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When you type in Google, it tries to predict what you’re looking for. This is called autocomplete. You can turn off some of these predictions, or tell Google if there are any issues.
Turn off Search personalization
If you turn off "Search personalization," Google doesn’t predict things based on what you’ve searched for before. If you let Google save what you do, it can make search better for you. Learn how to manage Personalized Recommendations in Search services.
If you’re signed in to your Google Account and "Search personalization" is on, you’ll receive personalized predictions and recommendations in Google Search. If you don’t want to get predictions and recommendations, you can turn off Personalized Recommendations.
Turn off trending searches
If you turn off trending searches, it only turns them off in the Google app on the phone or tablet that you’re using. To turn them off on google.com, you need to change the settings in a browser.
If you don’t want to get trending searches in the Google app, you can change the settings.
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google app
.
- At the top right, tap your Profile picture
Settings
- Tap Autocomplete settings.
- Turn off Autocomplete with trending searches.
Settings Turn off trending searches from a mobile browser
- On your Android phone or tablet, open a browser like Chrome
or Firefox.
- Go to google.com.
- At the top right, tap your Profile picture or Initials.
- Tap More settings
- Turn off Autocomplete with trending searches.
or Firefox.
Turn off related searches
If you're not signed in to your Google Account, Google shows you searches that are like your recent ones. To stop these, turn off Search customization.
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google app
- At the top right, tap your Profile picture or Initial
- Tap Search customization.
- Turn off Search customization.
Report a prediction
You can report a prediction you think violates one of the autocomplete policies.
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google app
- In the search box, type what you want to search for.
- Google shows you some predictions below the search box.
- Touch and hold on a prediction.
- Tap Report this.
Google looks at what you said, but might not remove the prediction.
Report a legal issue about the prediction
If you think a prediction is against the law, fill out this form.