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How do I delete an incorrectly typed name that shows up in the dropdown menu when you click on an open field?

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vish22
vish22

I used to be able to do this by highlighting the unwanted entry and clicking Delete, but just recently (maybe from the past couple of months or a few weeks?), that stopped working. I don't know if it was because of an update to Firefox or what, but it was a cool little thing to be able to do before, and now it's annoying that I can't seem to do that anymore.

I used to be able to do this by highlighting the unwanted entry and clicking Delete, but just recently (maybe from the past couple of months or a few weeks?), that stopped working. I don't know if it was because of an update to Firefox or what, but it was a cool little thing to be able to do before, and now it's annoying that I can't seem to do that anymore.

Chosen solution

You can use these steps to remove saved (form) data from a drop-down list:

  1. click the (empty) input field on the web page to open the drop-down list
  2. highlight an entry in the drop-down list with cursor Down key
    do not click the mouse or press the Enter key
  3. press the Delete key (on Mac: Shift+Delete) to delete the highlighted entry

Note that hovering with the mouse no longer works.

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vish22
vish22 Question owner

Sorry, that should say "empty" field in the question, not "open."

the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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See if {Ctrl + Delete} works.

vish22
vish22 Question owner

That doesn't appear to work, either, the-edmeister.

cor-el
cor-el
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Chosen Solution

You can use these steps to remove saved (form) data from a drop-down list:

  1. click the (empty) input field on the web page to open the drop-down list
  2. highlight an entry in the drop-down list with cursor Down key
    do not click the mouse or press the Enter key
  3. press the Delete key (on Mac: Shift+Delete) to delete the highlighted entry

Note that hovering with the mouse no longer works.

vish22
vish22 Question owner

Thanks, cor-el! That worked. I've always just used the mouse to do the highlighting. Any idea about why it doesn't work with the mouse anymore? Why was that change made?

cor-el
cor-el
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See also:

  • bug 1389907 - Unable to remove autofill entries by mouse-hover

(please do not comment in bug reports
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/page.cgi?id=etiquette.html)