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Autofill/Dropdown not working

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Passed123
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Hi

A few days ago I encountered an issue where my gmail autofill/dropdown box was not populated with the emails I used to use. Before, the drop down box was populated with around 4-6 different email usernames and now only 2 remain. If I log into a new one, it saves the email but that doesn't help, in the sense that i cant remember all of my old addresses. I just want to see my old email addresses again.

I haven't changed anything recently. All I know is that Firefox updated, I think.

I would like to have my old usernames back.

Please help edit: I have Duplicate this tab and Adblock Plus as extensions

Thanks

Hi A few days ago I encountered an issue where my gmail autofill/dropdown box was not populated with the emails I used to use. Before, the drop down box was populated with around 4-6 different email usernames and now only 2 remain. If I log into a new one, it saves the email but that doesn't help, in the sense that i cant remember all of my old addresses. I just want to see my old email addresses again. I haven't changed anything recently. All I know is that Firefox updated, I think. I would like to have my old usernames back. Please help edit: I have Duplicate this tab and Adblock Plus as extensions Thanks

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Phoxuponyou
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Autofill is fleeting: the data is subject to change and hence deletion as it gets older or overwritten. There is no functionality to restore it, as it doesn't get backed up like bookmarks do (which are actual user-saved data).

If you use external backups (system restore, backup software), those may have system states where the autofill entries still exist - do note that this rolls back your entire system.

What you can do in Firefox is go into your History (Menu sandwich > History > Show all history) and search for https://mail.google.com/ (the search box is in the top right corner of the window). Entries with "Inbox" in the page's name/title should spell out the account right after.

Hopefully you've used the accounts frequently enough to still have them in your history.

cor-el
cor-el
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Is this about data that is stored in the Password Manager or about normal auto-fill data?

It is possible that the code of this web page has changed and that the name of the field no longer matches what you have saved previously.