If you have disabled the search suggestions like your screenshot shows then that choice doesn't apply. You need to enable the two settings above it temporarily to be able to untick that specific search setting.

I assume that you modified these settings as well ?

You can set what suggestions show when you enter an URL in the location/address bar bar.

• Settings -> Privacy & Security
  Address Bar: When using the location bar, suggest:
  History
  Bookmarks
  Open tabs
  Top sites
  Shortcuts
  Search Suggestions

I appreciate you responding, however I had already tried that before posting the question. THe box just becomes re checked as soon as you refresh firefox.

So I am still left with issue.

The only suggestions coming up when I type in the address bar should be my bookmarks, that's it.

What do you mean with "as soon as you refresh firefox" ?

If you use the Firefox refresh feature then a new profile will be created and you lose settings.

• https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/refresh-firefox-reset-add-ons-and-settings

Simply put, your suggestion does not work.

As soon as I try to type an address in the address bar then I get suggestions that are not from my bookmarks.

And when I go back to my settings to check, the box is checked again.

I have done this signed in to my firefox acct and signed out, it doesn't make a difference.

The checked box which I showed in the image in my original post always returns and I am getting suggestions in the address bar when I start typing other than my bookmarks.

Perhaps there is someone else that has an idea how to resolve this?

Anyone else able to help with this.

It is really annoying and the fact that I cannot set it up the way it was is very frustrating.

Any help appreciated.

Just go to Settings -> Search -> Search suggestions, and then you can choose what you need.

Just go to Settings -> Search -> Search suggestions, and then you can choose what you need.

Sorry, but this does not help.

Please read the original post with attached screenshot and previous comments and then see if you can help.

Your reply to what your referring to Refresh don't make sense... I can change mine and have no issue when closing and opening Firefox. Did you change Firefox defaults using userChrome.css or other 3rd party Addon/extension.

OK so forget the word refresh, when I close firefox after making the changes it will revert back to the previous setting when I open firefox again.

So when I start typing in address bar it should only show my bookmarks but instead it also shows suggestions.

This is the problem.

No I did not make any changes to firefox defaults using userhcrome.css or other 3rd party Addon/extension.

Previously It worked as it should have.

This is not the first time this has happened either, it comes after an update to firefox. But this time I have not been able to revert it to the way I want it.

You can check for problems with preferences. You can delete possible user.js and numbered prefs-##.js files and rename/remove the prefs.js file to reset all prefs to the default value including prefs set via user.js and prefs that are no longer supported in current Firefox releases.

You can use the button on the "Help -> More Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the about:profiles page (Root directory).

• Help -> More Troubleshooting Information -> Profile Folder/Directory:
  Windows: Open Folder; Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder
• https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-firefox-stores-user-data

If you use external cleanup software like CCleaner, check the settings for Firefox.

You can check for problems with preferences. You can delete possible user.js and numbered prefs-##.js files and rename/remove the prefs.js file to reset all prefs to the default value including prefs set via user.js and prefs that are no longer supported in current Firefox releases. You can use the button on the "Help -> More Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the about:profiles page (Root directory).

• Help -> More Troubleshooting Information -> Profile Folder/Directory:
  Windows: Open Folder; Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder
• https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-firefox-stores-user-data

If you use external cleanup software like CCleaner, check the settings for Firefox.

Thankyou for this!

So for some reason the profile that I was using was the problem.

When I opened the alternate profile and tweaked the settings everything worked as I wanted.

Just means I have to set everything up again, but small price to pay.

Thank you so much, have a great day!

SupportGB said

Just go to Settings -> Search -> Search suggestions, and then you can choose what you need.

Sorry, but this does not help.

Please read the original post with attached screenshot and previous comments and then see if you can help.

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