How do you turn off frequently visited sites in safari for iOS8

Well ... when you finish your browsing and you're going on to something else, just double-check in the frequently-visited screen and see if something is there. If it is, just press down on the icon and move it over to the favorites position (which is right above the line, as the line divides the two areas). Then you can press the icon again (once it's in the favorites area) and it can be deleted.

It's a few steps to do that, but you don't have to clear out your cookies at that particular time, if you just want to clear that particular icon out of the "frequently-visited" screen.

@Kleep0906 - well, FWIW, since I did cleared it ONCE on both devices, I have not had to do it again. Not sure why it's working for me and a few of my friends who were also annoyed at frequently visited stuff popping up. I haven't had to do it since the first time I did it.

@asa1973 - trust me, if I was looking at p o r n on my devices, I'd have no problem admitting it.... I will admit that I do view it - but on my computer screen- much better visuals... 😉 For me, I just find it hideously annoying to have every site I went to suddenly cram up the front of either of my devices😉 But yeah, in your case - I can definitely feel your pain when those sites show up on your devices. Too bad it's not working for you. If you go to page 1 of this thread, I have my actual Safari Settings listed. They haven't failed me since day 1.

Give it time. And goodness brother, use a bit of common sense!

in case that isn't setting off any light bulbs let me be more clear. Let me know next time Apple disguises one setting with a unrelated different name Of which includes compound uses....

this would be a stretch for any company... Let alone Apple...

thats disregarding the fact I have 4 phones of varying models across 2 providers and am unfortunately anal as all **** about the ones that arent even mine. I've been clearing my cookies and history since day one and unless you do it again before their algorithm has decided you have visited a site frequently enough.... It will be back.

dont take my word for it /shrug. But for your own sake - work on that common sense thing 😝

First off, dear Klepp0906, I'm a sister, not a brother 😉 (you assumed, didn't you?)

I have a great deal of common sense. I usually clear my cookies/history daily but was merely showing that there is a way to keep that frequently visited stuff from showing, to help others, is all.

No need for you to question my common sense. I have plenty of it, believe me.

I am quite anal, having OCD 🙂 I was merely trying to help others by doing some trial and error stuff. I clear history on ALL of my macs, too. All 3 of them. And my devices.

I guess I should have mentioned that I decided to "test" this thing out to help a few friends and then saw it here in the threads, too. I didn't think I had to explain it all in detail so that you could come and tell me to work on my common sense.

I was only trying to help others who might not be as stringent as you or I.

After I've had IOS 8 for a month, I will revert to my totally anal ways of clearing things daily...

I like to learn and help others and that's what I was trying to do in this forum.

I too dislike this new "feature" and wish Apple would give people a direct option to disable it. I dislike it for two reasons...

1. It doesn't give me control over what is book marked and what's not. I could potentially visit one website 6 or 7 times and never visit it again. But because i

visted it 6 or 7 times for a specific reason, suddenly my Safari thinks I want that website saved in "Frequently Visited"... No, I don't think so. 😟

2. I've actually noticed that some websites are saved in Frequently Visited after visiting only once... I'm starting to think that some websites have figured out how to trick this feature into saving their website to Frequently Visited after only one visit! This is NOT acceptable in my book!!

Please Apple!! Give us the option to disable this feature!!!

I Did that too, but within 30 mins, another Frequently visited site icon appeared. I have tried to drag it off to no avail. It will not go away.

It is a nasty feature. I often show my friends photos on my ipad, or we look up topics of interest on internet, and I don't appreciate my private search history (though not risque in the least) being highlighted For anyone to see. That said, I do not want to turn off all of the other helpful features, so going totally private isn't helpful.

This new feature is such an invasion of privacy, and i am reminded of it everytime I search.

Is no one at Safari paying any attention to all of the user complaints on this?

Safari -> Preferences -> Search -> uncheck 'show favorites'

as told by

http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/154491/how-to-disable-frequently-visite d-items-and-favorites-under-the-address-bar-in-s

This doesn't get rid of it from happening, but it works for me: on my iPad, I held the icons under 'Frequently Visited' just like you do an app you want to delete. Sure enough, the option to delete each one popped up. I deleted it, and held the next one! and so on. They don't show up for another few days, but I just delete them as they appear.

Here's how to do it. When it shows up, you'll see Favorites on top, and "Frequently visited" underneath it. In the top right corner, you'll see a star and then a square with 12 small dots....click on the square with the dots. This then shows "top sites," and lets you click on the X to remove the ones you don't want to see.

I would say you're out of luck on that one. You might make a recommendation to Apple ...

http://www.apple.com/feedback/

I've done that, and it shows up again ... :-) ...

It's not there for a while, because you haven't built up a new "track record" ... but as soon as you do, it's there again.

THis *****. I know where i have been, why this intrusive new dumb feature that takes up half of my screen

i don't believe it, apple is filtering out the word ***** s u c k s from my content, who do they think they are?

@simoon56, what are your Safari settings?