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Sponsored Searches in URL?

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New "feature" from Mozilla which places sponsored websites at the top of URL drop down box once I click into the field.

Genuinely unhappy with this and could lead to me uninstalling unless an option to remove this is hidden somewhere.

Title. New "feature" from Mozilla which places sponsored websites at the top of URL drop down box once I click into the field. Genuinely unhappy with this and could lead to me uninstalling unless an option to remove this is hidden somewhere.
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Hi, check out this article: Sponsored shortcuts on the New Tab page

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Alternately, if you do not want any of your Top Sites from the new tab page showing up when you click in the address bar, you can turn that off. See:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/address-bar-autocomplete-firefox#w_how-can-i-control-what-results-the-address-bar-shows-me