Cannot clear Location bar history

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This article applies to Firefox 3.0 and later.

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When you start typing in Firefox's Location bar, a drop-down list of pages from your history and bookmarks that match what you've typed will be shown. For more information on the Location bar, see the Smart Location Bar article.

Why clearing history does not clear the Location bar

Items that appear with a star along the right edge are part of your Bookmarks and not your browsing history.


Removing bookmarks results from the list

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  1. At the top of the Firefox windowOn the menu bar, click on the ToolsFirefoxEdit menu, and select Options...Preferences....
  2. Select the Privacy panel.
  3. Beside When using the location bar, suggest, set the drop-down menu to either History or Nothing.
    • History will make the Smart Location Bar only display results found in your browsing history, not bookmarks.
    • Nothing will turn off autocomplete.
  4. Click OK to close the Options windowClick Close to close the Preferences windowClose the Preferences window.

3.0:

To prevent bookmarks from appearing in the list, you need to install an add-on called Hide Unvisited. Hide Unvisited is an extension that will remove any page that you haven't visited (since deleting or clearing history) from the list of results.

Firefox 3.5, which is still in development, will include a setting to choose if you want the Smart Location Bar to display "History and Bookmarks," "History," "Bookmarks," or nothing at all.

For instructions on how to install add-ons, see Customizing Firefox with add-ons.


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