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Learning Objective

Autofill is a feature used in several browsers to help prevent you from filling out fields over and over again. This feature can sometimes cause an issue due to autofill populating text in unintended fields and accidentally saving over needed information. The learning objective of this article is to disable the Autofill feature according to your browser.

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Browsers:

• Internet Explorer (IE)

• Microsoft Edge

• Firefox

• Google Chrome

• Safari

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Instructions

Internet Explorer (IE)

1. Open Internet Explorer.

2. Click The Gear Icon on the upper right-hand side of the window and then Internet Options.

3. In the Internet Options window, click the Content tab.

4. Click the AutoComplete button.

5. Check or uncheck the options you want to have or not have AutoComplete. 

 What do these options mean?: 

 Web page addresses- are for web addresses typed in the address bar.

 Forms - Enable a user to fill out commonly completed fields, such as e-mail, address, phone number, etc.

 User names and passwords on forms – This is for any form requiring a username. This option can be helpful for people who frequently need to enter their username and password. However, this can also be a security risk if that computer is used or accessible by other people.
 

Microsoft Edge

1. Open Microsoft Edge.

2. Select the More actions button (indicated by three horizontal dots).

3. Select Settings, then Profiles.

4. Select Personal info.

5. Next to the "Save and fill custom Info" section, slide the "button" to the left, which will disable saved addresses.
 

Firefox

1. Click the menu button and choose Options.

2. Select the Privacy panel.

3. Set Firefox to Use custom settings for history.

4. Remove the checkmark from the box that says Remember search and form history.

5. Click OK to close the Options window.

HEADS UP: Disabling form history also prevents Firefox from storing search history for the search bar in the Navigation Toolbar.
 

Chrome

1. Click the Chrome menu (three dots) on the browser toolbar.

2. Select Settings.

3. Click on the Autofill section.

4. Select what you would like not to have Autofill populate

5. Click on the slider next to the option to turn Autofill to turn off.
    

Safari

1. Open your Safari browser.

2. Click on Safari in the program menu and select Preferences in the dropdown menu.

3. Click on the Autofill tab in the Preferences window.

4. Uncheck all the boxes you do not want auto-filled.

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PLEASE NOTE: These steps may vary depending on your browser version or future updates to the browser you are using. The steps outlined are for the most recent release of these browsers. This guide will be updated accordingly as new updates occur.

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