Apple - How to disable frequently visited items and favorites under the address bar in Safari 8?

Go to Safari PreferencesSearch and disable Show Favourites.


You can actually remove "Frequently Visited" without disabling "Favorites" now by right clicking the background of the "New Tab" page. I did this in Safari 10, not sure if this works in Safari 9.

  1. Settings -> General -> New tabs open with: Favorites
  2. Open a new tab
  3. Right click on the background
  4. Uncheck "Show Frequently Visited Sites"

This setting in the "new tab" page is now also reflected in the URL bar.