Skip to main content

Remove Visited Web URLs and Search Term from Browser Address Bar

By John Bennet
The browser's evolved in such a way to facilitate access to the internet in an optimized way, so whenever a user visits a website, the browser remember's the website URL entered in the Omni box and saves the web page information as cookies. So the next time when the user tries to access the website, the browser will auto-complete the entry with the search history URL.

Though it facilitates faster user access sometimes it may offend few user's, For example: Accidentally if you've visited a faulty website in a browser, then whenever you type a similar query on Omni box, it will also list the faulty website URL, therefore it will be annoying to clear the entry each time.

Read Also:  3 ways to fix " internet explorer stop working " error message

Note: Deleting browser history doesn't clear the search entries from displaying on the Omni box, search entries are stored in browser as cookies. We advise you to delete the cookie information to permanently remove the search entries from the Omni box.

How to Delete/Clear Visited Web URL Auto-Suggestions on Omnibox?
           How embarrassing it will be when someone uses your computer to search about POLL and end-up with browser auto-completing the search entry from the search history and suggesting the user with Search term/URL related to P0RN.

Also Read: How to use a web browser as a scientific calculator

Delete Visited Web URL and Search term on Omni Box

Removing the search entries made on browser Omni bar is not a strenuous process, it's simple, just two key combinations of the keyboard could permanently remove them from future suggestions. Follow the steps below to proceed.
  1. Type the query or URL you want to remove from browser auto-complete suggestions
  2. Now the browser will list the search terms and URL related to the query
  3. Select the query or URL you want to remove.(Use Arrow Keys to target the entry)
  4. And press 
    1. "Shift+Delete" in Chrome Browser to remove the search entry
    2. "Delete" in Firefox Browser/IE to remove the search entry
  5. You're done.
Note: Website bookmarked in the browser will be suggested persistently, unless or until removed from the bookmarked sites list in Google Chrome. However, in the Firefox browser, you can control the search autocomplete feature whether the search suggestion results were included or excluding the bookmarked website in the suggestion list.

How to Disable Web Search Prediction/Suggestion In Chrome

By default, when typing text in the browser address bar/search engine address bar, it will automatically suggest users with a list of queries related to the previous search and popular queries. If it offends you in any way and wants to disable the prediction service, just do the following.

Read Also: Best 10 safety tips for secure internet banking

Enable/Disable Search Prediction In Google Chrome
  1. Go to Chrome Menu > Settings > Show advanced settings (Scroll below). 
  2. Under privacy block, Un-check "Use a prediction service to help complete searches and URLs typed in the address bar or the app launcher search box"
  3. And you're done.
Note: Previous search URL and Term may still appear until cleared with "Shift+Del" or removed from stored cookies.
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

How to Register and Activate SBI Internet Banking Online

By John Bennet
Internet Banking is the most trusted and efficient way of making transactions, bill payments, view accounts, view statements, deposits and many more facilities that can be accessed from any corner of the world for free. To avail these facilities in SBI (or) any  State Bank Groups new customer's will be given the PPK kit along with the passbook at the time of creating accounts in the bank itself if the internet banking facility request was mentioned in the Account opening form, but for existing customer's they have to register separately to get access to the internet banking either by visiting a branch or without visiting a branch. Also Read:   10 safety tips for secure banking online - That You Must Know If the main motive of internet banking is to ease transactions and payments for clients in the leisure, without visiting a bank home branch in person, then why not to make the registration and activation process of internet banking also in the leisure from their ...
81 comments
Read more

How to Delete Sent, But not Delivered WhatsApp Messages

By John Bennet
Texting is easy and comfortable than speaking because you will have enough time to think what you want to send (or) sometimes you may find it creepy to speak straight looking into their eyes, because when you are not sure, what you're about to talk is right or wrong, we may face a lot of inconveniences to stay in a position to talk, so most of the people opt for texting rather than speaking. Perhaps even texting can also lead you to embarrassment when you text the wrong message to the right person (or) the right message to the wrong person. If you realize immediately that either the message was wrong or the recipient was not the appropriate one to receive before it reaches to their device, then it's not too late to recall it back in WhatsApp. Read Also: Know How to Recover Deleted WhatsApp Chat Messages What is the meaning for the Whatsapp Check Marks? Whenever a message is typed on WhatsApp and enter key is pressed, then the message will go through 4 different sta...
25 comments
Read more

Find Name of Unknown Mobile Number With True Caller

By John Bennet
The telephone directory is no longer sustain's, due to the advent of the internet and smartphones which occupies lesser space either physically or digitally. This descent of physical directories is due to the lack of features and flexibility because it's hardly impossible to house billions of the mobile number's into a book, even if they do it cannot be compact. Like telephone number's, mobile user's number was not exhibited publicly, hence we never know from whom we are receiving calls, and there are many apps and tools which claims to display the name of the person with the mobile number, but eventually displays only the geographical area and mobile service provider name. It's been a long time that the mobile operators were not allowed to reveal a person's identity for security policies. Finally, here comes a solution to the problem that dispenses the name of the person who called us and remains anonymous. "Are you annoyed by missed calls, m...
20 comments
Read more