
On your Android phone or tablet, open a browser like Chrome Chrome or Firefox.ģ. Add feature to Chrome filters: But if none of the above did the job for you, then the following could be your last resort:Ġ1:03 pm (IST): If you want to turn off trending searches on a web browser on your Android phone, then here’s what you can do:ġ. Turn off feature from Chrome: Alternatively, you can also try the following: Sourceģ. However, as many users report, this one’s ineffective. Simply head over to Settings > Search results > Auto-complete with trending searches and turn it off. Turn off feature from Google site: That said, there is actually an option to turn off trending searches from the Google site. Ways to disable trending search suggestions on Google Chromeġ. Also, rolling back to an older Chrome version will probably not help, as the issue was apparently brought about on its own without any app update. How regular search suggestions look likeīut perhaps the worst part is that the feature can’t be turned off. And recent searches are extremely useful. The feature is pretty great if you want to stay in the know as it returns a list of keywords that have been searched a lot recently.Īs it stands, it’s just that the feature simply hasn’t been implemented properly and has crammed the search suggestions with trends, thus leaving no space for recent searches. Now, trending searches aren’t entirely useless. Moreover, the issue is persistent across both Android and desktop versions of the browser app. This has left no space for recent searches to show up causing inconveniences for many. I recently cleared all my caches and browsing history in YouTube (NOT Chrome) and now for some reason my Google Chrome is showing me trending searches when I tap the search bar where it used to show my recent searches.Īs apparent from the above screenshot, the Chrome search/address bar is now populated with irrelevant trending searches. I’ve tried looking for a way to turn them off but there’s no option to turn them off. SourceĬan’t turn off trending searches on the Google Chrome app home page. Recently though, a new feature addition hasn’t gone down well with many users.

The browser’s no-frills approach, wherein only the most essential features have been implemented, has served it quite well. Google Chrome is the most popular browser on earth and most of this can be attributed to the fact that it is one of the most simplistically designed, intuitive-to-use browsers available right now. Original story (published on January 27, 2021) follows:


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