how to delete google suggestions

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Highlight the entry and:

Shift+Delete on a PC
Shift+FN+Delete a Mac

To disable autocomplete in general

open the Chrome Settings
Show advanced settings (at the bottom)
Under Privacy, uncheck
- "Use a prediction service to help complete searches and URLs typed in the address bar."
- use a prediction service to load pages more quickly

The completions will still appear as dropdown items and you can arrow down to select them - if you want to, but they won't be automatically applied.

reference - https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95656?hl=en

Utku

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answered May 13 '16 at 10:22

the_velour_fogthe_velour_fog

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Or if you have a mac laptop without a delete button: shift + fn + backspace.

Jul 22 '17 at 12:46
For those with no "function" key on their keyboard attached to a mac, it's "shirt + delete" (oddly).

Sep 12 '17 at 15:22
Confusingly, highlighting just with the mouse cursor doesn't work! Needs to be by keyboard. I suggested an edit to address this.

Sep 4 '18 at 13:11
@Matt I came here with a question that you answered: "What about the 70% of mac keyboards that don't have a freakin delete key?". Good job on Apple picking something so obnoxious :/ Thanks for the answer though -- +1!

Sep 14 '18 at 9:26
Why in hell does the mac version not show up everywhere? Took me way too long to find this solution.

Mar 27 '20 at 14:52

Chances are you have the site bookmarked

Enter the site so as it does show up in your browser history. Then go into your history, you'll probably see a star at the end of the url in the history page. Click on that and it'll remove it from bookmarks, then you can delete the site normally.

answered Mar 1 '17 at 11:53

draguiandraguian

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You can also directly click on the star in the address bar and then click Remove.

Mar 11 '17 at 11:39
This is what mine turned out to be. If Shift-Del doesn't work, check your bookmarks.

Apr 21 '19 at 23:56
This is the only method that worked for me, didn't realize that google suggests urls from bookmarks too.

Apr 5 '20 at 23:58

On linux (ubuntu) with chrome: while starting typing and then having specific item highlighted as suggestion: Crtl + Shift + Delete

answered Nov 17 '17 at 17:11

Tried on chromium 62.0.3202.89 (Official Build) Built on Ubuntu , running on Ubuntu 17.10 (64-bit), did not work

Nov 21 '17 at 9:36
I am on chrome Version 62.0.3202.94 (Official Build) (64-bit). Ubuntu 16.04.

Nov 21 '17 at 10:11
Tried it again. Definitely works.

Nov 21 '17 at 10:19
Not working on Google Chrome Version 78.0... (Official Build) (64-bit) on Ubuntu Mate 18.04. It may be that this kind of key combination is absorbed from a higher layer and never reach Chrome!

Jan 27 '20 at 9:11

You can do it by removing them from Chrome history:

presss CTRL+H or just navigate to chrome://history
look for the items you want to remove (you can even use the search box at the top right) and check the box next to them
click "Remove selected items"

answered May 13 '16 at 9:55

Máté JuhászMáté Juhász

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Easiest solution is to hit the delete button when you see the suggestion- that will delete that particular site alone from history. If you want to delete all, clear your browsing history. Best solution would be using the browser in private mode when you don't want that for few sites alone. Permanent solution would be changing the privacy settings in your browser.

answered May 13 '16 at 10:50