Google Chrome: How to Enable/Disable Google Instant

By | February 3, 2011


Google Chrome: How to Enable/Disable Google InstantHere is a quick and painless to turn on Google Instant in your Chrome web browser.

Click on the Preferences (wrench) icon.
Go to Options > Basics
In the “Search” section, check “Enable Instant for faster searching and browsing” checkbox and hit “Close”.

All set.


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  1. Armin says:
    February 5, 2011 at 5:24 pm

    I am enjoying it! Why would one want to turn it off? D:

  2. Mikah says:
    February 6, 2011 at 9:22 am

    Personally I’m lukewarm about it as it can be distracting.

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/sep/13/charlie-brooker-google-instant

    “That afternoon, it unveiled a new feature called Google Instant. It delivers search results before you’ve finished typing them. So now, if I visit Google and start typing my own name, it shows me links to Craigslist the moment I hit “C”. When I add the “H”, up pops the homepage for Chase online banking. By the time I’ve spelt out “Charlie”, I’m presented with a synopsis and review score for “Charlie St Cloud”, a film starring Zac Efron. Add a “Br” and Charlie Brown gazes back at me.

    As the name suggests, this all happens instantly. It’s the internet on fast-forward, and it’s aggressive – like trying to order from a waiter who keeps finishing your sentences while ramming spoonfuls of what he thinks you want directly into your mouth, so you can’t even enjoy your blancmange without chewing a gobful of black pudding first.”

    • Armin says:
      February 6, 2011 at 1:52 pm

      He must be a very slow typer. Yes, it’s called Google Instant, but it only starts loading a webpage after it detects that you have stopped typing. In addition to that, there’s auto complete.

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