How To Delete Frequently Visited Sites On IPhone?

The Frequently Visited section is a relatively useful feature to access your go-to website. However, at times it may not seem too appropriate, as everybody that opens your browser can see the sites.

You can either remove some of the websites for the reason of privacy or remove the whole section as per your preference. So, if you are interested to know how you can do that, this is the article for you.

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How to Delete Frequently Visited Sites on iPhone?

There are two ways you can delete frequently visited sites. The first is to delete the individual sites you don’t want to see on your browsing app. Another way is to delete the entire history to remove all the frequently visited sites.

Delete the Individual Sites

If you don’t want certain sites to appear in the Frequently visited section, you can simply select them and delete them.

On Safari

Open Safari app
To open a new tab, press on the Two tabs icon in the bottom right corner of your screen
Tap on the Plus icon at the bottom left corner of your screen
Under the Frequently Visited section, press and hold on the site you want to delete.
Press on the Delete option

On Chrome

Launch Chrome app
To open a new tab, press on the Plus icon at the bottom of your screen
You will see the frequently visited sites just below the search box.
Press and hold on to the site you want to delete.
Tap on the Remove option

Delete Your Entire History

You can delete the entire browsing history if you don’t want to keep any records of the sites that you frequently visit. The browsing tab will no longer show any frequently visited sites after you delete the entire history.

On Safari

There are two ways to delete all your browsing history. One is to clear all history from the Safari app, and another is by clearing it from the iPhone settings.

Using App

Launch your Safari app
Tap on the Book icon at the bottom of your screen
Tap on the Clock icon and Press the Clear option at the bottom of your screen.
Select the All time option

Using Phone Settings

Open your Settings app
Go to the Safari section
Scroll down and tap on the Clear History and Website Data option
Press on the Clear History and Data

On Chrome

Open your Chrome app
Press the Horizontal three dots option at the bottom right corner of your screen
Tap on the History option at the top of the tab.
Select Clear Browsing Data at the bottom left corner of your screen
Tap on the Time Range option and select the All Time option, and tap on the Back option at the top left corner of your screens
Press on the Clear Browsing Data option at the bottom of the screen

How to Hide the Frequently Visited Section (Safari)?

It is a temporary solution to delete selective sites or the entire history. Whenever you visit your go-to site, it will appear again in your Frequently Visited section. A permanent way to stop your Safari browser from keeping the frequently visited site list is to hide the Frequently Visited section.

Through App

To disable the Frequently Visited feature on the Safari app, refer to the steps mentioned below.

Open your Safari app
Open a new tab by tapping on the Two tabs icon in the bottom right corner of your screen
Press the plus icon at the bottom left corner of your screen
Scroll down and click on the Edit option.
Disable the Frequently Visited option.