<![CDATA[Bookmarks suggestions when typing in address bar]]>This literally only started happening today - when I start typing into the Google search bar, the first suggestions it tries to autocomplete are from my bookmarks. I don't want this to happen and don't know why it has suddenly started happening today! I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling Opera and it still happens. I've tried turning off autocomplete, but all that does is make it so it only shows my bookmarks as search suggestions!

Does anyone know why this has happened and how to stop your bookmarks from being suggested by Google autocomplete? I want to keep the autocomplete function but I don't want all of my bookmarks coming up. I know where they are - that's why they're bookmarked!

Thanks in advance for any helpful suggestions.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/53599/bookmarks-suggestions-when-typing-in-address-barRSS for NodeSun, 15 Mar 2026 09:10:51 GMTSat, 23 Nov 2019 22:16:41 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Bookmarks suggestions when typing in address bar on Tue, 12 Dec 2023 10:12:03 GMT]]>I am waiting for the creators to have the issue and be like😠

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/337130https://forums.opera.com/post/337130Tue, 12 Dec 2023 10:12:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bookmarks suggestions when typing in address bar on Sun, 16 Jan 2022 07:56:23 GMT]]>@addresspredictionaddiction completely agree.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/272316https://forums.opera.com/post/272316Sun, 16 Jan 2022 07:56:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bookmarks suggestions when typing in address bar on Sat, 15 Jan 2022 08:06:17 GMT]]>I don't know if anyone said this yet, but the possibility to either remove suggestions from history and bookmarks, either completely, or for specific sites, should be added due to the fact that - surprise surprise - people do not want their pornhub history and bookmarks popping up when browsing in fron of other people, or when other people borrow their browser. Neither on a computer or not.

I never see anyone stating this outright even though it's likely the main motivation to have the functionality to remove it overall.. and most of us actually do browse porn.

I believe the creators of browsers are sadists, willingly not helping us out with this out of sheer pleasure.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/272273https://forums.opera.com/post/272273Sat, 15 Jan 2022 08:06:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bookmarks suggestions when typing in address bar on Mon, 10 Jan 2022 01:15:36 GMT]]>wait, did you just block the website that I, and the OP, currently have the same issue with the suggestion bar....?
And from what I have learned, a lot of other browsers have an option for you to turn off autocomplete URLs from bookmarks.
For me, i have just only used Opera GX for like 3 months, i do really like it, but this issue, yes, its not just me, is really pissing me off.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/271841https://forums.opera.com/post/271841Mon, 10 Jan 2022 01:15:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bookmarks suggestions when typing in address bar on Mon, 10 Jan 2022 00:57:34 GMT]]>@mostacho There is nothing to be fixed.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/271840https://forums.opera.com/post/271840Mon, 10 Jan 2022 00:57:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bookmarks suggestions when typing in address bar on Mon, 10 Jan 2022 00:56:14 GMT]]>its 2022, and this is still an issue.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/271839https://forums.opera.com/post/271839Mon, 10 Jan 2022 00:56:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bookmarks suggestions when typing in address bar on Mon, 10 Jan 2022 00:19:30 GMT]]>God, this has been an issus since 2019.
Please fix this.
https://forums.opera.com/topic/36653/why-have-my-bookmarks-started-appearing-as-suggestions-in-the-google-search-bar-auto-complete/28

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/271837https://forums.opera.com/post/271837Mon, 10 Jan 2022 00:19:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bookmarks suggestions when typing in address bar on Fri, 27 Aug 2021 12:55:38 GMT]]>@robor10t i agree. This little "feature" will make me switch to Firefox.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/260669https://forums.opera.com/post/260669Fri, 27 Aug 2021 12:55:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bookmarks suggestions when typing in address bar on Fri, 27 Aug 2021 13:05:19 GMT]]>@leonhardttobias Agreed. I think it says it all that there was no solution or mention of it being looked at, no further responses, then in the thread there's an almost comical "about a year later" when andufo commented today. Clearly this will not be resolved.

When I tried looking into this elsewhere on the web last year I read several things regarding privacy issues with Opera so I'm glad I switched. I'd forgotten how annoying having your bookmarks getting pulled up as suggestions was! Firefox works fine for me and I imported my bookmarks there with no issue.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/260668https://forums.opera.com/post/260668Fri, 27 Aug 2021 13:05:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bookmarks suggestions when typing in address bar on Fri, 27 Aug 2021 11:09:52 GMT]]>@robor10t same for me. it's a shame that no one cares.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/260662https://forums.opera.com/post/260662Fri, 27 Aug 2021 11:09:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bookmarks suggestions when typing in address bar on Fri, 27 Aug 2021 11:08:10 GMT]]>@andufo The issue never stopped for me and none of the "fixes" anyone suggested in this thread made any difference so I switched to Firefox almost a year ago as it doesn't happen with Firefox. (I'd forgotten about this until I got an email notification of your post!).

