How do I completely remove autofil suggestions and all drop downs and bookmarks.
Please know that I have followed the canned instructions. Clearing history does Not clear the misspelled web address or list of old bookmarks that drop down. Example: walmartmoaneycard.com. instead of walmartmoneycard.com. Another: 192.168.01 instead of 192.168.0.1. Are there files I can delete totally? Secondly, Is there a file to eliminate drop down bookmarks without losing them as a book mark. Is it necessary to remove the from the drop down one at a time? I have a lot of these, and some that don't exist any longer.
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You may have switched on caret browsing.
You can toggle caret browsing on/off by pressing F7 (Mac: fn + F7).
- Tools > Options > Advanced > General > Accessibility: [ ] "Always use the cursor keys to navigate within pages"
Note that this is an accessibility feature of Firefox.
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Scrolling_with_arrow_keys_no_longer_works
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Accessibility_features_of_Firefox
To get the bookmark favicons back you need to visit a bookmark to make Firefox retrieve the favicon or use an extension.
- Favicon Restorer: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/favicon-restorer/
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Does it at least work if you remove them manually?
Use these steps to remove saved (form) data from a drop-down list:
- click the (empty) input field on the web page to open the drop-down list
- highlight an entry in the drop-down list with the mouse or cursor Down key
do not click the mouse or press the Enter key - press the Delete key (on Mac: Shift+Delete) to delete the highlighted entry
You can delete the places.sqlite file to remove all history stored in the file. Firefox should rebuild the bookmarks automatically from a JSON backup in the bookmarkbackups folder.
Saved form data is stored in the formhistory.sqlite file.
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I have a flashing cursor in the empty web page, clicking is to no avail. I did delete the places.sqlite file. I moved it to my desk top to save it in case I wanted to replace it. I tried to open it (using Microsoft Word Viewer) now it is stuck as a MWV file. Not so bright tonight. I lost my bookmark thumbnails and would like to have them back? Any chance that can happen? Also my profile did not make another places.sqlite file. The hope was that I would create correct auto fill addressed after I deleted the history of mis-entered ones. Any help will be appreciated.
Type about:preferences in the address bar and press Enter.
Select Privacy.
The button next to History, select Use Custom Settings.
At the bottom of the page, turn on Clear History When Firefox Closes. At the far right, press the Settings button. Turn on Cache and Form And Search History.
Chosen Solution
You may have switched on caret browsing.
You can toggle caret browsing on/off by pressing F7 (Mac: fn + F7).
- Tools > Options > Advanced > General > Accessibility: [ ] "Always use the cursor keys to navigate within pages"
Note that this is an accessibility feature of Firefox.
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Scrolling_with_arrow_keys_no_longer_works
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Accessibility_features_of_Firefox
To get the bookmark favicons back you need to visit a bookmark to make Firefox retrieve the favicon or use an extension.
- Favicon Restorer: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/favicon-restorer/