Clearing history erases bookmark icons

Having upgraded to Mountain Lion, when clearing history all bookmark icons are removed now. I'm not sure why this is now and I hope this is a bug or mistake, because all the other versions of Safari did not function this way. Anyone else seeing this or a solution?

Hello all:
This is a design issue....I suggest you all use the feedback function to complain (I do not like it either).
As a workaround, I now never clear history using the menu bar. I clear history manually by clicking on bookmarks>history>all and then deleting. This leaves the favicons alone. There are also third party programs that will clear selected cache files (I use Cocktail) and not delete the favicons.
Barry

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Clearing history erases favicons

When clearing search history the favicons (I think that's what their called) in favorites is cleared back to the generic icon. Is there a way to clear search history without this happening?

Good workaround! Many thanks.
But it's still a bug, and long overdue for a fix:
History and Bookmarks are two entirely different functions and should not interact unexpectedly. Clearing History is a common, everyday task with a top-level menu item dedicated to it. Whereas clearing the favicons off of your Favorites while leaving the Favorites themselves alone is an extremely obscure task, and in fact should not ever be necessary.
Slearing your favorite's icons away is a problem and a reduction of usability--not something that should automatically happen when people use the unrelated Clear History menu. It makes all your Favorites look alike at a glance, which defeats the purpose of icons. There's no way combining these two unrelated actions could have been an intentional "feature"--just a mistake.
Clearing History favicons that are not in Favorites would make sense. That's the bug fix we've waited so long for.

How do I clear history or bookmarks on main screen?

Pull up Firefox n have 10 bookmarks or websites saved. Want to erase them.

To remove bookmarks:
*[http://mzl.la/LDXdGW Use bookmarks on Firefox for Android to keep track of your favorite websites]
To clear history:
*[http://mzl.la/MfBKWi Clear your browsing history and other personal data on Firefox for Android]

Why do the bookmark icons return to default when i clear history?

Why do the bookmark icons return to default (the blue bubbles) when i clear history? This is using os x mavericks.
OS X Snow Leopard did not do this. It retained the site icon next to my bookmarks.

The webpageicons database may be corrupted. It can happen.
Quit Safari.
Open a Finder window. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder
Type or copy paste the following:
~/Library/Safari/WebpageIcons.db
Click Go then move the WebpageIcons.db file to the Trash.
Relaunch Safari. It may take a day or two for webpageicons to re populate.

How to clear history of removed bookmarks that show up in left side of window, with red box, but continue to collect.

New owner of Motorola Brazo (at&t simple android smart phone).
Became enthusiastic after downloading beta firefox for android yesterday - I bookmarked about 12 random websites.
Today, I added my regular, valuable bookmarks and favorite places, and used the right screen to remove the 12 useless sites from my favorites.
This works very well and intuitively.
But firefox appears to store the deleted bookmarks on the left panel, above my favorites file showing up in "all pages"
I would like to clear history. How do I clear history?

The left panel is for open tabs. The can be closed by pressing the red x button for each tab.
Clearing private data can be accomplished by opening the preferences and scrolling to the 'Clear private data' line and pressing the 'clear' button.

From certain websites, when I click on an icon, a get a blank page with a box that says "Mozilla Firefox" above and in the box, "History and Bookmarks". I click on that and then must wait half a minute for the correct screen to open

If I open Weight Watchers, for example, and then click on the Plan Manager icon, the above screen comes up and hides the WW screen. I click on "History and Bookmarks". Then wait. Finally the Firefox window disappears and the requested window opens. This is a new phenomenon. It did not happen when I was a member 4 months ago. This is not just for WW, however. Happened with some other website, too. Can't remember

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You need to scan with all programs because each program detects different malware.<br />
Make sure that you update each program to get the latest version of their databases before doing a scan.<br />
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No longer able to clear Bookmark Icons

...using Cocktail or Onyx. Is this new to 3.0.4?
Anyone else notice this?

