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Google App - unable to remove “trending” at top of search

New2Dubs · 2021-01-25 17:10:38

The google app on my phone has started adding trending news items at the top of google search. I’ve toggled trending off in my settings, so I don’t know why this has appeared. I’ve played around with various settings, but these irrelevant items continue to appear. I’ve been deleted the app & reinstalled, but no dice -…

25-01-2021 06:10PM

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New2Dubs

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The google app on my phone has started adding trending news items at the top of google search. I’ve toggled trending off in my settings, so I don’t know why this has appeared. I’ve played around with various settings, but these irrelevant items continue to appear. I’ve been deleted the app & reinstalled, but no dice - Frank Lampard & new Netflix drama White Tiger keep popping up!
Has this happened to anyone over the last day or two?

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#2 26-01-2021 02:02PM

biko

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Did you try the steps from here?
https://www.guidingtech.com/turn-off-google-app-trending-searches-android-ios/

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#3 26-01-2021 05:17PM

New2Dubs

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Thanks for replying.
Yeah, I’ve gone through those steps.
The trends are appearing intermittently now - hopefully they’ll completely disappear on the next app update.

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