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How can I get rid of the auto fill on my facebook and yahoo mail username?

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When I go to type in my username on yahoo or facebook, it shows my username and others that I typed wrong. The problem with this is that one time I typed my password in there and now if someone gets on my computer they can find out what my password is. How do I get rid of those?

When I go to type in my username on yahoo or facebook, it shows my username and others that I typed wrong. The problem with this is that one time I typed my password in there and now if someone gets on my computer they can find out what my password is. How do I get rid of those?

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Highlight, do not click, the username you want to remove(you can highlight multiple addresses by holding down the Command key) then click Remove from List/delete.


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Modified by ideato

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  • Click the (empty) input field on the web page to open the drop down list
  • Highlight an entry in the drop down list
  • Press the Delete key (on Mac: Shift+Delete) to remove it.