Cocktail does this...
Have you tried it (Cocktail 3.8.3) with Safari 3.0.4 in Tiger? The Bookmark icons are still there even after running Cocktail with "clear: Page Icons" checked.
Same with Onyx (1.8.3) and checking "Bookmark Icons" under "Delete" under the Internet tab in the Cleaning pane...
The icons remain -- unless it's just me --
I'll try Tinker Tool next.
Thanks,
Geoff

Thumbnail adresses, and website icons are not being deleted when I clear history and cache, how do I delete these?

I am trying to delete the icons that websites use which are located in the user file of appdata/local/mozilla,
and the website adresses that are located at the bottom of the thumbnails when opening a new tab. clearing data deletes the actual thumbnails, however the adresses are still located below where the thumbnails would be. I have tried clearing history with everything checked, and all history selected to be cleared, and also deleted the cache and cookies. what can I do to delete these things? Thanks

Use these steps to remove saved (form) data from a drop down list:
#Click the (empty) input field on the web page to open the drop down list
#Highlight an entry in the drop down list
#Press the Delete key (on Mac: Shift+Delete) to remove it.
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Clearing+Location+bar+history
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Cannot+clear+Location+bar+history

Why do bookmarks appear in my history box, after I have cleared history?

I'm using XP, did an automatic Firefox update yesterday, which apparently gave me 6.0. Today, after clearing history, noticed that a random selection of about a dozen of my bookmarks shows up in the history box. I don't know that it does any harm there, but I'm baffled.

I'l try to explain again. My addressbar is set to show only 10 addresses when i click the down arrow. It doesn't have anything to do when i type a letter in it. Now, this 10 addresses should be either typed or pasted, not bookmarks that i have clicked. And they are usually typed addresses, when i click a bookmark it doesn't appear in the addressbar drop-down list, except for the sites that i mentioned previously.
I think his will make it more understandable. Lets say i've typed 10 addresses and they appear in the addressbar drop-down list.
* www'.x1.com
* www'.x2.com
* 3.....
* 4.....
* 5.....
* 6.....
* 7.....
* 8.....
* 9.....
* www'.x10.com
These are all typed adresses. Now when i click some bookmark the dropdown stay the same, but when i click the youtube site bookmark it replaces the www.x10.com site and takes it's place. Only few bookmarks behave this way.

Safari 6 (Lion) bookmark icons won't stick

I am still using Lion but I upgraded to Safari 6. If a web page has a pic next to it's URL, that pic goes with the bookmark. After upgrading, all my bookmarks have the blue ball before the each bookmark. If I click on a bookmark with a pic, it shows. However, after closing Safari and reopening, those pics are not sticking, hence back to the default blue ball showing.
What gives? A new unknown Apple setting? Glitch?
Any help with be appreciated.
Wow, I just figured it out thinking outloud to myself while studying the icons showing. Everytime history gets erased, so do the bookmark icons. Really Apple?
Any way to get them to stick besides keeping history forever?

Rats! I just noticed the same thing.
Hey, Apple: This is a bug. Erasure of the history should not erase icons associated with a site.

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What has happened? The panel in safari where you type in web addresses use to be white with black type now it's all grey with white type. It's awful. Also I used to be able to clear history but can no longer do this. Need this option as looking for Christmas presents and don't want kids to see.
Will be so grateful if anyone can get my ipad back how it was.

Are you referring to the new colors of iOS 7? If that's the case then there is no way to change it.
To clear your History:
1 Tap the Bookmark icon (the one next to the cloud and + icons.
2 Tap Bookmarks > Select History
3 Hit Clear (Notice the Clear icon at the bottom).
Hope this helps.

