I want to delete Safari Top Sites contents

pookie · pookie #1 (**permalink**)

04-10-2012, 01:25 PM

How do I empty its contents? I tried clearing the history and quitting Safari, all the sites that I have browsed are still on the Top Sites.

chscag · chscag #2 (**permalink**)

04-10-2012, 03:40 PM

Safari menu, reset Safari. Put a check in the boxes that refer to top sites and web sites.

Chuckoir · Chuckoir #3 (**permalink**)

04-10-2012, 03:50 PM

Further to Chscag's sage advice, you can also click Bookmarks > Clear History, when you will be confronted with this box:

Ticking that box will also wipe your Top Sites.

toMACsh · toMACsh #4 (**permalink**)

04-10-2012, 08:33 PM

There might be more to it than that. When I get back home in a couple of days, I can post the instructions to purge your Mac of all the image files that Top Sites has accumulated. It works for Leopard, and I hope for your OS also. I'm not sure if clearing the History will do this.

toMACsh · toMACsh #5 (**permalink**)

04-12-2012, 08:07 PM

To completely disable Top Sites, go to Safari > Preferences > General

New windows open with: Top Sites
Change it to something else. Obviously, you can do the same for New Tabs.

(You'll also see Top Sites in the Show All Bookmarks window. Drag that up, don't stop when it first stops moving. It will be reduced to a thin bar.)

Now delete the Image Cache. Choose Safari > Reset Safari... and select Remove All Webpage Preview Images. Click Reset. Now go to YourUserName/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari and select the Webpage Previews folder. Press Cmd-I and click Locked. Now it won't accumulate a jpeg and png of every web page you visit. I saved over 500MB of disk space!

zrvoff · zrvoff #6 (**permalink**)

04-12-2012, 08:33 PM

Menu and then reset Safari. Also when you're cleaning the history try cleaning and the top sites.

chscag #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 23, 2008 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 32,376 Mac Specs: 21.5" iMac 2.5 GHz i5, iPad 3rd Gen., 3 iPods	04-10-2012, 03:40 PM Safari menu, reset Safari. Put a check in the boxes that refer to top sites and web sites. Community Guidelines
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pookie #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 06, 2012 Posts: 6	04-10-2012, 01:25 PM How do I empty its contents? I tried clearing the history and quitting Safari, all the sites that I have browsed are still on the Top Sites.
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toMACsh #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 30, 2009 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 4,862 Mac Specs: Mac Mini Core 2 Duo	04-10-2012, 08:33 PM There might be more to it than that. When I get back home in a couple of days, I can post the instructions to purge your Mac of all the image files that Top Sites has accumulated. It works for Leopard, and I hope for your OS also. I'm not sure if clearing the History will do this.
	QUOTE Thanks

toMACsh #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 30, 2009 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 4,862 Mac Specs: Mac Mini Core 2 Duo	04-12-2012, 08:07 PM To completely disable Top Sites, go to Safari > Preferences > General New windows open with: Top Sites Change it to something else. Obviously, you can do the same for New Tabs. (You'll also see Top Sites in the Show All Bookmarks window. Drag that up, don't stop when it first stops moving. It will be reduced to a thin bar.) Now delete the Image Cache. Choose Safari > Reset Safari... and select Remove All Webpage Preview Images. Click Reset. Now go to YourUserName/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari and select the Webpage Previews folder. Press Cmd-I and click Locked. Now it won't accumulate a jpeg and png of every web page you visit. I saved over 500MB of disk space!
	QUOTE Thanks

zrvoff #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 12, 2012 Posts: 6	04-12-2012, 08:33 PM Menu and then reset Safari. Also when you're cleaning the history try cleaning and the top sites.
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