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Turn off search suggestions in Google Chrome

Discussion in 'Windows 7' started by BGBG, Oct 27, 2022.

  1. BGBG

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    Apparently I keep forgetting how to do this and now I cannot find it in Google Search. Any tips? Was using DuckDuckGoand had them turned off but then I found if I tried to save the search it would be a blank search page and not what I was trying to save. So I switched to Google search. But now I have search suggestions ack again. Can't win.
     
    BGBG, Oct 27, 2022
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    I guess it is called autocomplete and I must find where to turn it off like I did on DuckDuckGo search.
     
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    I just tried this some more. I used to be able to Search without suggestions. Then I could drag/drop the search URL to desktop and open it later and see the search results. Now I cannot do this for if I do I only get the blank search page and not the results. They must have changed something. So I switched search engine to Google and now I get search suggestions that I cannot seem to turn off. Can anyone suggest something to do? Or is it not possible anymore?
     
    BGBG, Oct 27, 2022
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    Turn off popular search suggestions in Chrome:
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    Courtesy
    1. Open Chrome and go to google.com.
    2. Select Settings in the bottom-right corner.
    3. Select Search settings in the drop-down menu.
    4. Scroll down to the Autocomplete with trending searches section and select Do not show popular searches.
    5. Scroll down and select the Saved button.

    Turn off Google's auto-fill Search predictions in Firefox:
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    Courtesy
    1. Select Firefox in the menu bar at the top of your screen.
    2. Select Preferences.
    3. Select the Search tab on the left side of your screen.
    4. Google should be selected as your default search engine. Deselect the option that says "Provide search suggestions."
     
    IJAC, Oct 28, 2022
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  7. BGBG

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    I want to thank you for the suggestion. This is new to me and I shall work with it. I do not like the search suggestions. I thought I replied to this but do not see it now no maybe I forgot to click post reply.

    Also to plodr- I will check this out also. Thanks.......This did not work for me for i found Autocomplete was ALREADY turned off. One other person said it did not work either.
     
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    BGBG, Oct 28, 2022
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    Still unable to search with DuckDuckGo and drag/drop the search result to a folder or desktop. The URL is only DuckDuckGo.com or with http in front of it. Maybe the manufacturers changed it for some some reason. So I am mostly using Google search now because I can save the resulting shortcut and view it again.
     
    BGBG, Oct 29, 2022
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