Remove Autofill Suggestions in Chrome (One or All)

You start typing in a form or the address bar, and Chrome helpfully suggests something you’d rather nobody saw: an old address, a typo’d email, or a site you visited once. You don’t have to wipe everything to get rid of it. Here’s how to remove autofill suggestions in Chrome, one at a time or all at once, and how to stop new ones piling up.

Two kinds of suggestions

Chrome suggests things from two different places, and each is removed differently:

• Address bar suggestions come mostly from your browsing history.
• Form suggestions, such as names, emails and addresses, come from Chrome’s autofill data.

Remove one suggestion: Shift + Delete

This works for both kinds and is the quickest fix:

1. Click into the field or address bar so the suggestion list drops down.
2. Use the arrow keys to highlight the entry. Don’t click it.
3. Press Shift + Delete on Windows or Linux, or Shift + Fn + Delete on a Mac.

The entry vanishes and everything else stays. In the address bar, newer Chrome versions also show an X next to history suggestions when you hover over them.

Remove saved addresses and cards

Full addresses and payment cards are stored as separate profiles, and Shift + Delete doesn’t touch them. Go to Settings, then Autofill and passwords, then Addresses and more or Payment methods. Click the three dots next to an entry and choose Delete. Google’s autofill help page covers the same settings.

Clear all autofill suggestions at once

To start fresh, press Ctrl + Shift + Delete, choose All time and tick Autofill form data (click More if you don’t see it). To clear address bar suggestions too, also tick Browsing history. Leave Passwords unticked unless you really want your saved logins gone.

What you want gone	Best method
One embarrassing suggestion	Highlight it, then Shift + Delete
An old saved address or card	Settings, then Autofill and passwords
All form suggestions	Clear “Autofill form data”
All address bar suggestions	Clear “Browsing history”
Future suggestions	Turn off saving, or auto-clear on a schedule

Stop new suggestions building up

You can turn off Save and fill addresses and Save and fill payment methods in the Autofill settings. That stops new profiles being stored, but Chrome still remembers what you type into ordinary form fields.

For a hands-off approach, Auto History Wipe can clear form data and browsing history automatically on start-up or on a schedule. The suggestion list never grows long enough to embarrass you. If address bar suggestions are the issue, auto-deleting your Chrome history takes care of those too.

Frequently asked questions

Why does a suggestion come back after I delete it?

If sync is on, another device may still have it. It can also return if the entry exists in your history and you visit the page again. Clear it on each synced device, or clear history as well.

Will this remove my saved passwords?

No. Passwords are separate. Neither Shift + Delete nor clearing “Autofill form data” touches them.

Does this work in Edge?

Yes. Shift + Delete works the same in Edge, and saved addresses are kept in Edge’s Personal info settings.

How do I remove autofill suggestions on Android?

In Chrome for Android, long-press a suggestion in the address bar and choose Remove, or clear “Autofill form data” under History, then Delete browsing data.

A single stray entry takes two seconds to fix. Once you know how to remove autofill suggestions, one at a time or all together, Chrome only suggests what you actually want it to.