Starting a chrome address bar google search with "c#" now changes the string to "c/#" [closed]

Question

This only started happening in the last couple of months, and typing c/# into the address bar tries to go to that url rather than doing a search.

I know it's not really a programming question, but I start a lot of searches with "c#"!

I had a look through chrome's settings but couldn't find anything relevant, anyone know a was to avoid chrome adding the '/'?

Answer 1

If you put a ? at the beginning of your search in the address bar, it will perform a search, even if you typed in a url.

You can press CTRL + E to set the focus to the address bar with the ? already added for you.

For example, if you type "c# programming" into the address bar when you have predictions enabled, the first result is a web site link to "c/# programming" which doesn't exist.

If you put the "?" before your search text, you will get a list of search term auto-completion suggestions.

Answer 2

Could be the prediction service is enabled in your Chrome browser. This is done by default.

To disable it:

1. Click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar (upper right).
2. Select Settings.
3. Click Show advanced settings.
4. In the "Privacy" section, deselect the "Use a prediction service to help complete searches and URLs typed in the address bar" checkbox.
5. You should then also clear your browser history.

This is for browser history: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95537.

This is what I found after research.