
There you go: easy enough, but not necessarily obvious.

On iOS, tap and hold on the icon you want to remove, then release: a Delete option should appear. On OS X, just right click on the icon for the favorite and choose Delete. It’s even easier on iOS: open Settings, go to Safari, and turn the slider next to Frequently Visited Sites off.īut if you want to remove just one or two errant items, that’s pretty easy too.

You can, of course, disable the feature entirely in OS X by going to Safari > Preferences > General and making sure that both “New windows open with” and “New tabs open with” are not set to Favorites. Safari likes to think it’s being so helpful, providing that list of “frequently visited sites” every time you open up a new browser tab or window, but sometimes there’s a site in that list that you just don’t want to see everyday: maybe you don’t want your boss knowing you’re visiting Facebook frequently, or your partner to know that you’ve been shopping for a surprise present. Tip: Remove “frequently visited sites” from Safari
