Is there a way to disable auto fill for forms on website?

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I have only recently learned to create websites using HTML and PHP.

I have created a website that has a quiz where people are asked to translate words at random. The user inputs their answers into a form, and the website evaluates the answer as correct or incorrect.

Now when a question is asked twice in a session, auto-fill shows up, allowing people to see their previous submissions. However for people trying to test their memory this isn't good.

I know I can turn off auto-fill in my browser, but is there a way I can adjust the PHP or HTML code so that auto-fill is automatically turned off for this particular form?

You can use JavaScript to disable the auto-fill, here the library: https://github.com/terrylinooo/disableautofill.js — Terry Lin, Feb 25 '21 at 08:49

score 14 · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-15T20:22:33.687

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autocomplete="off" should do the trick!

Put this in your <form> tag or in every <input> tag like this:

<form autocomplete="off" />
<!-- OR -->
<input type="text" autocomplete="off" value="Text" />

edited Sep 15 '17 at 20:22

answered Feb 06 '13 at 09:16

Great...really nice catched !!! – Devang Rathod Feb 06 '13 at 09:19
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Thanks for answering, I didn't realize it was a duplicate. I will accept your answer after the 10 minutes required. – Kenshin Feb 06 '13 at 09:22
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Note: Autocomplete and Autofill are completely different things – Kirk Jun 12 '19 at 11:17
its not working in some browser..after clear caches its work.... its another trick is available without clear caches browser? – Viral Patel Jun 18 '20 at 09:20

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

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For each input field add

autocomplete="off"

So:

<input type="text" name="demo" autocomplete="off" value="test" />

See https://developer.mozilla.org/en/How_to_Turn_Off_Form_Autocompletion

Also this maybe a duplication of How do you disable browser Autocomplete on web form field / input tag?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

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answered Feb 06 '13 at 09:18

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Thanks for answering, I didn't realize it was a duplicate. I wish I was the first to post the answer, it has 300 up votes. – Kenshin Feb 06 '13 at 09:23
There's lot's of questions like that wish I always wish I had the rights too :P – tim.baker Feb 06 '13 at 09:26

Is there a way to disable auto fill for forms on website?

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