In this guide, we will show you the steps to disable the Recent Search in the Google Chrome search bar. The browser from the Silicon Valley giant beholds a slew of useful features up its sleeves. One among which is the ability to show recent search results which will help you to easily access your recent searches without the need to retype in the query. However, it goes without saying that this ease of convenience comes at a cost- at the cost of your privacy.
If someone gains access to your device, he or she will be able to get hold of all your recent searches, something that you would want to avoid at any and every cost. Google did give some due diligence to this issue and had infact added a tweak to disable this functionality. However, in the latest update, it seems to have removed this feature from the browser [the classic Google style!]. Fortunately, we stumbled upon a nifty workaround using which you can bring back this functionality. So without any further ado, let’s check it out.
How to Disable Recent Search in Google Chrome Search Bar
To get this job done, you just had to toggle the organic-repeatable-queries flag. However, the latest update seems to have removed this flag. But fret not. Using a handy tweak, you can easily bring it back. And in this guide, we will show you how to do just that. Follow along.
- Launch Chrome and head over to the below location:
chrome://flags
- Then search the below flag:
Temporarily unexpire M130 flags
- Now enable this flag and hit Relaunch in the prompt that appears.
- Once again, go to the Chrome’s flag page usin the below URL:
chrome://flags
- This time, search for the following flag:
organic repeatable queries
- Change its state to Default and then hit Relaunch.
- The browser will now restart and the said change will be enabled.
That’s it. These were the steps to disable the Recent Search in the Google Chrome search bar. If you have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, do let us know in the comments. We will get back to you with a solution as soon as possible.
