How do I remove 3 Google icons persisting in Safari (14.1.2) tab bar (Mohave)?
How do I remove 3 Google icons persisting in Safari (14.1.2) tab bar (Mohave)?
iMac 27″, macOS 10.14
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How do I remove 3 Google icons persisting in Safari (14.1.2) tab bar (Mohave)?
iMac 27″, macOS 10.14
I figured this out. The icons in question are "pinned". See the Safari help file.
If you drag a tab to the far left of the bar, it becomes pinned. To remove a pin, drag it to the right and it becomes an normal tab with a small "x" to close it.
The interesting thing is that these pins survive in new safari windows for all users of the computer, independent of history or caches. Seems to me that this is a minor security breach and a bug in the OS.
I figured this out. The icons in question are "pinned". See the Safari help file.
If you drag a tab to the far left of the bar, it becomes pinned. To remove a pin, drag it to the right and it becomes an normal tab with a small "x" to close it.
The interesting thing is that these pins survive in new safari windows for all users of the computer, independent of history or caches. Seems to me that this is a minor security breach and a bug in the OS.
Thanks for your reply.
Yes on IntelMac.
No tiny X appears on hover. CmdW does not close the tabs.
Safe boot: held shift at startup chime, held shift at user login: No help. Reboot normally: no help.
See the screenshot below. The "G" icon is for a google search; the other two are for google map searches.
Clearing all Safari history doesn't help. I cannot locate any google plugins in any of the three libraries. Logging in as a "virgin" test user does not solve the issue.
My google account is set to not save search history and to not use personal info for ads - basically everything is turned off.
This is weird - I'm stumped.
When hovering over the tab a tiny x should show on the left of that tab.
CMD + w should close it also.
If not...
Start with this if IntelMac...
Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at startup), does the problem occur in Safe Mode? Could take 10 minutes.
Safe mode attempts to repair Disks & clears lots of caches & loads safe Drivers, & prevents loading of 3rd party extensions, so if Safe Mode works try again in regular boot.
Because a "virgin" user shows the same issue, the cause is not in my user library or my google account.
Maybe someone knows if there is a file in /system/library or /library that is the culprit? An invisible file?
I'm stumped also as to why those 3 tabs are so small?
Great work, thanks for the report! :)
How do I remove 3 Google icons persisting in Safari (14.1.2) tab bar (Mohave)?