When you start typing into the Location bar (also called the address bar or "Awesome Bar"), Firefox displays a drop-down list of suggested sites. This article describes how to clear single items or all items from the Location bar history.

Clearing all items for a single site

1. Click the menu button to open the menu panel. Click History and then click the Manage history bar at the bottom to open the Library window.
2. At the top right corner, type the name of the website you wish to forget in the Search History field, and press EnterReturn.
3. In the resulting list, right-clickhold down the Ctrl key while you click on the site you wish to forget, and select Forget About This Site.
   Note: Using Forget About This Site will remove all traces of that site from your History. For more information, see Delete browsing, search and download history on Firefox.
4. Close the Library window.

Clearing a single item from the Location bar history

1. To clear a single item in the Location bar history, click the drop-down arrow in the Location bar.
2. Press the Down arrow key, or move the mouse, to highlight the entry to delete.
   
   
   
   
3. To clear the highlighted item, hold down the Shift key and press Delete on your keyboard.

The item is deleted.

Clearing all items in the Location bar history

1. At the top of the Firefox window, click on the Firefox button, go over to the History menu (on Windows XP, click on the Tools menu)On the menu bar, click on the Tools menuAt the top of the Firefox window, click on the Tools menu, and select Clear Recent History....
2. In the Clear Recent History window, set Time range to clear: to Everything.
3. Beside Details, click on the arrow button, then select Browsing & Download History.
   • Note: Be sure to de-select any other items that you do not want to be cleared. See Delete browsing, search and download history on Firefox for more information.
     
     
4. To clear all items in the Location bar history, press Clear Now.

The Location bar history is cleared.

Troubleshooting

I still see items with a star in the Location bar

If you don't want bookmarks to appear in the Location bar, see Changing your location bar settings.