir, WEBVIEW_DATA_DIRECTORY_NAME)
-        fileDeleter.deleteContents(webViewDataDirectory, FILENAMES_EXCLUDED_FROM_DELETION)
+        fileDeleter.deleteContents(webViewDataDirectory, exclusions)
     }
 
     /**
@@ -87,7 +86,7 @@ class WebViewDataManager @Inject constructor(
         webViewDatabase.clearHttpAuthUsernamePassword()
     }
 
-    override suspend fun clearExternalCookies() {
+    private suspend fun clearExternalCookies() {
         cookieManager.removeExternalCookies()
     }
 
@@ -98,7 +97,7 @@ class WebViewDataManager @Inject constructor(
     companion object {
         private const val WEBVIEW_DATA_DIRECTORY_NAME = "app_webview"
 
-        private val FILENAMES_EXCLUDED_FROM_DELETION = listOf(
+        private val WEBVIEW_FILES_EXCLUDED_FROM_DELETION = listOf(
             "Cookies"
         )
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/global/view/ClearPersonalDataAction.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/global/view/ClearPersonalDataAction.kt
index 80a544a99f40..68f6295d372a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/global/view/ClearPersonalDataAction.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/global/view/ClearPersonalDataAction.kt
@@ -105,9 +105,6 @@ class ClearPersonalDataAction @Inject constructor(
         }
 
         dataManager.clearData(createWebView(), createWebStorage(), WebViewDatabase.getInstance(context))
-        dataManager.clearExternalCookies()
-        dataManager.deleteWebViewDirectory()
-
         appCacheClearer.clearCache()
 
         Timber.i("Finished clearing data")