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The autocomplete attribute is used to control if the browser can provide assistance in filling out form field values, and it only makes sense for visible, not hidden, inputs.

It is available on <input> elements that take a text or numeric value as input, <textarea> elements, <select> elements, and <form> elements.

To fix this issue, you can remove the autocomplete attribute from the input element with type=hidden. Here is an example:

<!-- Wrong code -->
<input type="hidden" name="phone" value="12345" autcomplete="off">

<!-- Correct code -->
<input type="hidden" name="phone" value="12345">

The autocomplete attribute is not valid on input types that do not return numeric or text data, being valid for all input types except checkbox, radio, file, or any of the button types.

The value contact is not a valid option for the autocomplete attribute on an <input> element.

The correct way to disable autocomplete is using the value off.

Example:

<form autocomplete="off">

The correct way to disable autocomplete is using the value off.

Example:

<input type="text" name="firstName" id="firstName" required autocomplete="off" />

The correct way to disable autocomplete is using the value off.

Example:

<input type="text" name="firstName" id="firstName" required autocomplete="off" />

The value street-address cannot be used for attribute autocomplete on an <input> element. As this kind of autofill is oriented for multi-line inputs (as in the expected format for addresses), consider using a <textarea> element instead, like in this example:

<textarea name="address" autocomplete="street-address"></textarea>

The value tel-national cannot be used on the attribute autocomplete of an <input> element of type tel. Either change to type="text", or use autocomplete="tel". Examples:

<!-- Using autocomplete "tel-national" on type "tel" is invalid -->
<input name="phone1" type="tel" autocomplete="tel-national" />

<!--Using autocomplete "tel-national" on type "text" is valid -->
<input name="phone2" type="text" autocomplete="tel-national" />

<!--Using autocomplete "tel" on type "tel" is valid -->
<input name="phone3" type="tel" autocomplete="tel" />