Clear Safari Search History
Need to delete an incriminating recent search that pops up every time you click Safari's URL bar? You can quickly delete all of your recent searches, regardless of which version of Safari you're using. If you have an iOS device, you can clear your recent searches by deleting all of your browsing history.
Note: Deleting your search history is different than deleting your browsing history. Your search history is everything that you've entered into the Search bar, while your browsing history is a record of all the websites you've visited. To delete your browsing history, .
Steps
Mac
- Open Safari. You can delete your recent searches from within the Safari browser.
- Click the URL bar. If you are using an older version of Safari with a separate Search bar, click the Search bar instead.
- Delete any URL that's currently in the bar. This should ensure that your recent searches are displayed.
- Click "Clear Recent Searches" at the bottom of the list.
- This only clears your recent searches. If you need to delete all of your browsing history, Delete-Web-History.
- Delete a single entry. If you only want to remove a single search history entry, you can do so from the Bookmarks view.
- Click the Bookmarks button or press ⌥ Opt+⌘ Cmd+2.
- Search for the entry that you want to remove.
- Select the entry and press Del or right-click it and select "Delete".
iOS
- Open the Settings app. The only way to delete your search history in Safari for iOS is to delete all of your browsing history.
- Tap "Safari". It is located beneath the "Maps" option.
- Scroll down and tap "Clear History and Website Data". You will be asked to confirm by tapping "Clear".
- This will delete all of your browsing history and cache, along with your recent search history.
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