# Disable form/textfield history

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disable-form-textfield-history/107011>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [June 16, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disable-form-textfield-history/107011 "2007-06-16T16:03:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Cow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@Cow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Cow)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disable-form-textfield-history/107011/1 "2007-06-16T16:03:43Z")

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Hi all,

Maybe this isn’t even a rails related question but hopefully someone  
has an answer to my “simple” problem. Clicking a text field in a form  
displays the previously submitted input. I know you can disable this  
behavior in your browser but how can I make sure it won’t be displayed  
to my visitors?

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**Author:** ![Cow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@Cow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Cow)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2007, 4:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disable-form-textfield-history/107011/2 "2007-06-16T16:39:47Z")

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isnt that a fnction of the browser?

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**Author:** ![Cow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@Cow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Cow)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2007, 5:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disable-form-textfield-history/107011/3 "2007-06-16T17:03:50Z")

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I know it is, only telling every visitor of my site to turn it off  
isn’t really an option. That’s why i’m looking for an html/javascript  
solution.