How do I remove individual autofill suggestions from Google Chrome?

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Sometimes, some things are better meant to be private and shouldn't be shown when others watch.

How can I remove individual auto-fill suggestions so that they don't re-appear?

I don't wish to remove them all because some auto-fill suggestions are handy to have...


Here is a quick example using the Ask Question button here, at least two questions don't belong there:

InquilineKea

Posted 2011-08-17T20:47:06.453

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Hover the mouse cursor over each one and press the specified key.

Most browsers: Del

Chrome: Shift + Del

Mac + Chrome: Fn + Shift + Del

In some browsers, this also works for removing history entries from the address bar.

sblair

Posted 2011-08-17T20:47:06.453

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Shift + Del worked fine in Chrome on my Mac – Django Reinhardt – 2017-04-13T10:56:41.683

Just as a hint for dummies like myself: it's the delete button, not backspace. It wont work with backspace (or shift + backspace) – Christoph – 2017-08-02T18:52:20.343

oh my god. this is beautiful. thank you so much. – Registered User – 2018-09-12T18:21:08.810

Shift+Del doesn't do anything – monstro – 2018-11-23T12:52:13.547

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If [Shift + Del] or [Fn + Shift + Del] doesn't do it, there's another way to edit Autofill information in Chrome.

Click the Chrome menu (three horizontal bars at the far right of the browser toolbar), choose Settings, and then click Show advanced settings... at the bottom of the page.

Next, under the Passwords and forms heading, click Manage Autofill settings.

On the pop-up, double-click the item you want to edit.

On the second pop-up, hover over the info item you want to delete and click the X that appears to the right.

Finally, click OK to close the second pop-up and Done to close the first.

TheVictor

Posted 2011-08-17T20:47:06.453

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I have a Mac with a keyboard that does not have separate Delete and Backspace buttons, just Delete. I use Chrome. For me, the answer by sblair above was exactly what worked for me, and I was unable to get it to work as it did for Django above. I used this technique to remove a previously entered incorrect username to a site and did not want that to confuse me in the future as a possible choice.

In short, I entered fn + shift + delete on a Mac with Chrome while hovered over the bad username entry in the dropdown choice of autofill entries.

JimJ

Posted 2011-08-17T20:47:06.453

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– Pimp Juice IT – 2017-09-29T12:27:21.480

Welcome to Super User. Is your last paragraph meant to be an answer to the OP's question? If so, please rewrite your answer to emphasize that, and consider de-emphasizing the commentary portion. This is not a discussion forum and as such we expect answers to be direct, not chatty. – I say Reinstate Monica – 2017-09-29T12:41:05.693