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I am seeing words that I have previously have typed in. Where do I find the form field to delete?

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Instructions given on your site:

   1. Click on the form field and press the down arrow key to display all the saved entries. You may type 
           the first few letters of the entry to limit the number of entries displayed.
   2.  Use the down arrow key or the mouse pointer to highlight the entry you wish to delete.
   3.  Press Shift+Delete. The entry will be removed. 
    Can't find the form field noted in instructions.
Instructions given on your site: 1. Click on the form field and press the down arrow key to display all the saved entries. You may type the first few letters of the entry to limit the number of entries displayed. 2. Use the down arrow key or the mouse pointer to highlight the entry you wish to delete. 3. Press Shift+Delete. The entry will be removed. Can't find the form field noted in instructions.

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Do the following:

  1. Go to Firefox > History > Clear recent history or (if no Firefox button is shown) go to Tools > Clear recent history.
  2. Under "Time range to clear", select "Everything".
  3. Now, click the arrow next to Details to toggle the Details list active.
  4. From the details list, check Form and Search History and uncheck everything else.
  5. Now click the Clear now button.

Please report back soon.

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With the form filed is meant the filed on the web page that fills this saved item via autocomplete or by chosing via a drop down list.
If you want to remove all stored form data then use the above posted method to clear personal data.

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