Deleting an incorrect autocomplete/autofill entry

I had to check other forms then delete the web address to fix my problem. Good luck!

unfortunately, this tip (fn+shift+delete) no longer works in Safari 6. typical Apple, always changing/breaking functionality and making useful features difficult to find and use.

do you know how to remove individual autofill entries, in later versions of Safari?

fn+shift+delete works in the chrome browser

Using the drop-down menu go to:

> Safari >> Preferences >>> Autofill >>>> click 'edit' user names & passwords if that's what you're looking to delete >>>>> scroll down to whatever website you want it disabled on (for example, if you want to delete an entry that keeps appearing when logging into gmail, then scroll down to where the google entries appear - which are sorted alphabetically, so scroll down to 'g'... then click on whichever entry you want to removed; Once its selected, click 'remove');

After doing this, refresh your browser and it will no longer appear.

I feel your pain. I know I have done this in the past with a keyboard combination. The difference here is between AUTOCOMPLETE not AUTOFILL. The AUTOFILL can be dealt with via preferences but the AUTOCOMPLETE, where any drop down box, not just login info., auto populates with all the various incorrect mistyped information over the years.

There has to be an easy way to delete this. As someone said above, the FN + SHIFT + DELETE no longer works....

Safari > Preferences > Autofill > User Names and Passwords > Edit

Click on 'User Name" to sort list alphabetically. Find the offending Username and delete the entire line (url, username, password) The correct username should still remain. Verify by going to your bank url and logging in again.

I realize this post is old, but there may be other people out there with the same issue. I have OS X Yosemite. Not sure how it works with previous operating systems.

Thanks, but we are NOT talking about AUTOFILL and associated usernames and passwords. We are trying to delete the AUTOCOMPLETE "history" as these drop down boxes typically become clogged with incorrect text entries, usually typos. See my post directly above.

I'm sorry, that is not how I read the original questions.

The various links below show different methods. I am only familiar with Yosemite and not sure if the variation is due to various OS or something else. It seems to me that you have to delete from two locations. Let me know if these work for you.

This link disables the autocomplete feature

http://smallbusiness.chron.com/disable-autocomplete-apple-safari-43008.html

This link removes the history

http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/21072/delete-an-entry-from-safari-auto-complete/

This shows you how to delete individual entries or history

http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000553.htm

Oh my goodness! Thank you, Neville! I have been trying to get the 'helpful' autofill or auto suggest or whatever it is to go away on my email system, and you have helped me solve it! Used to drive me batty, all the incorrect suggestions. Now, it is fixed, and a pleasure to use my email again. :-)

Thank you!

Thank you - for years i had this stupid wrong autocomplete popping up all the time and finally I solved it pressing three keys :-). Amazing how simple life can be - if you know the answer 🙂

I believe I have the same issue, where I would start to fill in my username on my Facebook page and all of a sudden it would change it. The way I found to deal with it was I started to fill in the username and as soon as the drop-down menu would appear to 'suggest' (i.e. enforce) the change, I would 'right' click (2 finger click) the highlighted username in the entry field and on the drop-down menu that appears, scroll down to 'Spelling and Grammar' and then choose 'Show Spelling and Grammar' on the side menu that opened. This opens a window with all the alternate words that the computer have stored regarding that word you're trying to write. There you can make choices as to what to do.

Hope this helps.

P.S. My username has since posting this been changed. 🙂

Macbook Pro is Ctrl+Shft+Delete

I've had this problem too, and fixed it in an online chat with Apple Support, as follows:

1. Check whether the problem also occurs in Notes. If so, it is definitely an Auto-correct problem, not an Auto-fill, and cannot be fixed by tinkering with Safari. My problem was confirmed as Auto-correct: remaining steps assume this is the case.

2. In Finder, from Go menu, choose Go to Folder... In dialog, type (without quotes) "~/Library/Spelling/" and click Go.

3. In folder that opens, double-click "LocalDictionary". It opens in TextEdit.

4. The fix is to add the CORRECT text to this dictionary, so that the OS doesn't think it's an error that needs to be corrected. So, at end of the existing entry (in my case just the single word "Skitch"), hit Return to move to a new line, and type the correct spelling of your log-in. Then close LocalDictionary (it will auto-save).

5. Either restart your computer OR log out of your account on the computer & then log back in: either action reloads LocalDictionary.

6. Test in Safari and Notes. All should be good - it was for me!

No it's deleted

Doesn't answer the question of how to get rid of incorrect autofill entries. for example: I once keyed in "iCloud.om". Now every time i try to access my iCloud, I get ".om" instead of ".com".