How to delete old information from Safari's forms

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in Mac Software edited January 2014
Hello all



How to delete old information from Safari's forms.

I know how delete ALL information from forms, but I would like to delete selective items, not all.







Can you help me?



thanks

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  • Reply 1 of 11
    anybody can help me?
  • Reply 2 of 11
    yamayama Posts: 427member
    Safari > Preferences > AutoFill > Other forms > Edit... > Remove All
  • Reply 3 of 11
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by yama View Post


    Safari > Preferences > AutoFill > Other forms > Edit... > Remove All



    I know your method. But I don't need to delete all items. Forms contain some necessary for me information.



    I would like to delete only selected items.
  • Reply 4 of 11
    yamayama Posts: 427member
    Hmm, doesn't look like there's any way to selectively edit form items on a particular page.



    I suspect all of the values are held in the ~/Library/Safari/Form Values file. Unfortunately it appears to be encoded, so you can't just edit it as if it were a .plist file.



    The only option I can think of would be to either keep them all, or delete them all.
  • Reply 5 of 11
    sequitursequitur Posts: 1,910member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by elvis844 View Post


    I know your method. But I don't need to delete all items. Forms contain some necessary for me information.



    I would like to delete only selected items.



    As yama said: Safari > Preferences > AutoFill > Other forms > Edit... > Remove All



    However, don't use Remove All. Click on one you want to remove; then, hold down the command key and click on the others you want to delete. Make sure those are the ones you want to delete. If you make a mistake, hold down the Command key again and click on the ones you changed your mind about. Then, click on Remove. That should work.
  • Reply 6 of 11
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by sequitur View Post


    As yama said: Safari > Preferences > AutoFill > Other forms > Edit... > Remove All



    However, don't use Remove All. Click on one you want to remove; then, hold down the command key and click on the others you want to delete. Make sure those are the ones you want to delete. If you make a mistake, hold down the Command key again and click on the ones you changed your mind about. Then, click on Remove. That should work.



    thank



    but I don't have "remove" or "delete" button

    I have macbook and fn+backspace didn't help me...



    do you tests yourself method ? It's works on your mac?
  • Reply 7 of 11
    sequitursequitur Posts: 1,910member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by elvis844 View Post


    thank



    but I don't have "remove" or "delete" button

    I have macbook and fn+backspace didn't help me...



    do you tests yourself method ? It's works on your mac?



    Yes, it works on my G4, 10.4.11. I'm using Safari 3.2.1 If you have OS X 10.4.11 or higher, try downloading:

    http://www.apple.com/safari/download/



    If you have an earlier OS X version, try downloading one of these:

    http://www.apple.com/search/downloads/?q=Safari+2



    Maybe one of the later Safari versions will have "Remove".



    I hope that works.



    In what country are you?
  • Reply 8 of 11
    irelandireland Posts: 17,798member
    Just select them one by one and click "Remove". It's that simple.
  • Reply 9 of 11
    sequitursequitur Posts: 1,910member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ireland View Post


    Just select them one by one and click "Remove". It's that simple.



    He says he doesn't have "Remove" on his version. That's why I suggested updating.
  • Reply 10 of 11
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by sequitur View Post


    Yes, it works on my G4, 10.4.11. I'm using Safari 3.2.1 If you have OS X 10.4.11 or higher, try downloading:

    http://www.apple.com/safari/download/



    If you have an earlier OS X version, try downloading one of these:

    http://www.apple.com/search/downloads/?q=Safari+2



    Maybe one of the later Safari versions will have "Remove".



    I hope that works



    I see you



    I looked for real hard "Remove" key on my keyboard. ha-ha-ha



    you mean that:











    it's better then nothing but it is very inconvenient.

    sometimes almost impossible have found required site.



    I though then There exists easy method to do this. Method look like on this action in Firefox Windows. There can delete selected item to press key combination on keyboard (such as ctr+delete). It was very easy.





    Quote:
    Originally Posted by sequitur View Post


    In what country are you?



    from Russia
  • Reply 11 of 11
    sequitursequitur Posts: 1,910member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by elvis844 View Post


    I see you



    I looked for real hard "Remove" key on my keyboard. ha-ha-ha



    you mean that:











    it's better then nothing but it is very inconvenient.

    sometimes almost impossible have found required site.



    I though then There exists easy method to do this. Method look like on this action in Firefox Windows. There can delete selected item to press key combination on keyboard (such as ctr+delete). It was very easy.



    from Russia



    Yes, I meant "Remove" on Safari as you showed. I'm glad it worked out for you.



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