Ubuntu – ny way to stop Chromium (or Google Chrome) from auto-completing searches in the address bar

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Is there any way to stop Chromium (or Google Chrome) from auto-completing searches in the address bar?

The best example of this I have seen is, if you type fire and ice into Chromium’s omnibox and hit Enter, it searches for fire and ice. If later you type fire into the omnibox and hit enter it “autocompletes” the search and again searches for fire and ice, not just fire.

I find this very frustrating and would just like a way of stopping this behaviour.

Best Answer

  1. Click on the menu (the icon with three lines in the top right of the browser)
  2. Click "Settings"
  3. Click the "Show Advanced Settings" link at the bottom of the page.
  4. Uncheck the box for "Use a prediction service to help complete searches and URLs typed in the address bar or the app launcher search box".

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