How to Delete Address Bar History in Firefox
An Address Bar that pops up and reports a list of your previously visited websites can clutter your browser and allow others to invade your privacy. Follow these tips to clean up your Address Bar History and keep its contents from prying eyes.
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Instructions
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Delete single URL address from the Auto Complete feature by typing the beginning of the domain name in the Address Bar. Highlight the address with either an arrow key or your mouse and clicking "Shift" and "Delete" on your keyboard. The address should disappear from Firefox's Auto Complete function.
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Remove drop-down lists of address bar history by selecting "Tools" from the browser's menu and choosing "Clear Private Data." Make sure that "Browsing History" is checked before pressing "Clear Private Data Now."
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Disable history to ensure that Address Bar History won't show up again. Go to "Tools" and "Options" in your browser's menu. Locate the "Remember visited pages for the last...days" field and change the number to "0" before clicking "OK" to save your changes. This configuration ensures that your browser won't remember what websites you visit and the addresses won't show on your Address Bar's History on the drop-down menu.
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Tips & Warnings
When attempting to delete an address from Firefox's Auto Complete function, do not attempt to click on the address when highlighting it. Clicking on the address will take you to the URL--even if you right-click.
Deleting all Address Bar History could result in the deletion of all of your browser's history.
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lowbrown
May 12, 2010
actually there's a much simpler way - at least this works for me in firefox 3.5.9: Preferences>Privacy At the bottom of the dialog box is a section titled "Location Bar". Use the dropdown to select "Bookmarks" or "Nothing" and Firefox will only suggest the sites you want it to suggest - not base it upon your most frequently visited sites. Voila! -
ranter
Jun 23, 2009
Kudos! to autograph this is the only thing that has worked. More people should test their theories before posting advice to the masses. Thanks to you "autograph" you are a rockstar. -- ranter
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searchingwisdom
Apr 18, 2009
this does not work with FireFox 3.0.8. when I delete the item from the address bar, they return immediately when I click again in the address bar.
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searchingwisdom
Apr 18, 2009
this does not work with FireFox 3.0.8. when I delete the item from the address bar, they return immediately when I click again in the address bar.
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autograph
Sep 13, 2008
If you would rather not have Firefox display autocomplete results at all. This method does not work on Mac. 1. In the Location bar, enter about:config 2. Search for the preference browser.urlbar.maxRichResults. 3. Double-click the browser.urlbar.maxRichResults preference and enter a value of -1. 4. Close Firefox. 5. Start Firefox again. Now when you type in the Location bar, no list of results will be shown.
