How to remove an autocomplete suggestion from Safari’s address bar

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A site that I visit frequently used to be located at:

http://www.site.com/sub/dir

But now it's just located it:

http://www.site.com/sub

The problem is, I visited the original location so often that Safari suggests it as the Top Hit and autocompletes it, even though it no longer exists (it returns a 404). So I start typing http://www.site.com/sub... and Safari fills in the rest with the old URL that no longer works.

How can I remove the old URL so Safari no longer autocompletes it? I already went and found the URL in my history and deleted it, but it still suggests it as the Top Hit.

Best Answer

  1. Open Safari.
  2. From the “History” menu, choose “Show All History”.
    • keyboard shortcut: ⌘ Y
  3. In the Search field in the top right corner, enter the web site you want to remove.
  4. In the list of search results, click on the web site you want to remove.
    • To select multiple sites, hold the command ⌘ key while clicking on the sites you want to delete. Or, to select a range, hold the shift key, click the first item to delete, then click the last item to delete.
  5. Press the Delete key on your keyboard.
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