How can I disable Chrome's address bar search autocomplete?
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Chrome's autcomplete for searches is often very annoying and intrusive because it is op-out. It autocompletes by default and you have to push backspace to dismiss it. Google search suggestions are welcome but sometimes I just want to type what I want.
There's an option for "Use a prediction service to help complete searches and URLs typed in the address bar" but this disables suggestions also. Is there any way to disable autocomplete without losing suggestions?
google-chrome autocomplete
asked Mar 7 '13 at 20:22
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Chrome's autcomplete for searches is often very annoying and intrusive because it is op-out. It autocompletes by default and you have to push backspace to dismiss it. Google search suggestions are welcome but sometimes I just want to type what I want.
There's an option for "Use a prediction service to help complete searches and URLs typed in the address bar" but this disables suggestions also. Is there any way to disable autocomplete without losing suggestions?
google-chrome autocomplete
asked Mar 7 '13 at 20:22
Brian OrtizBrian Ortiz
3541412
1
I'm presuming the question is that in the title, it is unclear from reading your question. You seem to be saying, "I want to eliminate suggestions, but at the same time I don't."
– Dan
Mar 7 '13 at 20:58
I edited it to hopefully be more clear.
– Brian Ortiz
Mar 7 '13 at 21:12
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I don't think Google differentiates between autocomplete and suggestions with search - it's all or nothing. Are you possibly referring to autofill (completing forms)?
– Dan
Mar 7 '13 at 21:18
1
I even checkedabout:flagsand there was nothing that lets you control one without affecting enabling/disabling the other
– Dan
Mar 7 '13 at 21:36
6
Major bummer.... Suggestions are extremely useful but autocomplete is extremely annoying.
– jahroy
Jul 5 '13 at 18:41
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show 2 more comments
Chrome's autcomplete for searches is often very annoying and intrusive because it is op-out. It autocompletes by default and you have to push backspace to dismiss it. Google search suggestions are welcome but sometimes I just want to type what I want.
There's an option for "Use a prediction service to help complete searches and URLs typed in the address bar" but this disables suggestions also. Is there any way to disable autocomplete without losing suggestions?
google-chrome autocomplete
asked Mar 7 '13 at 20:22
Brian OrtizBrian Ortiz
3541412
Chrome's autcomplete for searches is often very annoying and intrusive because it is op-out. It autocompletes by default and you have to push backspace to dismiss it. Google search suggestions are welcome but sometimes I just want to type what I want.
There's an option for "Use a prediction service to help complete searches and URLs typed in the address bar" but this disables suggestions also. Is there any way to disable autocomplete without losing suggestions?
google-chrome autocomplete
google-chrome autocomplete
asked Mar 7 '13 at 20:22
Brian OrtizBrian Ortiz
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asked Mar 7 '13 at 20:22
Brian OrtizBrian Ortiz
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edited Mar 7 '13 at 21:11
Brian Ortiz
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Brian OrtizBrian Ortiz
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asked Mar 7 '13 at 20:22
Brian OrtizBrian Ortiz
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asked Mar 7 '13 at 20:22
Brian OrtizBrian Ortiz
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I'm presuming the question is that in the title, it is unclear from reading your question. You seem to be saying, "I want to eliminate suggestions, but at the same time I don't."
– Dan
Mar 7 '13 at 20:58
I edited it to hopefully be more clear.
– Brian Ortiz
Mar 7 '13 at 21:12
1
I don't think Google differentiates between autocomplete and suggestions with search - it's all or nothing. Are you possibly referring to autofill (completing forms)?
– Dan
Mar 7 '13 at 21:18
1
I even checkedabout:flagsand there was nothing that lets you control one without affecting enabling/disabling the other
– Dan
Mar 7 '13 at 21:36
6
Major bummer.... Suggestions are extremely useful but autocomplete is extremely annoying.
