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All attempts to delete an unwanted autofill entry on Firefox 58.0.2 have failed. Help!

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A.S.PA
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I accidentally entered secure information along with a username. Now that secure information always comes up as an autofill option. I have tried highlighting and deleting. I have deleted specific cookies. I have created exceptions for saved logins. Unchecking 'Remember search and form history' in preferences works but makes other things inconvenient. Is there no other way?

I accidentally entered secure information along with a username. Now that secure information always comes up as an autofill option. I have tried highlighting and deleting. I have deleted specific cookies. I have created exceptions for saved logins. Unchecking 'Remember search and form history' in preferences works but makes other things inconvenient. Is there no other way?

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Is this what you did?

Click in the field and enter a character or two and STOP ! Using the arrow keys, highlight an unwanted entry. Then press Delete (Mac=Shift Delete). Repeat as needed.

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FredMcD
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Chosen Solution

Is this what you did?

Click in the field and enter a character or two and STOP ! Using the arrow keys, highlight an unwanted entry. Then press Delete (Mac=Shift Delete). Repeat as needed.

A.S.PA
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I did exactly that. Multiple times on multiple days. It never worked for me. EDIT: I tried one more time using the shift delete on my Mac. This time it seems to have worked!!

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FredMcD
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Glad to hear. Safe Surfing.