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After refreshing firefox, all my search recommendations are gone

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While I was troubleshooting other issues, I "refreshed" firefox (big mistake, I should have just uninstalled and reinstalled), and now all of my search suggestions are gone.

What I mean by this is, for example, if I just typed "w" into the search bar, it would immediately autofill to wikipedia, as well as show other recommendations for other sites I frequently visit that start with W, or bookmarked sites I have that start with W.

With the autofill, I could just type w + enter to immediately go to wikipedia. I assume this is because I visited the site extremely often. However, after the refresh, it only shows me previous searches I've done. This is really annoying because I've gotten used to the autofill shortcuts.

Is there some way to un-refresh my firefox? or do I need to like, just use sites again and again until it relearns recommendations?

In fact, how do the recommendations actually work? My bookmarks are still here and it doesn't recommend me them anymore, which is odd.

Note both before and now, I have all "Search Shortcuts" turned off

While I was troubleshooting other issues, I "refreshed" firefox (big mistake, I should have just uninstalled and reinstalled), and now all of my search suggestions are gone. What I mean by this is, for example, if I just typed "w" into the search bar, it would immediately autofill to wikipedia, as well as show other recommendations for other sites I frequently visit that start with W, or bookmarked sites I have that start with W. With the autofill, I could just type w + enter to immediately go to wikipedia. I assume this is because I visited the site extremely often. However, after the refresh, it only shows me previous searches I've done. This is really annoying because I've gotten used to the autofill shortcuts. Is there some way to un-refresh my firefox? or do I need to like, just use sites again and again until it relearns recommendations? In fact, how do the recommendations actually work? My bookmarks are still here and it doesn't recommend me them anymore, which is odd. Note both before and now, I have all "Search Shortcuts" turned off

Modified by Bjonny

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