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How do you delete drop down prompts for user id fields?

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robobob
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When filling in user id field thought i had tabbed to password field but hadn't, typed password in user id field after my user id. Now it appears every login for all to see!

When filling in user id field thought i had tabbed to password field but hadn't, typed password in user id field after my user id. Now it appears every login for all to see!

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See also http://kb.mozillazine.org/Deleting_autocomplete_entries

You can highlight an entry in the drop down list and press Shift+Delete to remove that entry.

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the-edmeister
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See this:
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Form+autocomplete#Deleting_individual_form_entries

cor-el
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Chosen Solution

See also http://kb.mozillazine.org/Deleting_autocomplete_entries

You can highlight an entry in the drop down list and press Shift+Delete to remove that entry.

robobob
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Cheers cor-el and the-edmeister. As easy as that!