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I've just been given a requirement to prevent browsers from saving data entered into specific form fields. It's been years since I've done web dev, and this is a relatively new capability. I was able to find the form field property autocomplete="off", but I can't seem to find any documentation indicating which browsers support it. Can anyone point me in the right direction of a chart of form attributes and browser compatibility?
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One point worth mentioning is that many browser will ignore autocomplete settings for login fields (username and password). As the Mozilla article states: For this reason, many modern browsers do not support autocomplete="off" for login fields.
If the autocomplete feature is enabled but still not working, try disabling the account sync feature in the You and Google tab as mentioned previously. Click on Turn off to the right of your name and email address. Then restart Google Chrome and enable sync again.
The persistence feature is enabled by default. Setting the value of the autocomplete attribute to off disables this feature.
Be aware that all major browsers are moving towards ignoring the attribute for password fields.
I can only offer anecdotal evidence, but I've yet to come across a browser that fails to respect autocomplete="off", this experience covers:
I'm aware that Greasemonkey scripts, and presumably other user-scripts, can disable the autocomplete setting.
There's a couple of articles I found that might be useful to you:
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