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    How do I turn off autofill in address bar?

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      Lesh50 last edited by

      Lets say I type 'y', it autofills it to a youtube video link. I want suggestions to only be recommended below the 'search' option, not above it. It drives me crazy when I search 'youtube' and it takes me to a specific youtube video instead of youtube website or just search results.
      How do I turn it off?
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        malcolmparkedhere last edited by

        I think what you’re describing is autocomplete, not the normal Autofill setting. Opera unfortunately doesn’t have one simple switch to turn off every type of address-bar autocomplete.

        I’d try this first:

        Settings → Privacy & security → disable “Improve search suggestions.”

        You can also go to opera://settings/enhancedAddressBar and turn off the enhanced address bar suggestions.

        If Opera is still filling in old sites from your history or bookmarks, those are handled separately, and there isn’t currently a complete “turn all autocomplete off” option. That’s probably why you’re still seeing the YouTube video suggestion.

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