How do I completely erase all location bar history?
I need to totally erase all of my location bar history. I have done research on this issue but no matter what I do, it won't work. I don't know if there is a glitch or something. I have gone under tools-clear all history but the suggestions in the address bar dropdown is still there. I am able to go to when using location bar suggest nothing but that only stops it from showing but it doesn't erase it. I went under tools-options and I have tried clearing all history and whatever else I can think of. anybody have any suggestions?
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You didn't mention clicking on the "Privacy" section of the options and choosing "Nothing" from the dropdown next to "When using the location bar, suggest:"
Oops, my mistake. You did mention it. You will still get your bookmarks appearing in the dropdown unless you just choose "History", so is all you're seeing just bookmarks?
I believe that I tried to erase all history. I also put in that it should remember history from 0 days. Either way, if it is just bookmarks that I am getting under the address bar, I am also having trouble deleting that history.
You can modify the value of the pref browser.urlbar.maxRichResults on the about:config page. The default value is 12 and -1 or 0 stops the drop down list. You need to close and restart Firefox to make changes effective.
See also http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.urlbar.default.behavior --- Cannot clear Location bar history Smart Location Bar