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When I type "go" in Google Chrome 41, I get "google.com_/" as a suggestion:

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This happens for other websites, too. Does anybody have an idea why this happens and how I can remove those suggestions?

(I certainly never typed it)

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  • This seems to only happen for me on sites where I have a search keyword setup.
    – Dan Buhler
    Commented Nov 5, 2018 at 0:51
  • This still happens to me. ebay where I use tab search keeps creating underscores on the url.
    – Kaito
    Commented Sep 11, 2019 at 23:09

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I've had the same issue with the underscore after urls in Chrome's search suggestion box. I'm not sure what causes it, but to remove them start typing the URL that has the issue in the URL box. When the suggestion shows up, press the down arrow on the keyboard to select it and press Shift + delete. For macOS users Fn + Shift + Delete.

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  • it works! I still wonder what actually causes this.
    – Zilvinas
    Commented Dec 6, 2018 at 17:27
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    Fn + Shift + Delete for Mac OS
    – tarikakyol
    Commented Nov 21, 2019 at 9:59
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    Alternatively you can also click the small 'x' on the right side of the suggestion.
    – Tobias Domhan
    Commented Mar 28, 2021 at 7:37
  • You might have to do it more than once.
    – Avatar
    Commented Apr 15, 2021 at 17:22
  • clicking on the small X next to the suggestion does nothing for me.. it still comes up everytime. I'm on chromeos, on chrome, how is this so Buggy, Google?!?
    – David Jeske
    Commented Oct 15, 2022 at 23:39
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I found this SE question before I found the following article. Figured I'd update here in case anyone else has the same issue.

It seems there is (was?) a bug in Chrome with how search URL's are harvested. You have to manually clean up your search engines in Chrome's settings.

How to fix trailing underscores at the end of URLs in Chrome.

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  • Even after manually cleaning up search engines, I still had to follow the steps listed by @Bag_of_sunshine to resolve the issue.
    – Daniel
    Commented Dec 21, 2020 at 21:17
  • @Daniel - I think that keeps more from showing up, but you still need to clean up the mess they made.
    – sirclesam
    Commented Mar 6, 2021 at 16:47

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