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I am on a domain that has its own DNS server, my issue is as follows,

In chrome, I have visited the url http://something/, which is a valid url on our domain... The issue that I find extremely aggravating is that I can no longer preform a search for something else, reason being, typing somethingspace - chome thinks that I want to search http://something/ when in reality, I never do.

My question is, how can I disable Chrome from thinking that I want to search a specific site, instead of just treating it as a general search query.

Matt Clark
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  • bugger, i didn't notice that i does the same for me too :/ – clhy Aug 04 '15 at 22:35
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    I actually found my workaround [here](http://superuser.com/questions/276069/google-chrome-automatically-adding-websites-to-my-list-of-search-engines). Closing my own question. – Matt Clark Aug 04 '15 at 22:38

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When you write a term in the address bar, you can switch between searching it (which is the suggestion with the magnet at its beggining) or browsing there, such as "localhost" (which is the suggestion with the paper sheet icon).

If you mean that it makes a search inside http://something/, it's because it got configured as a search engine. To avoid it, you have to follow these steps:

  1. Right-click the address bar, and choose Edit Search Engines.
  2. Remove http://something/ from your search engines, using the little cross on its right.
Hewbot
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  • Doesn't work for me as i don't have **http://something/** listed in my search engines list – clhy Aug 04 '15 at 22:43
  • I added a comment to my question showing the source of my workaround. It was in doing further research that I found this option. The problem is that the next time I access `http://something/` the search engine is re-added. The workaround that I am currently using still has the custom search engine exist, however I have an obscure alias that I will never type. – Matt Clark Aug 04 '15 at 22:43
  • @The_IT_Guy_You_Don't_Like it did actually add it to the `custom search engines` list. As previously stated, simply deleting it will not work as it will just be re-added next time visiting the URL. – Matt Clark Aug 04 '15 at 22:44
  • @MattClark i don't have `http://something` listed in my search engines list. nothing to delete – clhy Aug 04 '15 at 22:45
  • For you, is `something` a valid search target? Chrome automatically adds them `i think` when it finds a search form in the source. I could be wrong. – Matt Clark Aug 04 '15 at 22:46
  • @MattClark I think so, just found a lot of sites just now, which I didn't manually add. – Hewbot Aug 04 '15 at 22:48
  • @The_IT_Guy_You_Don't_Like, maybe you can solve it by manually adding it in the "Other Search Engines" box. – Hewbot Aug 04 '15 at 22:49
  • @MattClark my `http://something` starts with **I** http://i.stack.imgur.com/nyNcc.png – clhy Aug 04 '15 at 22:49
  • @Hewbot, does't make sense when search function is already working. this post was about bypassing it and that's why it was recommended to remove the entry from search engines list which for me is not present there – clhy Aug 04 '15 at 22:52
  • @MattClark for me Chrome seems to bypass search engines list for most of the `somethings` i type. Quite possible its my DNS that is causing this. – clhy Aug 04 '15 at 22:55