First column of vim highlighted yellow and won't go away

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00:00 First Column Of Vim Highlighted Yellow And Won'T Go Away
00:43 Accepted Answer Score 64
01:13 Answer 2 Score 4
01:24 Thank you

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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 64

The reason it does that is because of the

set hlsearch

command and because you apparently searched for ^.. To turn the highlighting off until the next search, execute

:nohl

or just search for something nonsensical, e.g. /alsdfkjslk. To turn the highlighting off permanently, create your own ~/.vimrc and put this in it:

set nohlsearch

ANSWER 2

Score 4

The previous search is stored in ~/.viminfo. You can change it in there, or use :nohl to turn it off until the next search.