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How can I get a full list of saved auto-complete entries for a specific textbox name in ?

Pressing the key with the textbox focused, gives me 6 random entries.

Typing s gives me another 6 entries - this time beginning with s.

But how can I get the full list? It's for my own PC, so I have admin rights - nothing underhand going on.

It is, however, on a domain which I do not own.

I do use the Sign-in feature of Chrome, if that makes any difference.

The text box in question is:

<input type="search" class="inputbox" name="q">
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  1. Download and run SQLite Database Browser

  2. Close Chrome (or copy the file to another location and open that)

  3. Open C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Web Data with the db browser

  4. Browse Data

  5. Table: autofill

Alternatively, to get the autofill entries for a specific input name, click Execute SQL and execute this:

select *
from autofill
where name = 'q'
order by value asc
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  • This doesn't work anymore in 2021 I think. Getting the error: Could not open database file. Reason: database is locked
    – DIRTY DAVE
    Commented Sep 3, 2021 at 0:01
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    @DIRTYDAVE Did you close Chrome (and confirm it’s processes have been killed in Task Manager) before trying to open the database in SQLite Browser? Searching your error online it seems there might be a lot of solutions, E.G. arysontechnologies.com/blog/fix-sqlite-error-database-locked Commented Sep 3, 2021 at 7:22
  • I'm stupid and didn't close all chrome tabs :D it still works, thanks!
    – DIRTY DAVE
    Commented Sep 3, 2021 at 13:27
  • This is awesome! But take a backup before you do this in case anything goes wrong. Commented Feb 10 at 3:03
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For OSX, the relevant file is located at

~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Profile 1/Web Data

(from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8936878/where-does-chrome-save-its-sqlite-database-to)

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