Remap space bar to remove search highlighting in vim

I love vim but I’d forgotten to add this snippet to my ~/.vimrc.

When you /search for something in vim it stays highlighted which can get frustrating fast.

Easy way to turn it off, just remap the space bar. Search terms will stay highlighted after a search and let you navigate around but if you want to unhighlight then the space bar will fix it.

Voila!

" Map SPACE to remove search highlighting
nmap <SPACE> <SPACE>:noh<CR>