# How to remove indexed search engines from Brave's Quick-Search Engines on Android? **URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/how-to-remove-indexed-search-engines-from-braves-quick-search-engines-on-android/34347 **Category:** Questions **Created:** 2026-01-01T00:07:02Z **Posts:** 4 ## Post 1 by @anon36227541 — 2026-01-01T00:07:02Z So recently I was looking at my Brave settings for my Android phone and discovered that the Quick-Search Engines feature (`Settings > Search engines > Quick-Search Engines`) is functioning as some sort of **permanent history** for me. This is probably because `Settings > Search engines > Index other search engines` is enabled, which makes Brave automatically index search engines from websites I’ve visited which follow the OpenSearch specification. Because it’s been enabled for a while now, it has indexed many, many websites that I visit. One of which is this forum here. The reason why I say it funcitons “as some sort of **permanent history** ” is because I am not able to **delete the websites** from the Quick-Search Engines view. I can certainly delist them from the search function, but it’s still **listed** in the backend in Quick-Search Engines view. Does anyone know how to delete them without clearing the app storage? I’m thinking that we should additionally note this down in the Brave mobile section so that others are aware of it, but someone else can make a thread for that if they wish. --- ## Post 2 by @yes — 2026-01-01T05:58:53Z > > > ## Test plan > 1. Open Brave and visit brave://settings/search > 2. Verify there is …no `Index other search engines` option. It should have been removed. > > ## Description > Originally, Chromium would be auto-discovering search engines for sites that people visited. For example, if you went to homedepot.com and did a search, it would save this. When someone went to brave://settings/search, you'd be able to see all the sites they visited and these sites would interfere with the omnibox behavior too. > > We had created https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/14496 to track this and put the logic behind a flag (default disabled). This rework on our side was done with https://github.com/brave/brave-core/pull/9602. > > Image > > Upstream, this unwanted behavior was tracked with https://issues.chromium.org/issues/40088547. [Eventually, the search settings page was reworked and this behavior was removed](https://issues.chromium.org/issues/40088547#comment92). > > We should also delete our patch as it's not doing anything anymore. --- ## Post 3 by @win11.shading291 — 2026-01-24T01:22:27Z Thanks for that. I wasn’t aware. --- ## Post 4 by @inboxme45 — 2026-03-01T17:39:43Z Bro how to clear quick search engines history - it’s like brave keeping logs openly ![Screenshot_20260301-132356](https://forum-uploads.privacyguidesusercontent.com/original/3X/e/3/e39fb2faff2e1f096af02a76a0fd21b23ae426a6.jpeg)