– jahroy
Jul 5 '13 at 18:41
|
show 2 more comments
1
I'm presuming the question is that in the title, it is unclear from reading your question. You seem to be saying, "I want to eliminate suggestions, but at the same time I don't."
– Dan
Mar 7 '13 at 20:58
I edited it to hopefully be more clear.
– Brian Ortiz
Mar 7 '13 at 21:12
1
I don't think Google differentiates between autocomplete and suggestions with search - it's all or nothing. Are you possibly referring to autofill (completing forms)?
– Dan
Mar 7 '13 at 21:18
1
I even checkedabout:flagsand there was nothing that lets you control one without affecting enabling/disabling the other
– Dan
Mar 7 '13 at 21:36
6
Major bummer.... Suggestions are extremely useful but autocomplete is extremely annoying.
– jahroy
Jul 5 '13 at 18:41
1
1
I'm presuming the question is that in the title, it is unclear from reading your question. You seem to be saying, "I want to eliminate suggestions, but at the same time I don't."
– Dan
Mar 7 '13 at 20:58
I'm presuming the question is that in the title, it is unclear from reading your question. You seem to be saying, "I want to eliminate suggestions, but at the same time I don't."
– Dan
Mar 7 '13 at 20:58
I edited it to hopefully be more clear.
– Brian Ortiz
Mar 7 '13 at 21:12
I edited it to hopefully be more clear.
– Brian Ortiz
Mar 7 '13 at 21:12
1
1
I don't think Google differentiates between autocomplete and suggestions with search - it's all or nothing. Are you possibly referring to autofill (completing forms)?
– Dan
Mar 7 '13 at 21:18
I don't think Google differentiates between autocomplete and suggestions with search - it's all or nothing. Are you possibly referring to autofill (completing forms)?
– Dan
Mar 7 '13 at 21:18
1
1
I even checked
about:flags and there was nothing that lets you control one without affecting enabling/disabling the other– Dan
Mar 7 '13 at 21:36
I even checked
about:flags and there was nothing that lets you control one without affecting enabling/disabling the other– Dan
Mar 7 '13 at 21:36
6
6
Major bummer.... Suggestions are extremely useful but autocomplete is extremely annoying.
– jahroy
Jul 5 '13 at 18:41
Major bummer.... Suggestions are extremely useful but autocomplete is extremely annoying.
– jahroy
Jul 5 '13 at 18:41
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It can never be fully disabled, unfortunately. You can clear your browser history (including all new history being cleared on session exit every time) and follow the below steps to get close to the desired results.
- Go to the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar
- Click Settings
- Click Show advanced settings (on the bottom)
- In the Privacy section, deselect the "Use a prediction service to help complete searches and URLs typed in the address bar" checkbox
- Click Settings
Keep in mind that the address bar shows matches from your browsing history, in addition to predictions. If you don't want to see matches from your browsing history, you must clear that as well.
Beyond that there is nothing more you can do. It is either all or nothing. You cannot modify the behavior of how you dismiss suggestions. Suggestions and autocomplete are the same service.
answered Mar 7 '13 at 20:56
DanDan
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See support.google.com/chrome/answer/95656. I was interested in removing matches from my browsing history as well. To do that, you need to clear your browsing history. I'm also interested in preventing browsing history from being kept so that I don't have to keep doing this. It seems the only way to do that is to use Incognito ("If you don’t want Chrome to save your browsing history at all, you can switch to Incognito mode." - support.google.com/chrome/answer/95589)
– Adam Zerner
Mar 1 '17 at 7:02
1
From the original post, he wanted to keep suggestions, but remove the auto-added highlighted part.
– NessDan
Oct 19 '17 at 15:43
@NessDan yep - hence my last paragraph explaining google won't let us have our cake and eat it, too. It's all or nothing
– Dan
Oct 19 '17 at 16:28
1
this answer is wrong superuser.com/a/543412
– Steven Penny
Dec 16 '17 at 19:50
Wrong: this disables google's autocompletion based on other user's searches, but keeps showing my own searches in autocompletion. I want precisely the opposite: I don't want it to keep track of my search queries (which is intrusive in my opinion, I'm not searching for porn or anything in public mode, but I still don't want my colleagues to see the history of my search queries and topics that interest me), but want to keep autocompletion based on popular queries.
