Preferences > Do not provide query suggestions.

( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 16:06, archived)

I can only surmise that this advice applies to a browser I'm not using.

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 16:08, archived)

you can just right click in the box and deselect the option too

( well, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 16:09, archived)

which does nothing apparently

( well, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 16:09, archived)

The only option is "Select Input Method",
and I've yet to work out what it means. It defaults to "XIM".
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 16:10, archived)

can you clear the search history? i just did that and the suggestions have stopped for now

( well, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 16:12, archived)

I can do that,
but it gets the suggestions from the internet as well, not just from what you've previously typed. It would be quite clever and useful if it wasn't so annoying.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 16:13, archived)

it seems to be working as intended at my end

( well, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 16:15, archived)

as soon as I type "f" it comes up "facebook".

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 16:29, archived)

Oh I've sorted it.
If you click on the Google logo you get an entirely different menu.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 16:33, archived)

That works for me.

( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 16:12, archived)

it only worked for me after i cleared the history too for some reason

( well, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 16:13, archived)