Chrome and FF google search page issue

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  1. Mr.X

    Mr.X MDL Guru

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    #1 Mr.X, Nov 21, 2017
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    I noticed Chrome started to show last six search queries automatically, wth? How to fix this?

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    This the way it was opening before:

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  2. dhjohns

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    Dude! That's the way it works!
     
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  3. Mr.X

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    No it does not! :D
     
  4. dhjohns

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    For me, that is always how it has worked.
     
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  5. Mr.X

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    I must say I have google.com.mx as my start page, so when I click on the button it always shows/showed without last six queries, until yesterday lol
     
  6. Mr.X

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    #6 Mr.X, Nov 21, 2017
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    This is the way it was opening before:

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  7. TairikuOkami

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    Try to disable "Private Results", if you are logged into Google account or disable "Search Suggestions" and "Auto-complete" in Chrome settings.
     

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    @dhjohns That's not normal behavior, for me it doesn't show search history automatically.
     
  9. CHEF-KOCH

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    You can change the omnibox behavior by the following flags:

    chrome://flags/#enable-zero-suggest-redirect-to-chrome
    chrome://flags/#omnibox-tail-suggestions
    chrome://flags/#omnibox-entity-suggestions
    chrome://flags/#new-omnibox-answer-types
    chrome://flags/#omnibox-ui-max-autocomplete-matches
     
  10. Mr.X

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    All and each one where set to Default as expected.
    Next, I disabled one by one testing each one at once and setting to Default if it didn't work.
    None of them worked at all.
     
  11. CHEF-KOCH

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  12. Mr.X

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    Guess you mean to change them all at once, fine but by "change" do you mean "disable"
     
  13. Mr.X

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    #14 Mr.X, Nov 21, 2017
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    @CHEF-KOCH Thank you man, it worked. Disabling ALL of them did it.
    I wonder what changed in last Chrome version though, that forces me to disable all of them, even one of them. I never ever had to tweak any before.
     
  14. Mr.X

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    This is getting weirder. Today I turned on my PC and laptop, opened Google Chrome and start page was normal, as expected. Then just by chance of curiosity I re-checked those flags again. Guess what, they were back to Default status, not Disabled like I left them yesterday, on both machines.

    Even more weird, the start page is still normal as usual :confused:
     
  15. CHEF-KOCH

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    This has something to do with sync/account settings, sadly I forgot which switch you need to switch. Better use Chromium anyway and stay with the 'no-sync' version, then login, reset all settings to default and you never will face any problems like this again.
     
  16. Mr.X

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    Thanks, I understand. Yet I'm kind of concerned those flags returned to Default by themselves. Wth?
    How did they do that? remotely? how?
     
  17. oldsh_t

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    I have the same problem with the new FireFox 57. It is really annoying :mad:
     
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  19. dhjohns

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    How is this a problem? This is expected behavior, and extremely beneficial.
     
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