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Safari jumps to the top of the previous page

I have seen a couple of other discussions on here about this, but nothing seems to fix it.

When I am using Safari (iPhone iOS 15.4) any time I hit the back button, it brings me to the top of the previous page instead of where I left off. This is particularly annoying when using google search. I don’t remember this always being the case, and I feel that this is only been recent (within the last few months).

I have tried the private/non private tabs, deleting Safari data/history, force closing Safari, and nothing.

Is there a setting I am missing?

Posted on Mar 29, 2022 11:00 PM

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30THIRTY

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Posted on Sep 29, 2022 9:20 PM

Didn’t work for me.

What is working for now is changing default search engine to something I don’t use and continuing to use google. If I set to any of the other default search engines and use the one selected the problem persists with all web pages originating from a click in that search engine. Interestingly if you swipe part way back you can see the last page, but if you go all the way back to the last page it refreshes no matter what.

Presently set to duck duck go and using google seems to work without the browser scrolling all the way to the top when hitting back button.

This has been an issue for me going on 3 years and has driven me nuts! One would think that @apple would address this issue either by documenting the correct settings to stop this abhorrent behavior or correct the issue in software updates. There should be no reason that safari can’t cache the last page position when browsing. Opening on additional tabs is cumbersome and utilizes more resources if you you have more tabs open or you click though multiple links and it does not close automatically.

Get it together Apple! This has been going on long enough!

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Oct 31, 2022 9:12 AM in response to geert98

Thank you, but I tried your suggestion and it did not work.

Oct 31, 2022 9:44 AM in response to Tdavismsw1

These are all workarounds. Please try not to post these workarounds. They are not fixes.

Oct 31, 2022 9:52 AM in response to nicholaspaulsmith

I didn’t post a workaround. I responded to someone who posted a workaround.

Nov 9, 2022 1:49 PM in response to RyanMe07

Thank you. Placing the adrees bar on bottom, when i go back, tha page will stay in the same place like it was last.

Dec 2, 2022 2:15 AM in response to Krispikey159

Hello, it does not work for me.

Dec 2, 2022 2:19 AM in response to cyclops18

Hello, I had the same issue YouTubed the problem I’ve been having and they said do this and it worked for me I’d say best thing for you to do is you tube it

Dec 2, 2022 2:21 AM in response to Krispikey159

What do you mean by “you tube it”?

Dec 2, 2022 3:15 AM in response to nicholaspaulsmith

I came to terms with the idea of having the toolbar down

Joleo13

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Dec 2, 2022 4:08 AM in response to cyclops18

The only solution is to changing the search bar to the bottom, i know is annoying the new change but you have to get used to it, end of the story.

Dec 2, 2022 5:26 AM in response to Krispikey159

This is always turned off for me but doesn’t fix it.

Dec 2, 2022 5:28 AM in response to Joleo13

Wrong, mine has been at the bottom since launch and this behavior is the same. You don’t think this has already been mentioned in this entire thread?

Dec 2, 2022 6:17 AM in response to jmsorensen

I’ve called Apple. Others have too about this. They’ve done nothing. Having the search bar at the bottom as a fix even if it was a fix is the kind of workaround that drives me crazy.

Dec 2, 2022 8:51 AM in response to Krispikey159

Thank you, Krispikey. Turning off “Preload Top Hit” worked for me!!

Dec 25, 2022 2:04 PM in response to Joleo13

That does not work. It still returns to the top of the search results.

Dec 31, 2022 5:41 PM in response to ashleycleve

Having same problem iPhone 11 iOS 16.2

Safari jumps to the top of the previous page