The debut of iOS 7 brought faster loading of webpages in Safari, thanks to the handy preloading feature. When performing a search in Safari, the browser automatically downloads the top search result in the background, so it loads almost instantly if selected.
While the preload feature is a great help when it comes to loading webpages, if you don’t select that top search result, you’ve used up some of your data to load it. While this is usually a small amount of data, if you’re on a limited cellular data plan, this can add up. Here’s how to toggle preloading off to stop loading web pages you might never view.
This is a real quickie. Simply go to: “Settings” -> “Safari” -> and toggle “Preload Top Hit” to OFF. (Hint: The switch is green when the option is turned on.) Now, you’ll only use data when you actually tap a search result to load that page.
