How to remove an entry from Chrome's Remembered URLs from the url bar?

I've got a URL in Chrome "local.mysite.com" that autopopulates when I start typing "local.my" into the URL bar.

Note that this URL DOES NOT EXIST in my browser history (at chrome://history/#e=1&p=0) because it isn't a real site and therefore couldn't ever be successfully visited and therefore never shows up in my history.

The URL I want is "local.mysite.com/subdir/". That URL is 3 down in the suggested results because I keep accidentally hitting "enter" when it auto-suggests the unwanted first URL thus reinforcing its assumption that that is the one I want.

How do I get rid of the "local.mysite.com" entry in Chrome's memory?

Answer

Follow the steps below to remove individual items from the address bar's remembered URLs:

1. Type local.mysite.com


2. Use the ↑ ↓ keys to move focus to the item you wish to delete


3. Press the relevant keys depending on which OS you are using:

Windows and Linux:

• Press Shift + Del

macOS:

• Press Shift + Del (when the keyboard has a dedicated Del key)


• Press Fn + Shift + Backspace (otherwise)

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Note: this will only work for items that have the paper icon () next to them.

In older versions of Chrome this is a globe icon () instead.