Can't delete a bookmark from the toolbar?
Firefox 13.0.1, OSX 10.6.8, Macbook Pro. I deleted the bookmark by choosing the blue star and deleting. Now it does not show up in the popup box when I choose "show all bookmarks", but it is still in the drop down menu from the toolbar. When I select it, I go to the site, and the star is not highlighted like it would be if I had the site bookmarked.
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That probably means that the site is still in the history and shows as such.
So you need to highlight that entry in the drop down list and press Shift + Delete to remove it from that list.
No luck. I'd already tried clearing all history, cache, and cookies. I tired again after your suggestion, and the result is the same.
Problems with bookmarks and history not working properly can be caused by a corrupted places.sqlite database file.
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks_history_and_toolbar_buttons_not_working_-_Firefox
- https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Bookmarks+not+saved#w_fix-the-bookmarks-file
You can also try to repair the places database with this extension:
Tried manually using the instructions, tried deleting the file and allowing it to be regenerated from backup, tried SQLite, tried Places Maintenance. The bookmark doesn't appear in the library; it is only in the dropdown list from the toolbar. The link works, though, and selecting it from the list takes me to the site, where the star is unhighlighted.