Remove ctools Autosubmit on Views an From API

Form API :

$form['the_text_field']['#attributes']['class'][] = 'ctools-auto-submit-exclude';

OR

'#attributes' => array('class' => array('ctools-auto-submit-exclude')),

Views (using hook_form_alter)

function MYMODULE_form_alter(&$form, &$form_state, $form_id) {

 if ($form_id == "views_exposed_form") {

  if (isset($form['mytextfield'])) {

   $form['mytextfield']['#attributes']['class'][] = 'ctools-auto-submit-exclude';

  }

 }

}