delete items from reading list

Safari Version 10.0.1

Removing Reading List Item/items

The familiar “x” button is no more available.

Move the mouse pointer to the item to be deleted.

Either right click/ hold the control key down and click on an item

or do a two finger tap on the trackpad.

Choose “Remove Item” from the contextual menu to remove a single item.

To clear all items, choose “Clear All Items…”.

Using trackpad gesture

Move the muse pointer to the Reading List item.

On the trackpad swipe to the left with two fingers.

A big red “Remove” button will appear, click on it to remove an item.

Click the Sidebar button in the Safari Toolbar.

When the sidebar slides open, click the reading glass icon.

When the Reading List is visible, right click on the item to be removed.

From the contextual menu that opens up,

choose "Remove Item" to remove an item or

Choose "Remove All Items" to remove all items.

The familiar "X" button is no more available. Apple removed that feature.

https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/keep-a-reading-list-sfri35905

I have spent a ridiculous amount of time trying to delete something from my reading list on my Mac and this reply was the one that helped me. I still don't know why I don't see an X and the swipe-to-remove/delete option doesn't work, but this strange three-pronged tap did it for me. Thank you.

I still need help deleting items in my reading list. There is no x in the box to click. Too often, I accidentally bump the little box that adds items to the reading list, and I want none of them saved. Can someone please give me direction?

I finally called them. To delete from Reading List:

Highlight the item to delete.

Right Click, (which is Control Click), and a list will come up.

While holding down Control Click, scroll down to delete. Voila!

I cannot guess what you mean exactly - my crystal ball is broken...

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Open your reading list, go to the one you want to delete, click on the small gray x in the top right corner.

You are welcome, and thank you, reminded me to clean up my reading list.

Not a problem. He is familiar with Safari and I prefer and solely use Firefox.

I likely would have guessed better if this thread had been in the Safari forum instead of "Using ASC" - whose topic is 'How to use this forum software's interface, features and/or how to find what you wish' - and - a catchall for stuff like Apple ID, Phishing and things that just can't be classified. It is a relatively low traffic and I often need to get more information so a question can be moved to a forum where it may get a more rapid and relevant response. It is sometimes hard to pick a forum that one thinks appropriate when stressed by the issue plaguing one, and the UX design is not all that friendly. (not that your issue seemed stressful 😉 )

As you may have been able to tell, my post, in majority, was a cookie cutter one, pasted from a text file 😎 even quite a bit of the above ¶ is from another cookie cutter I use for questions that have languished overnight or several hours. (anyone Level 2 or above can ask for questions to be moved, etc.)

see you around - and buenos noches

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There is no small gray x. What do I do? When I click on the summary it takes me to the page.

I downloaded Safari 10.0 and no longer see the gray x to delete items on the Reading List. Any help?

I got the same problem since I downloaded version 10.11.6 last week, the whole visual layout of the reading list has changed!!!

How can you delete all items at once like on the Mac Pro ?