vim colour issue

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Remove VIM search highlight

In vim, when searching for a string (using :/abc for instance), it will become highlighted with yellow, like this:

After switching back to insert mode, the highlight will still be visible. How to make it disappear?

Answer 1

You can use :nohl or :nohlsearch. More information about these commands are found in the help: :h nohl.

It also makes sense to map :nohl to a key for quicker access, e.g.

nnoremap <silent> <C-l> :nohl<CR><C-l>