How to Turn Off Google Trending Searches on Any Device

Learn how to turn off trending searches on Google on:

Jump to the relevant section based on your device type. So you don’t have to see search suggestions like these anymore:

Note: Our instructions refer to the Google homepage as “google.com.” But feel free to navigate to your localized version. And know that you’ll need to repeat these steps to turn off trending searches on multiple devices and browsers.

How to Turn Off Trending Searches on Android

Turning off trending searches on an Android device (like a Google Pixel smartphone or Samsung Galaxy tablet) involves adjusting your Google settings on your device’s browser.

Here’s how to do it for the Chrome and Firefox browsers. And these instructions should also work for other browsers like Brave.

If You Use Chrome on Android

1. Launch the Chrome browser on your Android device and navigate to google.com

2. Click the hamburger icon at the top left corner of the Google homepage

3. Select “Search settings” in the left sidebar that appears

4. Tap “Other settings” at the top of the search settings page

5. Scroll down until you see the “Auto-complete with trending searches” switch, then disable it

Google will save your changes automatically.

If You Use Firefox on Android

1. Open the Firefox browser on your Android device and navigate to google.com

2. Click “Settings” at the bottom of the Google homepage

3. Scroll down until you see the “Auto-complete with trending searches” section, then select the “Do not show popular...