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why does firefox auto-complete www. when I don't want it to

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Is there a setting to stop FireFox from auto-filling www. before a url?

Is there a setting to stop FireFox from auto-filling www. before a url?

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cor-el
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You can disable the fixup and possibly set the prefix and postfix to an empty string;.

NocReign
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Thank you! This is extremely helpful!

cor-el
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You're welcome.