– Boris Burkov
Jan 30 at 11:52
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It can never be fully disabled, unfortunately. You can clear your browser history (including all new history being cleared on session exit every time) and follow the below steps to get close to the desired results.
- Go to the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar
- Click Settings
- Click Show advanced settings (on the bottom)
- In the Privacy section, deselect the "Use a prediction service to help complete searches and URLs typed in the address bar" checkbox
- Click Settings
Keep in mind that the address bar shows matches from your browsing history, in addition to predictions. If you don't want to see matches from your browsing history, you must clear that as well.
Beyond that there is nothing more you can do. It is either all or nothing. You cannot modify the behavior of how you dismiss suggestions. Suggestions and autocomplete are the same service.
answered Mar 7 '13 at 20:56
DanDan
6531723
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See support.google.com/chrome/answer/95656. I was interested in removing matches from my browsing history as well. To do that, you need to clear your browsing history. I'm also interested in preventing browsing history from being kept so that I don't have to keep doing this. It seems the only way to do that is to use Incognito ("If you don’t want Chrome to save your browsing history at all, you can switch to Incognito mode." - support.google.com/chrome/answer/95589)
– Adam Zerner
Mar 1 '17 at 7:02
1
From the original post, he wanted to keep suggestions, but remove the auto-added highlighted part.
– NessDan
Oct 19 '17 at 15:43
@NessDan yep - hence my last paragraph explaining google won't let us have our cake and eat it, too. It's all or nothing
– Dan
Oct 19 '17 at 16:28
1
this answer is wrong superuser.com/a/543412
– Steven Penny
Dec 16 '17 at 19:50
Wrong: this disables google's autocompletion based on other user's searches, but keeps showing my own searches in autocompletion. I want precisely the opposite: I don't want it to keep track of my search queries (which is intrusive in my opinion, I'm not searching for porn or anything in public mode, but I still don't want my colleagues to see the history of my search queries and topics that interest me), but want to keep autocompletion based on popular queries.
– Boris Burkov
Jan 30 at 11:52
|
show 4 more comments
It can never be fully disabled, unfortunately. You can clear your browser history (including all new history being cleared on session exit every time) and follow the below steps to get close to the desired results.
- Go to the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar
- Click Settings
- Click Show advanced settings (on the bottom)
- In the Privacy section, deselect the "Use a prediction service to help complete searches and URLs typed in the address bar" checkbox
- Click Settings
Keep in mind that the address bar shows matches from your browsing history, in addition to predictions. If you don't want to see matches from your browsing history, you must clear that as well.
Beyond that there is nothing more you can do. It is either all or nothing. You cannot modify the behavior of how you dismiss suggestions. Suggestions and autocomplete are the same service.
answered Mar 7 '13 at 20:56
DanDan
6531723
1
See support.google.com/chrome/answer/95656. I was interested in removing matches from my browsing history as well. To do that, you need to clear your browsing history. I'm also interested in preventing browsing history from being kept so that I don't have to keep doing this. It seems the only way to do that is to use Incognito ("If you don’t want Chrome to save your browsing history at all, you can switch to Incognito mode." - support.google.com/chrome/answer/95589)
– Adam Zerner
Mar 1 '17 at 7:02
1
From the original post, he wanted to keep suggestions, but remove the auto-added highlighted part.
– NessDan
Oct 19 '17 at 15:43
@NessDan yep - hence my last paragraph explaining google won't let us have our cake and eat it, too. It's all or nothing
– Dan
Oct 19 '17 at 16:28
1
this answer is wrong superuser.com/a/543412
– Steven Penny
Dec 16 '17 at 19:50
Wrong: this disables google's autocompletion based on other user's searches, but keeps showing my own searches in autocompletion. I want precisely the opposite: I don't want it to keep track of my search queries (which is intrusive in my opinion, I'm not searching for porn or anything in public mode, but I still don't want my colleagues to see the history of my search queries and topics that interest me), but want to keep autocompletion based on popular queries.
