Safari - disable address bar auto completion?

[Brien]

Does anyone know of a way to turn off Safari auto-completing web addresses based on History/Bookmarks.

E.g. if I've visited www.apple.com/iphone and type in apple.com it will automatically add the rest in. So far all I've dug up in terms of suggestions is to delete all bookmarks/history but that seems like the nuclear option.

Turning off autofill/website suggestions etc. doesn't seem to affect this behavior.

 

[Fishrrman]

I, too, find the "auto-complete feature" frustrating at times.
I don't know how to "turn it off" -- but there is a slight "workaround".

Do this:
- before you begin to type in your URL, enter a "space character" (hit the spacebar once).
- then, enter the URL.

Give it a try.
It works.

 

[iGeek2014]

Have you tried the following?

Safari>Preferences>Search>Smart Search Field>Include Safari Suggestions (uncheck) and Preload Top Hit in Background?