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How can I remove unwanted items from the bookmarks dropdown?

c_shaw
c_shaw
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At the top of the dropdown list that appears when I click the bookmarks button, there are a few things that I would rather not see. I can delete "Recent Tags" and "Recently Bookmarked", and "Get Bookmark Add-Ons", but the separator bars around those options remain. I cannot delete "Subscribe to This page", "Bookmarks Toolbar" or "Unsorted Bookmarks" -- the 'Delete' option is disabled.

I have a lot of bookmarks, and this is a screen real-estate issue. How can I make these things go away?

[BTW, this is in the *NEW* ultra-configurable Firefox v29]

At the top of the dropdown list that appears when I click the bookmarks button, there are a few things that I would rather not see. I can delete "Recent Tags" and "Recently Bookmarked", and "Get Bookmark Add-Ons", but the separator bars around those options remain. I cannot delete "Subscribe to This page", "Bookmarks Toolbar" or "Unsorted Bookmarks" -- the 'Delete' option is disabled. I have a lot of bookmarks, and this is a screen real-estate issue. How can I make these things go away? [BTW, this is in the *NEW* ultra-configurable Firefox v29]

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Gingerbread Man
Gingerbread Man
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Presumably you're talking about the Bookmarks button menu (rather than the Bookmarks menu on the menu bar), and you want to display only your bookmarks and bookmark folders. If so,

  1. Install Stylish and restart Firefox when prompted.
  2. Click the ≡ Menu Button and choose Add-ons.
  3. In the Add-ons Manager, click User Styles on the left.
  4. Click the Write New Style button at the top. Paste the following in the text box, give the style a name, then click the Save button. 
@namespace url(http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul);

/*
Title: Bookmarks Button menu - show only folders and bookmarks
Tested on: Firefox 29-31
Author: http://forums.mozillazine.org/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=261941
*/

#BMB_viewBookmarksSidebar + menuseparator,
#BMB_viewBookmarksSidebar,
#BMB_subscribeToPageMenuitem,
#BMB_subscribeToPageMenupopup + menuseparator,
#BMB_subscribeToPageMenupopup,
#BMB_bookmarksToolbar,
#BMB_unsortedBookmarks + menuseparator,
#BMB_unsortedBookmarks,
#BMB_bookmarksPopup > menu[label="Recently Bookmarked"],
#BMB_bookmarksPopup > menu[label="Recent Tags"] + menuseparator,
#BMB_bookmarksPopup > menu[label="Recent Tags"],
#BMB_bookmarksPopup > menu[label="Most Visited"],
#BMB_bookmarksShowAll {
  display: none !important;
}

If you don't want to install an add-on, you can use the userChrome.css file instead, but I don't recommend it.