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I'd like to disable the search stuff at the bottom of the address dropdown

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Just a fussy detail, I really don't like the search options that appear on the bottom of the address bar dropdown when I type. I've tried disabling search suggestions and yet it still appears. Any help would be welcome! Thanks.

Just a fussy detail, I really don't like the search options that appear on the bottom of the address bar dropdown when I type. I've tried disabling search suggestions and yet it still appears. Any help would be welcome! Thanks.
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Hello dadglasser,

Would you try this please :

Type in the address bar about:config and press Enter (promise to be careful, if asked)

Type in the search bar browser.urlbar.

Look for the preference :

browser.urlbar.maxRichResults

And set its value to 0 (= zero)

Then type in the search bar :

browser.urlbar.oneOffSearches

and set its value to false (this last one will help you get rid of the bar that says "Search with ... ")

Then close and restart Firefox.

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Hello dadglasser,

Would you try this please :

Type in the address bar about:config and press Enter (promise to be careful, if asked)

Type in the search bar browser.urlbar.

Look for the preference :

browser.urlbar.maxRichResults

And set its value to 0 (= zero)

Then type in the search bar :

browser.urlbar.oneOffSearches

and set its value to false (this last one will help you get rid of the bar that says "Search with ... ")

Then close and restart Firefox.

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Hi dadglasser, if the only part you want to get rid of is the row of buttons at the bottom of the drop-down that you have a red box around in your first screenshot, you can skip to the second change in the first reply:

McCoy said

Type in the address bar about:config and press Enter (promise to be careful, if asked)

Type in the search bar browser.urlbar.

Look for the preference :

browser.urlbar.oneOffSearches

and set its value to false (this last one will help you get rid of the bar that says "Search with ... ")

To flip a "boolean" preference from true to false, you can double-click it.

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The second item:

browser.urlbar.oneOffSearches

was the solution for which I was looking. Thanks!