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How do I delete unwanted user names from appearing when starting to enter user name?

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When I start to enter a user name, a drop down menu of names appears. How can I delete a name from this menu?

When I start to enter a user name, a drop down menu of names appears. How can I delete a name from this menu?

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Hello rs27, highlight/touch, DON'T Click the username you want to delete and then click delete on keyboard.


thank you

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Hello rs27, highlight/touch, DON'T Click the username you want to delete and then click delete on keyboard.


thank you

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Thank You! That has frustrated me for a long time.

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you are welcome

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That doesn't work for me. Here's a different answer: Deleting individual form entries If you want to remove one of your previous form entries from Firefox's history:

   Click on the form field and press the down arrow key to display all the saved entries. You may type the first few letters of the entry to limit the number of entries displayed.
   Use the down arrow key or the mouse pointer to highlight the entry you wish to delete.
   Press Shift+Delete. The entry will be removed. 

(from https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/control-firefox-automatically-fills-in-forms#w_deleting-individual-form-entries )

Modified by geoffrey.landis

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Hello geoffrey.landis, it is the same..... Shift+Delete is for mac, Delete for all other os.

thanks