Google Previous Searches

ILikeBoats

Not sure which section to put this in so please move if necessary

Up until this week google used to prompt me with previous searches I've done whenever I got to search for something

Say when I type "Weath" in the google search bar
A dropdown would appear and the first few prompts would be previous searches I've done beginning with Weath, so I'd get
Weather Dublin (it would be in purple and a little clock beside it, meaning I've clicked this before)
Weather London (it would be in purple and a little clock beside it, meaning I've clicked this before)
Weather <wherever> (it would be in black and a little arrow beside it, meaning I've never clicked it before)

This does not happen anymore. It's like every search I do, is the first search I've done on a new phone or browser. It holds no memory of anything I've done before.

I've investigated this, all the boxes in settings that should be ticked, are ticked.

Any ideas?

TrueDub

Did you clear your caches recently? Or start using incognito mode?

ILikeBoats

I cleared caches in an attempt to fix the issue.
I have tried many times since so the previous searches should remain.

No, not in incognito mode

igCorcaigh

What device are you using?
Phone, laptop?

ILikeBoats

It's the same for my work laptop using Chrome and for my phone, Samsung S10+ and chrome.

I've just discovered if I type directly into address bar, the previous searches show but not for the google search bar



Google search bar - no previous searches





Address bar - previous searches


This is fine for being on the laptop but not on the phone, I'd use the previous searches quite a bit. Not sure what I've done to disable it

igCorcaigh

Is that Chrome on your laptop?
Is your laptop Apple?

igCorcaigh

Are you saying that the issue is with using search on the Google website in the browser? On both laptop and phone?

Are you signed in to your Google account on the browser?

ILikeBoats

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Is that Chrome on your laptop?
Is your laptop Apple?

Yes Chrome on laptop, it's a Lenovo X13 Windows 10

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Are you saying that the issue is with using search on the Google website in the browser? On both laptop and phone?

Are you signed in to your Google account on the browser?

I'm signed into my google account on both.

The issue is on both the laptop and phone browsers and seems just to be for the google search bar, a workaround I've just discovered is typing directly into the address bar. I'll just need to get used to doing that

ILikeBoats

This seems to be back working as normal today.
I didn't do anything
Who knows.

Thanks.

igCorcaigh

ILikeBoats wrote: »

This seems to be back working as normal today.
I didn't do anything
Who knows.

Thanks.

Very strange.
I couldn't figure out a solution!

Glad it's working again.