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I just learned about :grep in vim which is great for searching in multiple files. What troubles me is that when I have found the line I'm after, I'd like to remove all quickfix hightlights. And I cannot find how to do that properly.

The only "solution" I have is to run another :grep for something that does not exist, like :grep XZYXZ %. But I have a feeling there must be a real command to remove the quickfix highlights?

edit: see screenshot. I want to remove the red lines (which highlight the :grep matches).

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That would be "search highlight", not "quickfix highlight".

You can toggle highlighting or simply keep it disabled and use the actual quickfix window to locate and jump to matches (what I do):

:vimgrep pattern * | copen
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thx for the answer. but that does not work in my vim. I added a screenshot now. the red lines are :grep matches and the underlined toList's are search matches. toggling search highlighting only removes the underlining of toList. – deadsven May 25 '12 at 11:35
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You are using a special plugin/script/setting that highlights error lines and marks them with a sign. Because :grep's matches are added to the error list they are highlighted like errors and the usual "search highlighting" doesn't apply. Try :lgrep which uses the location list instead of the error list. – romainl May 25 '12 at 13:07
It was so much easier to approach your issue with a screenshot. – romainl May 25 '12 at 13:15
you were right about the plugin. found out it was github.com/MarcWeber/vim-addon-signs which somehow was drawn into my config. if i remove the plugin, all the red lines dissapear. – deadsven May 25 '12 at 18:01
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Have you tried

:nohlsearch

It will disable the current search highlighting.

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