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turn off safari suggestions in ios 11

In Safari for iOS 11, I sometimes get suggested search items that appear right above the keyboard when I try to type in the address bar. How can I turn this off?

Thanks!

Posted on Oct 3, 2017 9:49 PM

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Daniel Lovall Author

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44 points

Posted on Oct 4, 2017 2:41 PM

I see what you’re saying. The search suggestions you’re referring to also appear after I actually type in the address bar, and the frequently visited sites also appear. I have not been clear. If you look right above the keyboard, there are two search suggestions - ‘Matt Groening’ and ‘Futurama’. These suggestions are related to the page you’re viewing, and sometimes seem to be chosen at random from the current page. How can you turn those off? So far I’ve found nothing that accomplished his.

Thank you!

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May 31, 2018 6:37 AM in response to Flicts

Is there any way to push this issue, been on the phone with applecare and they say it is not a known issue, I say rubbish. They claim I am the only one with it and that I must do a backup and restore, I have searched and others have also did a backup and restore and the isdue has not been solved. Apple will never admit to a problem but will quietly do an update but not admit a problem. Applecare refuses to send it to the engineers, Apple is a tightly knit company whete employees cannot rock the boat. This keyboard issue is totally annoying and apple might have domething sinister about it maybe for advertisers? Who knows. But there must be a way to fix it, Apple must know about it by complaints but completely ignoring it. Applecare is of no help, on my mac for over 2 years on safari I get the beach ball and must force quit also safari will not open some web pages chrome will and applecare says my imagination.

Oct 3, 2017 10:09 PM in response to Rysz

Thank you for the reply. Unfortunately, that does not turn off the behavior. I still get the suggestions right above the keyboard.

Mar 24, 2018 12:01 PM in response to Daniel Lovall

Change your settings to the following. In Safari settings. This would do the job...

Rysz

Level 8

44,391 points

Oct 3, 2017 9:56 PM in response to Daniel Lovall

Settings > Siri & Search > turn off Suggestions in Search.

Oct 13, 2017 8:33 PM in response to Daniel Lovall

I’m having this same problem- have you found a solution?

Thanks

Nov 2, 2017 12:41 PM in response to Daniel Lovall

Would dearly love an answer to this too. It's completely unacceptable that you can't turn it off as it's essentially identifying metadata.

Nov 4, 2017 6:29 PM in response to SKnow81

This is the exact problem that I am having. Extremely annoying that a fix hasn't been put through yet.

Nov 23, 2017 6:09 PM in response to mhadi

I've already got that turned off - unfortunately I'm still getting the suggestions.

It would be nice if apple could sort this **** out...

Dec 3, 2017 9:14 PM in response to Daniel Lovall

I too have posted about this. Seriously need a solution.

Ajaogo

Level 1

4 points

Dec 12, 2017 12:55 PM in response to SpongyPete

I’ve turned off the above but in addition, go to settings-> Siri & Search and turned off suggestions in Safari there as well and seems to be be working (so far)

Jan 6, 2018 1:36 PM in response to Ajaogo

The best workaround I’ve found to prevent this from happening and keep using predictive text is to browse exclusively from an incognito window (or use another browser as others suggested).

Feb 13, 2018 12:12 AM in response to Daniel Lovall

In the bottom left corner of the safari app it says private turn that on and it will not make search suggestions anymore.

JWSussex

Level 1

10 points

Mar 25, 2018 12:23 AM in response to Idontknowadityamudgal

Thanks, but those ARE my settings! That's the problem 😉

turn off safari suggestions in ios 11