Opera 11: Disable "suggestions" in search box

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Solution 1

http://my.opera.com/Tamil/blog/google-search-suggestions-in-opera

Suggest URL is stored in search.ini

Solution 2

In that search.ini file mentioned above, comment out the line that says "Suggest URL" by placing a semi-colon in front of it.

My line now looks like this:

;Suggest URL=http://clients1.google.com/complete/search?q={SearchTerm}&client=opera&hl=en

Solution 3

This has been asked a while ago, but i think others will benefit from knowing that the search suggestions you are referring to is called the Start Bar. It is easily disabled in shift+F12 > Toolbars > uncheck...

Solution 4

Try typing this in Opera's address bar:

opera:config#UserPrefs|AutoDropdown

Then uncheck auto-dropdown, then scroll down and save. Restart Opera and let's see if it worked.

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osgx

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Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

osgx almost 2 years

After installing Opera 11 I want to disable Search Suggestions.

Right next to the address bar is a search box. When I start typing anything into it, after a moment search suggestions appear. So, this means that Opera sends my typed text to "Some Third-Party" before I ask to do it (before pressing the Enter key).

There must be a configuration variable with suggest service url, but I can find such a variable in the about:config hacking page.

How can I disable this "search suggestion / auto-completion" feature?
- Admin almost 2 years
  
  Obsolete? It's Opera 88.0.4412.xx right now, however the question remains. How to disable Opera showing suggestions etc.
- Admin almost 2 years
  
  "Use a prediction service to help complete searches and URLs typed in the address bar" doesn't stop Opera from showing e. g. links from Bookmarks.
- Admin almost 2 years
  
  Related: forums.opera.com/topic/42497/…
osgx about 13 years

This does disable dropdown of address bar, not the search bar (
osgx almost 13 years

This stop sending to third patry, but not stop a menu dropdown
osgx over 12 years

No. "Start bar" is uncheked. I asked about suggestions not for address bar (http://...) but for search bar (which has grey text Google)
Admin almost 2 years

Link above is obsolete, pointing nowhere.