Disable Google Suggest In The Search Box
Google Suggest is a useful default feature which can predict what users type in the search box and offer relevant suggestions in real time. For instance, if you type “home” in the search box, Google Suggest will immediately offer you a list of suggestions started with home, e.g. “homebase”, “home office”, “home for sale”, “home insurance”, “home goods” ,etc. You could just click on the relevant search word/phase if it appears in the list to get the search results. This default feature surely will enhance your internet experience. Or will it? Do you find the second guessing a nuisance instead? If you don’t feel Google Suggest is helpful but irritating, just switch it off.
Google Suggest
How to switch off or disable your Google Suggest feature? The process is pretty simple. Just go to the Google Preference Page, look for the “Query Suggestions” section which is located at the bottom of the page and check “Do not provide query suggestions in the search box”.
Check “Do not provide query suggestions in the search box”
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August 28th, 2009 07:48
Disabling does not work. It continually reverts to making suggestions each time internet explorer is activated each search has suggestions shown which is very annoying.
July 20th, 2009 12:02
[...] keywords related to the keywords you are just typing in the search bar. Although others want to disable the Instant suggestion feature in Google, for me it is so convenient to use! No one can encourage me to remove Google toolbar in my [...]
April 1st, 2009 07:38
This worked for me when first i disabled the query suggestion. Next I added it to my favorites. Close Gooogle then start it again click the google favorite and make it your home page. It should read like this http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=0
February 26th, 2009 15:59
I don’t have the option to turn off the suggestions as there isn’t a “Query Suggestion” box appearing, and I agree these popups are F*&^%$g annoying. If you use Google as your home page reste it to http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=0
So far so good and no annoying suggestions – just hope it stays that way.
February 8th, 2009 11:46
Right when the check box actually shows up it is easy enough .
Today – no such setting in preferences.
Where did the damn Query Suggestions check box and option go ?
December 31st, 2008 13:13
Disabling googlesuggest in preferences page and saving does not work. Its useless. Is google sufficient sensitive to look in the problem?
October 9th, 2008 02:47
The response is wrong. The preference keeps getting reset to the default. So now every time I use google I am not only distracted by a bunch of popup text (the suggestions, none of which I want), but then I’m further distracted by having to go to the preferences page and reset my preference!
I think its useful to suggest text that I searched for previously, but to suggest a bunch of text simply because it’s similar to what I’ve written so far is annoying and worthless.
September 15th, 2008 00:46
But just going to the Google Preference Page is an inconvenience. They should have a checkbox to switch it on or off on the front page.