A display method and apparatus for a navigation system which is capable of easily and quickly specifying a destination in the navigation system when using a "Point of Interest (POI)" method by preventing unwanted POI names or types from appearing on the navigation system. The method includes the steps of displaying a POI name list based on an instruction specified by a user, selecting an unwanted POI name in the POI name list, removing all POIs having the unwanted POI name or having the unwanted POI type from the POI name list, and selecting a destination in the POI name list from which the unwanted POI name is removed for route guidance by the navigation system. If necessary, the above steps of selecting the unwanted POI name and removing the unwanted POI names from the POI name list are repeated.