HTML <input> autocomplete Attribute

Example

An HTML form where the username and password does NOT get autocompleted:

<form action="/action_page.php">
<label for="username">Username:</label>
<input type="text" id="username" name="username"><br><br>
<label for="password">Password:</label>
<input type="password" id="password" name="password" autocomplete="new-password"><br><br>
<input type="submit">
</form>

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Definition and Usage

The autocomplete attribute specifies if browsers should try to predict the value of an input field or not. You can also specify which type of value you expect in the input field.

Browser Support

The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the attribute.

Attribute
autocomplete	17.0	6.0	2.0	5.1	10.0

Tip: In some browsers you may need to activate an autocomplete function for this to work (Look under "Preferences" in the browser's menu).

Syntax

Attribute Values

Value	Description
on	Default. Autocomplete is on (enabled)
off	Autocomplete is off (disabled)
address-line1	Expects the first line of the street address
address-line2	Expects the second line of the street address
address-line3	Expects the third line of the street address
address-level1	Expects the first level of the address, e.g. the county
address-level2	Expects the second level of the address, e.g. the city
address-level3	Expects the third level of the address
address-level4	Expects the fourth level of the address
street-address	Expects the full street address
country	Expects the country code
country-name	Expects the country name
postal-code	Expects the post code
name	Expects the full name
additional-name	Expects the middle name
family-name	Expects the last name
give-name	Expects the first name
honoric-prefix	Expects the title, like "Mr", "Ms" etc.
honoric-suffix	Expects the suffix, like "5", "Jr." etc.
nickname	Expects the nickname
organization-title	Expects the job title
username	Expects the username
new-password	Expects a new password
current-password	Expects the current password
bday	Expects the full birthday date
bday-day	Expects the day of the birthday date
bday-month	Expects the month of the birthday date
bday-year	Expects the year of the birthday date
sex	Expects the gender
one-time-code	Expects a one time code for verification etc.
organization	Expects the company name
cc-name	Expects the credit card owner's full name
cc-given-name	Expects the credit card owner's first name
cc-additional-name	Expects the credit card owner's middle name
cc-family-name	Expects the credit card owner's full name
cc-number	Expects the credit card's number
cc-exp	Expects the credit card's expiration date
cc-exp-month	Expects the credit card's expiration month
cc-exp-year	Expects the credit card's expiration year
cc-csc	Expects the CVC code
cc-type	Expects the credit card's type of payment
transaction-currency	Expects the currency
transaction-amount	Expects a number, the amount
language	Expects the preferred language
url	Expects a we address
email	Expects the email address
photo	Expects an image
tel	Expects the full phone number
tel-country-code	Expects the country code of the phone number
tel-national	Expects the phone number with no country code
tel-area-code	Expects the area code of the phone number
tel-local	Expects the phone number with no country code and no area code
tel-local-prefix	Expects the local prefix of the phone number
tel-local-suffix	Expects the local suffix of the phone number
tel-extension	Expects the extension code of the phone number
impp	Expects the url of an instant messaging protocol endpoint

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