diff --git a/app/init/global_event_handler.js b/app/init/global_event_handler.js
index d8e9b30b8..958a44320 100644
--- a/app/init/global_event_handler.js
+++ b/app/init/global_event_handler.js
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import AsyncStorage from '@react-native-community/async-storage';
 import CookieManager from '@react-native-cookies/cookies';
 import DeviceInfo from 'react-native-device-info';
 import {getLocales} from 'react-native-localize';
-import RNFetchBlob from 'rn-fetch-blob';
 
 import {setDeviceDimensions, setDeviceOrientation, setDeviceAsTablet} from '@actions/device';
 import {selectDefaultChannel} from '@actions/views/channel';
@@ -140,44 +139,14 @@ class GlobalEventHandler {
 
     clearCookiesAndWebData = async () => {
         try {
-            await CookieManager.clearAll(Platform.OS === 'ios');
+            await CookieManager.clearAll(true);
+
+            if (Platform.OS === 'ios') {
+                // on iOS we will also detele the Cookies stored by NSCookieStore
+                await CookieManager.clearAll(false);
+            }
         } catch (error) {
-            // Nothing to clear
-        }
-
-        switch (Platform.OS) {
-        case 'ios': {
-            const mainPath = RNFetchBlob.fs.dirs.DocumentDir.split('/').slice(0, -1).join('/');
-            const libraryDir = `${mainPath}/Library`;
-            const cookiesDir = `${libraryDir}/Cookies`;
-            const cookies = await RNFetchBlob.fs.exists(cookiesDir);
-            const webkitDir = `${libraryDir}/WebKit`;
-            const webkit = await RNFetchBlob.fs.exists(webkitDir);
-
-            if (cookies) {
-                RNFetchBlob.fs.unlink(cookiesDir);
-            }
-
-            if (webkit) {
-                RNFetchBlob.fs.unlink(webkitDir);
-            }
-            break;
-        }
-
-        case 'android': {
-            const cacheDir = RNFetchBlob.fs.dirs.CacheDir;
-            const mainPath = cacheDir.split('/').slice(0, -1).join('/');
-            const cookies = await RNFetchBlob.fs.exists(`${mainPath}/app_webview/Cookies`);
-            const cookiesJ = await RNFetchBlob.fs.exists(`${mainPath}/app_webview/Cookies-journal`);
-            if (cookies) {
-                RNFetchBlob.fs.unlink(`${mainPath}/app_webview/Cookies`);
-            }
-
-            if (cookiesJ) {
-                RNFetchBlob.fs.unlink(`${mainPath}/app_webview/Cookies-journal`);
-            }
-            break;
-        }
+            // Nothing to do
         }
     };