Is there any way to remove search suggestions from history?
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I've tried to research this problem before, but I never got a concrete answer.
When I open a new tab and tap the search bar, Vivaldi automatically displays all of my recent searches, as shown below.
I've already turned off Allow Search Suggestions in Address Field, but I think that refers to something different (note that these suggestions have a history icon on the left, so it's probably different from the other suggestions with a magnifying glass icon).
The only way I've been able to remove these suggestions is by turning on "Clear session browsing data on exit." However, this setting only works if I tap the Vivaldi icon and hit Exit, rather than closing the app with the Android menu button like normal.
Furthermore, I believe I've encountered this behavior in Brave and Chrome as well, so I have a bad feeling that it's just hard-coded into Chromium somehow. I've only been able to avoid it by using Opera.
I essentially want it to work like the desktop version, where the browser offers to autocomplete the web address once you start typing, but without automatically showing a list of your recent searches as soon as you click the search bar. Is there any way to do this?
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@3ternal
Hi, this is hard coded to the Google search engine.
You can disable this in you Google account or delete the suggestions after some time.
Iirc one day is the shortest.
If your device is synced to a desktop search engines and suggestions are synced.
You cant add search suggestions on Android, this is synced from the desktop.
Default for Google is no suggestions.Cheers, mib
Cheers, mib
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@mib3berlin Hey, thanks for the reply.
Sorry, what do you mean by hard-coded in the Google search engine? This is what it looks like for me in mobile Opera.
No suggestions, as you can see. So I don't think it's enforced by Google. The suggestions only appear when I start typing, which is fine (see below).
I'm also not sure how syncing would work in this case. I'm signed in to my Vivaldi account, which syncs between desktop and mobile, but I don't believe my Vivaldi account is connected to a Google account (or at least I can't find a setting for this).
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@3ternal
Hi, Vivaldi is not connected to Google.
Search engines are synced, if you use search suggestion on the desktop this is synced to your mobile.
I meant this setting:
But your searches are store in Google, I delete all of my search results in my Google account and get this:
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@3ternal
I understand the point of your question as I have been digging things up myself. I don't think there is a way to completely disable privacy-infringing tooltips in Vivaldi/android. I could find only one flag, it limits the number of hints from surfing history to 5 pieces.#omnibox-max-zero-suggest-matches
I think that other modifications based on Chromium can solve this issue drastically, but this is not Vivaldi's case. All you can do, unless you're a modder, is experiment with the flags.
My attempts to combine flags and somehow remove the remaining 5 items from the search history got me nowhere.
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@far4 Interesting! I forgot about the flags page. Thanks for that.
Yeah, a bit of a shame that Vivaldi hasn't done this on their end. It can certainly be awkward to open up the browser and see a list of your last five searches, especially on mobile. I'll probably just stick to Opera for mobile and Vivaldi for desktop.
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@3ternal im glad someone already made a post about this. This is so annoying. I know that google is trying to find out what im doing or searching in every seconds, but Vivaldi should be different. Vivaldi say they care for privacy and that should be one of the main reasons why many people choose to use this browser, but i dont understand why vivaldi is still leaving this unchanged.. There are many other chromium based browsers that dont leave any track of my searches, so i guess this is up to vivaldi.
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Omnibox suggestion button" in Vivaldi, It might offer more control over the autocomplete behavior without displaying recent searches immediately upon clicking the search bar.
Additionally, exploring Brave and Chrome settings for similar options could help identify if this behavior is indeed Chromium-related.
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Hi,
Those interested on a setting to disable this from Vivaldi itself, should Search/Open a Feature Request and Vote it.https://forum.vivaldi.net/category/136/mobile-feature-requests
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Disable this flag. It removes search history coming on address bar.
#organic-repeatable-queries -
I tried this and the previous search queries were still there. Or will this flag prevent further search queries from being shown when opening the address bar?
Edit: Cleared all my history and suggestions and retried with the flag disabled. It's still showing search queries.
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To me it looks like this. Only history shows up. Search terms are gone.
I don't want to see anything. Don't know what to do. I'm exploring flags.
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I think it is related to chromium browsers and google search in general, with some exceptions like opera. I tried brave and the same was present there. But there is also an option to turn it off.
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I am having this exact issue as well. I stopped using Chrome because of this and wanted to give Vivaldi a go but it seems like the same issue here. Firefox and Opera didn't have this so I might have to switch back to one of those.
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The issue I am seeing is the same I saw in Google Chrome (with a different suggestion), Android device solely.
So basically, I have a search suggestion that is impossible to be removed. I long tap on it, select "Remove suggestion from history" and it is deleted just temporarily. Whenever browser is restarted, the search suggestion is there.
I tried removing google activity, and it also does not appear on desktop, so it is definitely not the search engine sync as suggested by @mib3berlin
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@dusitomax
Hi, I meant Google search history.
I searched for "android caps lock ...."
It appear here:
And it appear here:
If I delete it in the Google search history and in Vivaldi it doesn't come back after restart.
It's a bit cumbersome but you can disable search history in Google. -
Yes I understood, thanks for getting back so quickly.
Disabling is a good idea however, better than opening private windows all the time as I do.