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/260660https://forums.opera.com/post/260660Fri, 27 Aug 2021 11:08:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bookmarks suggestions when typing in address bar on Thu, 26 Aug 2021 15:03:18 GMT]]>@tiemen i updated Opera and this behavior activated itself automatically afterwards. The flag is not available anymore. Anyone else experiencing the same issue again?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/260589https://forums.opera.com/post/260589Thu, 26 Aug 2021 15:03:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bookmarks suggestions when typing in address bar on Mon, 14 Jun 2021 12:25:51 GMT]]>@sea0nf1re As far as I know, it's not possible to disable suggestions from bookmarks.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/254635https://forums.opera.com/post/254635Mon, 14 Jun 2021 12:25:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bookmarks suggestions when typing in address bar on Mon, 14 Jun 2021 12:08:25 GMT]]>In the search bar, whenever i search for something, the first suggestions are always based on my bookmarks. This is unbelievably annoying, and i really do not need that, since bookmarks are precisely made to save urls that you might need later, so why would I need them recommended to me? My question is, is there any way to disable opera recommending bookmarks? If it is possible, i would like the option completely disabled. Also, from what I've gathered, there was a solution that said I should go to opera://flags/#suggestion-scoring-improved and disable the option, however i cannot seem to find said flag.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/254634https://forums.opera.com/post/254634Mon, 14 Jun 2021 12:08:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bookmarks suggestions when typing in address bar on Fri, 14 Aug 2020 00:02:31 GMT]]>@leocg Not for me it hasn't.
It doesn't matter how many times you type that, it doesn't change what I have experienced and am experiencing.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/221098https://forums.opera.com/post/221098Fri, 14 Aug 2020 00:02:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bookmarks suggestions when typing in address bar on Fri, 14 Aug 2020 00:01:06 GMT]]>@artest956 Nope, it's been this way since years.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/221096https://forums.opera.com/post/221096Fri, 14 Aug 2020 00:01:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bookmarks suggestions when typing in address bar on Thu, 13 Aug 2020 23:42:24 GMT]]>@artest956 It still hasn't been fixed for me either. None of the suggestions on this page did anything and every time I type anything into the address bar, the first thing that comes up are suggestions from my bookmarks.
I don't want this to happen, but I don't have a choice. This definitely wasn't happening before my original post about it (for me at least), so this had to have been included in an update. I'd been using Opera for roughly a year before this started to happen, and as soon as it did it was immediately obvious (so there's no chance it happened previously and I didn't notice!)

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/221093https://forums.opera.com/post/221093Thu, 13 Aug 2020 23:42:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bookmarks suggestions when typing in address bar on Thu, 13 Aug 2020 23:20:52 GMT]]>@leocg but yes this was only designed with this last update correct? didnt we used to have the option to remove it in the settings

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/221092https://forums.opera.com/post/221092Thu, 13 Aug 2020 23:20:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bookmarks suggestions when typing in address bar on Thu, 13 Aug 2020 20:41:48 GMT]]>@artest956 When you type on address bar, you may get suggestions from your history and bookmarks. It's by design as far as I know.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/221086https://forums.opera.com/post/221086Thu, 13 Aug 2020 20:41:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bookmarks suggestions when typing in address bar on Thu, 13 Aug 2020 19:33:11 GMT]]>This still hasnt been fixed!?? 😞 every time I type something it suggest all of my favorites .... Why?? i was able to use that link that you suggested burn however it only helped from auto filling in the search bar.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/221084https://forums.opera.com/post/221084Thu, 13 Aug 2020 19:33:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bookmarks suggestions when typing in address bar on Fri, 01 May 2020 12:56:48 GMT]]>@Tiemen Thanks, but that doesn't work for me for whatever reason. I'd turned that off before (as @burnout246 had previously suggested it) and it didn't do anything. Tried again now, still nothing.

I did just discover that it had been reset to "default" from "disabled" after last night/yesterday's update though. So if anyone has previously disabled it, it's worth knowing that any update will just turn it back on. That's another feature that's very unwelcome. I don't want any of my personal settings reset to default after an update. I can't think of any other app/program that does that. Maybe I'll bookmark that page, titled "annoying" so I can search for the page to check quicker! LOL

The bookmarks in the search may be useful for some people, but I have a lot of bookmarks (hence why this is so frustrating!) and I know where they are because I took 10 seconds to give them a name when I bookmarked them. All I have to do is sort my bookmarks alphabetically and it's very easy to find anything.

But now, for example, if I type in the word "sound" I get 5 bookmarks pulled up first. This is a feature that should be configurable, not just "tough, this is what happens".

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/208932https://forums.opera.com/post/208932Fri, 01 May 2020 12:56:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bookmarks suggestions when typing in address bar on Fri, 01 May 2020 12:44:17 GMT]]>@robor10t so you can turn it off, but it's hidden:

go to opera://flags/#suggestion-scoring-improved
disable it.
Relaunch Opera (or click the button in the bottom right)
Go back to previous behaviour (until Opera updates again)

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/208928https://forums.opera.com/post/208928Fri, 01 May 2020 12:44:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bookmarks suggestions when typing in address bar on Fri, 01 May 2020 12:43:40 GMT]]>@burnout426 I appreciate the reply, so thank you first of all.

That being said, nothing you've said has made a difference to my experience. Opera definitely did not start pulling up my bookmarks as search suggestions before I posted in this forum. It happened one day without there being any update that I was notified of (when I turned my laptop on today and opened Opera it notified me of an update that has just been installed and outlined the updated features, so I'm assuming when an update is released a user is notified in some way).

I have no idea why anyone would think adding bookmarks into search suggestions would be a good idea. When a user has bookmarked a page, they already know how to quickly access that page - that's the sole purpose of bookmarks! Adding them to search suggestions (as the first suggestions, especially!) is putting a hat on a hat. It's useless and irritating. There should definitely be a configuration for it. It clutters up almost every search I do as I have a lot of bookmarks, so I can't type anything in the search without pulling up multiple bookmarks before anything else.

I'd already tried emptying the trash from the bookmarks and the deleted bookmark still gets pulled up in suggestions. At this point I think I might have to reinstall Opera to try and get rid of that as I don't know where the errant file is it's pulling the info from and I haven't got the patience to search for it any more than I already have.

Overall, this is a hugely frustrating, disappointing experience as this feature has been forced on me with no option to turn it off. Thanks a lot, Opera.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/208926https://forums.opera.com/post/208926Fri, 01 May 2020 12:43:40 GMT