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how can I stop firefox search from automatically going to a website such as wikipedia

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I don't want my browser to select a website and automatically open it. When it does this, most of the time it takes me to Wikipedia, which is a sight that I don't trust its accuracy. If I wanted this kind of search engine I would use Bing. Is there any way to turn this feature off?

I don't want my browser to select a website and automatically open it. When it does this, most of the time it takes me to Wikipedia, which is a sight that I don't trust its accuracy. If I wanted this kind of search engine I would use Bing. Is there any way to turn this feature off?

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cor-el
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You can disable keyword search, see Location bar search

See also http://kb.mozillazine.org/about%3Aconfig