Selective clean Safari's history file

Jan 17, '03 09:27:51AM

Contributed by: JoseyWales

Auto-completing a web address from the History file is a very useful feature; however, if you're anything like me, you'll often hit Enter before the browser has completed it, and you're taken to somewhere completely different (I've lost count of the times I've ended up at ve.com instead of VersionTracker...).

Of course, every time you now type 've' in the address bar, ve.com will be first on the list - but selecting 'Clear History' gets rid of every site you've visited, so it's a bit of a harsh solution.

In Safari, you can open up your bookmarks by clicking the icon on the toolbar, view the history folder, and delete single entries from the history (click once and hit the delete key). Delete ve.com, and when you type 've,' you'll once again be offered versiontracker.com.

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