IPad clear safari address bar suggestions

moxtr wrote:
suggestions also come from bookmarks

Clearing the History (bookmarks/history/clear history) will remove the names of the visited sites from the history but not from the address bar auto-complete. To stop the visited sites from appearing through auto- complete, you must exit Safari, then shut it down (double tap the home button, find Safari, and click on the red minus sign on the corner of the app). This will remove any history of visited sites completely. Note that auto-complete will still bring up bookmarked sites.

Titcr, addresses the issue.

I was struggling with clearing history for hours - Dont know if any of you noticed, after clearing history, cache cookies etc, you can still hit the previous page button and be taken to your previous searches.

Anyway, eventually cleared all the history, deleted bookmarks, and cleared history, cookies and cache in general settings - still nothing. Then thanks to Pako07, I powered down the Ipod - Bingo - all gone. So seems you have to power down for the clearing of the cahce etc to work.

The trick is to tap in the address bar anywhere except the circular arrow or the black cross on white background. This will bring up a white cross on black background. Tap on this cross and the address bar will be cleared.

Let me know how you get on.

Instead of going to settings for Safari you can also use a private browser app such as free full screen private browsing available from the app store: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/free-full-screen-private-browsing/id368483462?mt= 8&uo=4

The advantage is:

1. you don't need to clear history each time.

2. it's not apparent if someone else uses your phone that you're safari is in private mode.

3. it's fast and full screen.

Here is a gauranteed method of clearing your search history and cookies on IPAD (IOS 3 and above)...

1) Go to Settings --> Safari

2) Change your search engine (switch from Google to Yahoo! or vice versa)

3) Tap Home button to go back to your main base home screen on your ipad

4) Tap Safari icon at the bottom

5) Tap out using home and Go to Settings --> Safari

6) Tap the following sequentially: Clear History, Clear Cookies, Clear Cache (THESE ICONS ARE BOUND TO APPEAR IF YOU DO THIS RIGHT!)

7) Change your search engine back to what it was originally

8) Tap Home button

9) Launch Safari and verify search history is gone

😎 aint it !

Don't tap the right hand end of the address bar. Double tap in the middle. White cross on black circle appears in right hand side of address bar. Tap on white cross. Address bar should now be clear.

All the best John B

Most likely you have bookmarked the URL somewhere. Go and delete the book mark first. Then clear the history.

So, I have to get rid of bookmarks to have my address bar stop 'suggesting' these pages for me?

This is literally the worst feature I have ever seen. I can't believe that this is how they designed their browser. I want to both be able to have whatever bookmark I choose, and NOT have it pop up as a suggestion every time I type something similar into my address bar.

Nice job on your crappy browser feature Apple.

luminiferousaethers wrote:

Nice job on your crappy browser feature Apple.

So use a different browser if Safari doesn't meet your needs. Seems simple enough.