– Boris Burkov
Jan 30 at 11:52
|
show 4 more comments
It can never be fully disabled, unfortunately. You can clear your browser history (including all new history being cleared on session exit every time) and follow the below steps to get close to the desired results.
- Go to the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar
- Click Settings
- Click Show advanced settings (on the bottom)
- In the Privacy section, deselect the "Use a prediction service to help complete searches and URLs typed in the address bar" checkbox
- Click Settings
Keep in mind that the address bar shows matches from your browsing history, in addition to predictions. If you don't want to see matches from your browsing history, you must clear that as well.
Beyond that there is nothing more you can do. It is either all or nothing. You cannot modify the behavior of how you dismiss suggestions. Suggestions and autocomplete are the same service.
answered Mar 7 '13 at 20:56
DanDan
6531723
It can never be fully disabled, unfortunately. You can clear your browser history (including all new history being cleared on session exit every time) and follow the below steps to get close to the desired results.
- Go to the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar
- Click Settings
- Click Show advanced settings (on the bottom)
- In the Privacy section, deselect the "Use a prediction service to help complete searches and URLs typed in the address bar" checkbox
- Click Settings
Keep in mind that the address bar shows matches from your browsing history, in addition to predictions. If you don't want to see matches from your browsing history, you must clear that as well.
Beyond that there is nothing more you can do. It is either all or nothing. You cannot modify the behavior of how you dismiss suggestions. Suggestions and autocomplete are the same service.
answered Mar 7 '13 at 20:56
DanDan
6531723
edited Jan 30 at 16:52
answered Mar 7 '13 at 20:56
DanDan
6531723
answered Mar 7 '13 at 20:56
DanDan
6531723
answered Mar 7 '13 at 20:56
DanDan
6531723
6531723
1
See support.google.com/chrome/answer/95656. I was interested in removing matches from my browsing history as well. To do that, you need to clear your browsing history. I'm also interested in preventing browsing history from being kept so that I don't have to keep doing this. It seems the only way to do that is to use Incognito ("If you don’t want Chrome to save your browsing history at all, you can switch to Incognito mode." - support.google.com/chrome/answer/95589)
– Adam Zerner
Mar 1 '17 at 7:02
1
From the original post, he wanted to keep suggestions, but remove the auto-added highlighted part.
– NessDan
Oct 19 '17 at 15:43
@NessDan yep - hence my last paragraph explaining google won't let us have our cake and eat it, too. It's all or nothing
– Dan
Oct 19 '17 at 16:28
1
this answer is wrong superuser.com/a/543412
– Steven Penny
Dec 16 '17 at 19:50
Wrong: this disables google's autocompletion based on other user's searches, but keeps showing my own searches in autocompletion. I want precisely the opposite: I don't want it to keep track of my search queries (which is intrusive in my opinion, I'm not searching for porn or anything in public mode, but I still don't want my colleagues to see the history of my search queries and topics that interest me), but want to keep autocompletion based on popular queries.
– Boris Burkov
Jan 30 at 11:52
|
show 4 more comments
1
See support.google.com/chrome/answer/95656. I was interested in removing matches from my browsing history as well. To do that, you need to clear your browsing history. I'm also interested in preventing browsing history from being kept so that I don't have to keep doing this. It seems the only way to do that is to use Incognito ("If you don’t want Chrome to save your browsing history at all, you can switch to Incognito mode." - support.google.com/chrome/answer/95589)
– Adam Zerner
Mar 1 '17 at 7:02
1
From the original post, he wanted to keep suggestions, but remove the auto-added highlighted part.
