How to Remove Suggestions on Chrome

Last Updated: February 5, 2023

When you're typing a search term or URL into Chrome's address bar, Google makes recommendations for websites and search terms based on what you've typed. Sometimes these suggestions can be irrelevant, or worse—embarrassing. Fortunately, it's easy to turn off search suggestions on your Android, iPhone, iPad, and computer. While it's not possible to remove an individual suggestion in the mobile Chrome app, you can easily do so using Chrome on your computer—this change will even carry over to your phone or tablet if you're using Chrome syncing.

Method 1

Method 1 of 3:

Android

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Open Chrome and tap the three-dot menu ⁝. It's at the top-right corner of Chrome.
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Tap Settings on the menu. This opens your Chrome settings.

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Tap Sync and Google services. It's at the top of the menu.
4
Toggle off the "Autocomplete searches and URLs" switch
. Tapping this switch to disable it will prevent Google from suggesting websites and search terms while you're typing into the search/address bar.
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Toggle off the "Show suggestions for similar pages when a page can't be found" switch
. This is another one of Google's search suggestion features. Turning this off prevents Chrome from suggesting other websites if the one you're trying to access isn't available.
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Go to https://www.google.com in Chrome. Google will still suggest trending topics in the search bar unless you disable it in your Google settings.^{[1]
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- If you're signed in to Google, you'll see your user icon at the top-right. If you see a Sign in button there instead, tap it and log in to your Google account now.
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Tap the three-line menu. It's at the top-left corner.
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Tap Settings on the menu. This opens your search settings.
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Tap the Do not show popular searches option. It's in the "Autocomplete with trending searches" section. This prevents trending topics from appearing in the search bar when you're typing a URL or keyword into the search bar.

Method 2

Method 2 of 3:

iPhone or iPad

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Open Chrome and tap the three horizontal dots ••• . It's at the bottom-right corner of Chrome.
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Tap Settings on the menu. This opens your Chrome settings.
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Tap Sync and Google Services. It's the green icon with two curved arrows toward the top.
4
Toggle the "Autocomplete Searches and URLs" switch to Off
. This prevents Google from suggesting search terms and websites in the address bar.
5
Go to https://www.google.com in Chrome. Google will still suggest trending topics in the search bar unless you disable it in your Google settings.
- If you're signed in to Google, you'll see your user icon at the top-right. If you see a Sign in button there instead, tap it and log in to your Google account now.
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Tap the three-line menu. It's at the top-left corner.
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Tap Settings on the menu. This opens your search settings.
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Tap the Do not show popular searches option. It's in the "Autocomplete with trending searches" section. This prevents trending topics from appearing in the search bar when you're typing a URL or keyword into the search bar.

Method 3

Method 3 of 3:

Computer

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Click the three-dot menu in Chrome ⁝. It's at the top-right corner of your browser.
- If you just want to delete an individual search suggestion, hover your mouse cursor over the suggestion and click the X on the right side.
- Keep reading to learn how to prevent Chrome from suggesting websites and keywords in the address/search bar in the future.
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Click Settings on the menu.
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Click You and Google. It's at the top-left corner.
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Click Sync and Google services. It's the first option under your name.
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Toggle off the "Autocomplete searches and URLs" switch
. Clicking this switch prevents Chrome from suggesting websites and other search terms while you're typing into the address bar.
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Toggle off the "Google Drive search suggestions" switch
. Turning off this switch prevents Chrome from suggesting searches based on files in your Google Drive.
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Go to https://www.google.com in Chrome. Google will still suggest trending topics in the search bar unless you disable it in your Google settings.
- If you're signed in to Google, you'll see your user icon at the top-right. If you see a Sign in button there instead, click it and log in to your Google account now.
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Click the Settings tab. It's at the bottom-right corner of the page.
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Click Search settings. It's at the top of the menu.
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Select the Do not show popular searches option. It's in the "Autocomplete with trending searches" section. This prevents trending topics from appearing in the search bar when you're typing a URL or keyword into the search bar.