Cannot remove autofill entries that appear in the address box in Safari

If I type a single letter into the URL address box in Safari, a complete list of all the URL's I have ever visited that starts with that letter appears. How does one get rid of this list? I have tried using Safari Preferences>Autofill>Other forms>Edit>Remove All>Done, but that does not touch these entries. I have also tried emptying the Cache, rebooting, etc. Some of these entries date back months and are way out of date. Does anyone know how to get rid of them?

Did you check your Preferences setting for "Remove history items:"? You can set it to as little as 1 day all the way to 1 year. If you've got it set for 1 year, you need to change it.
If that's not the problem, then what you're probably seeing are bookmarked sites (as well as sites you visited during your current browser session), which have nothing to do with AutoFill entries or history. In that case, you can remove the bookmarks you don't visit anymore. If you don't ever want to have your Address Bar autocomplete based on prior history, then you'd have to delete your history and prevent it from being saved.
Check these possibilities and post back with more details if neither of them are the real problem.
Mulder

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