– NessDan
Oct 19 '17 at 15:43
@NessDan yep - hence my last paragraph explaining google won't let us have our cake and eat it, too. It's all or nothing
– Dan
Oct 19 '17 at 16:28
1
this answer is wrong superuser.com/a/543412
– Steven Penny
Dec 16 '17 at 19:50
Wrong: this disables google's autocompletion based on other user's searches, but keeps showing my own searches in autocompletion. I want precisely the opposite: I don't want it to keep track of my search queries (which is intrusive in my opinion, I'm not searching for porn or anything in public mode, but I still don't want my colleagues to see the history of my search queries and topics that interest me), but want to keep autocompletion based on popular queries.
– Boris Burkov
Jan 30 at 11:52
1
1
See support.google.com/chrome/answer/95656. I was interested in removing matches from my browsing history as well. To do that, you need to clear your browsing history. I'm also interested in preventing browsing history from being kept so that I don't have to keep doing this. It seems the only way to do that is to use Incognito ("If you don’t want Chrome to save your browsing history at all, you can switch to Incognito mode." - support.google.com/chrome/answer/95589)
– Adam Zerner
Mar 1 '17 at 7:02
See support.google.com/chrome/answer/95656. I was interested in removing matches from my browsing history as well. To do that, you need to clear your browsing history. I'm also interested in preventing browsing history from being kept so that I don't have to keep doing this. It seems the only way to do that is to use Incognito ("If you don’t want Chrome to save your browsing history at all, you can switch to Incognito mode." - support.google.com/chrome/answer/95589)
– Adam Zerner
Mar 1 '17 at 7:02
1
1
From the original post, he wanted to keep suggestions, but remove the auto-added highlighted part.
– NessDan
Oct 19 '17 at 15:43
From the original post, he wanted to keep suggestions, but remove the auto-added highlighted part.
– NessDan
Oct 19 '17 at 15:43
@NessDan yep - hence my last paragraph explaining google won't let us have our cake and eat it, too. It's all or nothing
– Dan
Oct 19 '17 at 16:28
@NessDan yep - hence my last paragraph explaining google won't let us have our cake and eat it, too. It's all or nothing
– Dan
Oct 19 '17 at 16:28
1
1
this answer is wrong superuser.com/a/543412
– Steven Penny
Dec 16 '17 at 19:50
this answer is wrong superuser.com/a/543412
– Steven Penny
Dec 16 '17 at 19:50
Wrong: this disables google's autocompletion based on other user's searches, but keeps showing my own searches in autocompletion. I want precisely the opposite: I don't want it to keep track of my search queries (which is intrusive in my opinion, I'm not searching for porn or anything in public mode, but I still don't want my colleagues to see the history of my search queries and topics that interest me), but want to keep autocompletion based on popular queries.
– Boris Burkov
Jan 30 at 11:52
Wrong: this disables google's autocompletion based on other user's searches, but keeps showing my own searches in autocompletion. I want precisely the opposite: I don't want it to keep track of my search queries (which is intrusive in my opinion, I'm not searching for porn or anything in public mode, but I still don't want my colleagues to see the history of my search queries and topics that interest me), but want to keep autocompletion based on popular queries.
– Boris Burkov
Jan 30 at 11:52
|
show 4 more comments
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I'm presuming the question is that in the title, it is unclear from reading your question. You seem to be saying, "I want to eliminate suggestions, but at the same time I don't."
– Dan
Mar 7 '13 at 20:58
I edited it to hopefully be more clear.
– Brian Ortiz
Mar 7 '13 at 21:12
1
I don't think Google differentiates between autocomplete and suggestions with search - it's all or nothing. Are you possibly referring to autofill (completing forms)?
– Dan
Mar 7 '13 at 21:18
1
I even checked
about:flagsand there was nothing that lets you control one without affecting enabling/disabling the other– Dan
Mar 7 '13 at 21:36
6
Major bummer.... Suggestions are extremely useful but autocomplete is extremely annoying.
– jahroy
Jul 5 '13 at 18:41