How to clear history of text input

Question

On my HTML page I have multiple text inputs. Every time I enter values in them, it shows me the previously entered values. Is it due to a browser property or HTML? How do I disable it?

score 56 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 23 '13 at 06:46

Always the better appraoch is to give form autocomplete="off"

<form autocomplete="off">

<input type="text" id="text1">
<input type="text" id="text2">

</form>

Then only newer versions of Eclipse support HTML5 tags such as autocomplete else it will show warning...

score 28 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 23 '13 at 06:17

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Just set the autocomplete property of your textboxes to off. Like this...

<input type="email" name="email" autocomplete="off">

answered Jul 23 '13 at 06:17

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i tried that, it says "Undefined attribute name (autocomplete)" – Aditya Ponkshe Jul 23 '13 at 06:19
which browser are you using ? – mohkhan Jul 23 '13 at 06:20
chrome/firefox/ie testing on all of them as I want it to work on all known bowers – Aditya Ponkshe Jul 23 '13 at 06:22
well it is working, eclipse says "Undefined attribute name (autocomplete)" but it is working anyways, strange! – Aditya Ponkshe Jul 23 '13 at 06:24
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@AdityaPonkshe to clear things up, are you getting this "Undefined attribute name (autocomplete)" in your browser or developement environment? Because googling such error directs me to eclipse problems. – Ilu Jul 23 '13 at 06:24
@Puuskis yes i was getting it in eclipse in fact i am still getting it but it is working in browser. – Aditya Ponkshe Jul 23 '13 at 06:25
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@AdityaPonkshe Yeah my bad, answered the same moment I guess :) There seems to be workarounds for such problems. Not too familiar with the eclipse, but worth a try: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4193905/warnings-of-valid-html5-attributes-in-eclipse (just because it's annoying to see warnings) – Ilu Jul 23 '13 at 06:28
@AdityaPonkshe is this thing working... i dont think so..??y u have marked as answer? – Arun Bertil Jul 23 '13 at 06:31
@ArunBertil it is working, the problem is in eclipse, showing warning to a valid attribute. – Aditya Ponkshe Jul 23 '13 at 06:32
Ohh that is beacuse only newer versions of Eclipse support HTML5 tags allowed in HTML5....you can either add html5 tags add on.. – Arun Bertil Jul 23 '13 at 06:43

score 4 · Answer 3 · edited Nov 06 '21 at 16:13

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That solution helped me: if you are using google Chrome, try this: Put the mouse pointer on the entry that you want to delete, press Delete. If the entry is not removed, press Shift+Delete.

edited Nov 06 '21 at 16:13

Carson

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answered Oct 05 '21 at 08:07

Sharon Nissanov

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score 3 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:30

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i think it is related to this question autocomplete

try to used javascript to add attribute autocomplete to your form

someForm.setAttribute( "autocomplete", "off" ); someFormElm.setAttribute( "autocomplete", "off" );

edited May 23 '17 at 10:30

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answered Jul 23 '13 at 06:29

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 27 '23 at 16:56

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just try this lines below

$('input').each(function(k,v){
   $(v).val(''); 
});

works fine with me

answered Jan 27 '23 at 16:56

Fouad Mekkey

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