When entering a single-word domain (ie. example/, http://example/ or http://example:8080), in Safari on macOS, Safari will sometimes change it to http://www.example.com. I suspect this is a feature designed to help inapt users, but it kicks in at unwanted times, and I don't want this feature!

It seems like this is dependent on some kind of caching (possibly DNS), so that if Safari first decides to change it, it will keep changing it no matter how many times I type it correctly. But after maybe a few hours, it will do as I expect.

How do I disable this pesky "smart URL conversion" feature?

When entering a single word domain (ie. example/, http://example/ or http://example:8080), in Safari on macOS, Safari will sometimes change it to http://www.example.com. I suspect this is a feature designed to help inapt users, but it kicks in at unwanted times, and I don't want this feature!

It seems like this is dependent on some kind of caching (possibly DNS), so that if Safari first decides to change it, it will keep changing it no matter how many times I type it correctly. But after maybe a few hours, it will do as I expect.

How do I disable this pesky "smart URL conversion" feature?

When entering a localhost address (eg. example/, http://example/ or http://example:8080 `in Safari on macOS, Safari will sometimes change it to http://www.example.com.

It seems like this is dependent on some kind of caching (possibly DNS), so that if Safari first decides to change it, it will keep changing it no matter how many times I type it correctly. But after maybe a few hours, it will do as I expect.

Anyway, how do I disable this pesky feature? I don't want Safari trying to be "smart" about URLs.

When entering a single-word domain (ie. example/, http://example/ or http://example:8080), in Safari on macOS, Safari will sometimes change it to http://www.example.com. I suspect this is a feature designed to help inapt users, but it kicks in at unwanted times, and I don't want this feature!

It seems like this is dependent on some kind of caching (possibly DNS), so that if Safari first decides to change it, it will keep changing it no matter how many times I type it correctly. But after maybe a few hours, it will do as I expect.

How do I disable this pesky "smart URL conversion" feature?

When entering a localhost address (eg. "example") in Safari on macOS, Safari changes it to http://www.example.com, even if I actually write http://example/, which is outrageous.

How do I disable this pesky feature?

When entering a localhost address (eg. example/, http://example/ or http://example:8080 `in Safari on macOS, Safari will sometimes change it to http://www.example.com.

It seems like this is dependent on some kind of caching (possibly DNS), so that if Safari first decides to change it, it will keep changing it no matter how many times I type it correctly. But after maybe a few hours, it will do as I expect.

Anyway, how do I disable this pesky feature? I don't want Safari trying to be "smart" about URLs.