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Autofill and autocomplete are one of the best features Google Chrome provides. Once enabled, you don’t have to go through tedious text fields to type down the same information repeatedly. Once enabled, you don’t have to go through tedious text fields to type down the same information repeatedly.
- If Autofill is not working with your browser, disable the feature in Chrome or uninstall the Google Toolbar in Internet Explorer before re-enabling or re-installing the feature, which can help reset.
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How can I remove individual auto-fill suggestions so that they don't re-appear?
I don't wish to remove them all because some auto-fill suggestions are handy to have...
Here is a quick example using the Ask Question button here, at least two questions don't belong there:
Tamara Wijsman3 Answers
Hover the mouse cursor over each one and press the specified key.
Most browsers: Del
Chrome: Shift + Del
Mac + Chrome: Fn + Shift + Del
In some browsers, this also works for removing history entries from the address bar.
sblairsblairIf [Shift + Del] or [Fn + Shift + Del] doesn't do it, there's another way to edit Autofill information in Chrome.
Click the Chrome menu (three horizontal bars at the far right of the browser toolbar), choose Settings, and then click Show advanced settings... at the bottom of the page.
Next, under the Passwords and forms heading, click Manage Autofill settings.
On the pop-up, double-click the item you want to edit.
On the second pop-up, hover over the info item you want to delete and click the X that appears to the right.
Finally, click OK to close the second pop-up and Done to close the first.
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I have a Mac with a keyboard that does not have separate Delete and Backspace buttons, just Delete. I use Chrome. For me, the answer by sblair above was exactly what worked for me, and I was unable to get it to work as it did for Django above. I used this technique to remove a previously entered incorrect username to a site and did not want that to confuse me in the future as a possible choice.
Clear Autofill Google Chrome
In short, I entered fn + shift + delete on a Mac with Chrome while hovered over the bad username entry in the dropdown choice of autofill entries.