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Remove VIM search highlight

Fresh3 days ago
Mar 15, 202611425 views
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After a search I've done, all the matches for the respective query remain highlighted and it's annoying. This happens even after I close the respective file (normal behavior?). How to I remove this?

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Fix for: Remove VIM search highlight

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You want the command , but you don't want to type that every time. Put this in your ~/.vimrc: After that, you just enter your leader (which by default is ) and then to clear the matches. You don't need to use ; if you prefer, pick something else. Yo…

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