Safari Does Not Clear History

If I Reset Safari or Empty Cache or Clear History when I go to the address bar and type any letter--I get a long list of all the websites visited. While this is not a big deal for my home computer I do not like this to occur on my work computer. Is there a way to erase all the sites visted from the address bar?
Thanks

Using Safari 2.0.4:
I have this same "problem," resetting, clearing the history, etc., and still getting a huge list of autofill possibilities. Of course, anyone else who uses my computer gets my huge list of autofill possibilites, too, so if I had something quietly buried in a bookmark folder, it shows up as anyone begins to type. Not very private. I looked through all the Safari and Apple help and never got the answer, until just now. Thanks for the answer and the workaround, even though there's no real solution.
I can't believe that typing in "www" is really bringing up every single bookmark I have! If Apple is listening they should certainly have a Preference setting to keep this from occurring in the next Safari update. It is junky and annoying to me and evidently to some others, too, since I see several messages referring to the same issue. It looks just like a huge "history," which is what I thought it was.
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How Can I Change Bookmark Icons?

I was going on vacation and decided to get wifi on the plane. I clicked on the Apple site's bookmark to load the sign in page and now the icon has changed. Is there any way to get the default icon back?

Tap Settings > Safari
Clear cookies, history, and data.
Then restart your iPad.
It may take a few days for all the bookmark icons to re populate.

If Firefox is opened with a URL parameter, the parameter persists through attempts to clear history.

When Firefox is opened with a URL, the URL is a parameter in Firefox's command line and could present a potential privacy leak as it is not cleared by Clear Recent History.

In addition, right click on Firefox's launch icon, click "Properties", note the third line; the "COMMAND" entry which most likely reads "Firefox -u". The "-u" is what Anonymous is referring to as a parameter. It (-u) represents an instruction to Firefox to replace your destination URL with another destination that is not intended.
This may point to a virus in an applet, could be a porn site, whatever.
If a pop-up box asks for permission to download a file, DO NOT CLICK OK.
Click "Cancel".
I did a cold boot out of instinct next, then get rid of that "-u". I cannot speak for the clear history but it sounds like a good idea, also. I made sure I had a BACKUP of my bookmarks as a precaution, then did what Anonymous suggested.
Another thought I only have one icon, so cannot vouch for it but you may need to remove the "-u" on each launch Firefox you have.
Also, do not be as blasé as I was, if the URL looks wrong, it probably is wrong. Go browse somewhere else.
Alex

We have a new iPad Mini. I cannot save a new Bookmark. In Safari, I go to "Share" and select "Add a Bookmark" yet when I click on the Bookmarks icon, my saved Bookmark is not there. Am I doing something wrong?

We have a new iPad Mini, and I'm having inconsistent results using Bookmarks in the Safari icon.
For a long time, on the iPad, I could only see five items under the Bookmark icons and the Bookmarks Bar was empty.
Occasionally, in Safari, the iPad would pick up and display all of the Bookmarks from the Safari browser on my iMac.
Other times, there are only a bare few Bookmarks available on the iPad, the Bookmarks Bar goes away and I cannot save a new Bookmark. It looks like I can save one, but I cannot find it after allegedly saving.
Then, all of the Bookmarks will come back and I can save a new Bookmark again. We can't figure out why all of the Bookmarks will show and then they won't.
I want to think this involves iCloud some way, but for right now, I'm stumped. Perhaps we're just too inexperienced and haven't come around the learning curve yet.
Thanks for any help.
Steve

No, I see the three areas at the bottom of the Bookmark area that you refer to, but that also highlights an issue. When I want to save a story to my Reading List and click on Share then "Add to Reading List" then go back to look at what is stored in the Reading List, my recently-saved item is not there.
I looked thru the History tab and the Reading List tab and have been in the Bookmark tab. But even when I Save a Bookmark, that newly-saved Bookmark does not show up in the Bookmark area.
But then again, the next day (and actually just in the last half-hour) all of the functionality came back. When I look at the Bookmarks, suddenly, again, all of the Bookmarks that are on my Safari browser on my iMac are now there, and I can now Save a Bookmark.
It keeps coming in and out and that is what is driving me a little nuts.
Thanks.

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