Clear recent searches from the Search bar
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The Search Bar is removed by default in versions 57 and up. To add it back, see Add the Search bar to your Firefox toolbar.
The Search Bar is located to the right of the address bar.
Over time, the Search bar history in Firefox can grow quite large. If needed, you can clear items from the Search bar history. This article explains how to do that.
- If you want to clear the Location Bar instead of the Search Bar, see Remove websites from the address bar suggestions.
- If you want to clear search terms on websites, see Control whether Firefox automatically fills in forms.
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Clearing all search items
- Click the Library button
, click and select .
- In the dialog box that opens, choose in the Time range to clear field and make sure that has a check mark next to it.
- Click the button to finish.
- Click on the menu button The image "new fx menu" does not exist. to the right of the navigation bar to open the menu panel.
- On the menu panel, click on .
- Click on .
- In the dialog box that opens, choose in the Time range to clear field and make sure that has a check mark next to it.
- Click the button to finish.
Clearing individual search items
To clear individual items from the Search bar history, click on the Search bar input field. Press the ↓ and ↑ keys to scroll the list of items. To delete the highlighted item, press Shift+Delete.