how to shut down highlight after using find instruction in vim

Question

highlighting is become annoying after I found the target word by using /string in vim , could any body tell me what is the quickest way to shutdown highlighting ? thanks

Answer 1

The simplest way is to enter the :noh command.

Additionally, you can add this line to your .vimrc to map that command to the Enter key, so you can simply press Enter after searching to clear highlight:

:nnoremap <CR> :noh<CR><CR>

• vim clear last search highlighting
• A Vim and ViEmu mapping you really can’t miss - never type :noh again!