Autofill within your browser can cause performance issues for your Wise Owl Legal session.
We recommend that if you are using Wise Owl, you turn off your autofill.
See QuickVid below on some of the issues Autofill can cause you or go straight to the Instructions for disabling autofill here.
Instructions for disabling Autofill
On Chrome: https://www.lifewire.com/disable-autofill-in-google-chrome-4103633
Settings -> search "autofill" -> Addresses and More -> Toggle slider to Off
On Edge: Settings -> Advanced -> Autofill Settings -> Save Form Entries & Save Cards -> Toggle sliders to Off.
On Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/control-whether-firefox-automatically-fills-forms
Options -> Privacy & Security -> History -> set Firefox will "use custom settings for history" -> untick Remember search and form history
Most browsers have options to clear history pretty close to the above.
Recommended:
- Pick a browser to use as Wise Owl browser.
- Disable autofill / history / whatever.
- Use another browser for things that you need autofill for
If you need another browser, here are options:
Firefox Based
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterfox
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Moon_(web_browser)
Chrome based
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivaldi_(web_browser)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_(web_browser)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konqueror
IE Based
Other