How to disable the annoying NetBeans auto-suggest while typing

Today I finally had enought of these * autocompletes in my * code.

Found my way thru Google to this question and found no comfort from the answers.

But this is how I did it:

  1. Open Code Clips -manager (Tools > Palette > Code Clips)

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  1. Select all HTML-related and click "Remove"

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  1. Profit

I finally found the solution for this annoying problem:

Simply go to Tools/Palette/Code Clips and remove everything from Palette (all folders and items).

Now the problem is gone!


If you go into NetBeans > Tools > Options > Editor > Code Completion, you can check or uncheck "Auto Popup Completion Window" for whatever Languages you want.

NetBeans AutoComplete Checkbox

If you move over to the Code Templates tab, you can also customize the specific autocomplete rules for each Language. That way, you can leave certain ones in that you find helpful and remove ones that you find bothersome.

NetBeans AutoComplete Customize


  1. Apache Netbeans 12.1.

Palette > Code Clips > Remove -- does not work.

NetBeans > Tools > Options > Editor > Code Completion > Disable "Auto popup completion window" -- does work.