Searching in safari- how to hide bookmarks and history

Take cursor on top menu bar click on history > again scroll down > click on history . Do the settings as shown in the screen shot .

And finally click on clear history , at the end of the day , the user must clear all history & website data as no pending history , cookies must be saved , I personally use this method it's very convenient .

It *has* to help. Go to Safari Preferences/Search, and and choose one. Whether you want also to see its Suggestion, you can decide, now or later.

But leave all the "Smart Search Field" options unchecked. Restart Safari. Problem still there? Try Restarting.

You could also delete Safari's preferences, or at least move to desktop.

Have you figured it out? I'm having the same issue with Safari. When I type something into the address bar the drop down will display my "Bookmarks and History". I've managed to turn all other options off such as search results but not the bookmarks and history. Why is this so difficult, I think I've now spent an hour researching it.

Take cursor on top menu view - hide favorites bar .

If you do not want your Spotlight and Look Up search queries and Spotlight Suggestions usage data sent to Apple, you can turn off Spotlight Suggestions. If you see the “Allow Spotlight Suggestions in Spotlight and Look Up” checkbox in the Search Results pane of Spotlight preferences (in System Preferences on your Mac), deselect it, and deselect the Bing Web Searches checkbox. Otherwise, deselect the checkboxes for Spotlight Suggestions and Bing Web Searches. If you turn off Spotlight Suggestions and Bing Web Searches, Spotlight will search the contents of only your Mac and Look Up will search only the dictionary on your Mac.

An article : OS X Yosemite: About Spotlight Suggestions

I had the same issue on my iOS devices and the only thing that worked was unchecking safari in iCloud settings and then clearing all my web data as others have suggested. In short I think it’s an iCloud thing.

Best of luck

When you click on fourth rectangular icon it shows bookmarks .

To , hide it again you click once again on the icon , or can take cursor on top menu bar > Bookmarks > Hide Bookmarks .

open safari - normal browsing window opens again press shift + command + N - private browsing opens - click on cross sign as it is occupying some space of the window . Right .

Try Safari/Preferences/Search/Smart Search Field and uncheck Include Safari Suggestions.

I never use any third party softwares in my system , so can't give any views about it .

Does it happen if you use a different search engine as a test?