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Only show typed URLs in Address Bar

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FireUser2011
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I am using Mozilla Firefox 41.0 version. I want URL bar to only show URLs I typed manually in it but it is showing all the URLs I have visited in the past.

In the past, I used to set property Browser.urlbar.default.behavior to 32 to achieve this. But this property is not available in version 41.0.

I am using Mozilla Firefox 41.0 version. I want URL bar to only show URLs I typed manually in it but it is showing all the URLs I have visited in the past. In the past, I used to set property Browser.urlbar.default.behavior to 32 to achieve this. But this property is not available in version 41.0.

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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It looks like that combined preference was removed at some point, and you now need to modify individual preferences.

(1) In a new tab, type or paste about:config in the address bar and press Enter/Return. Click the button promising to be careful.

(2) In the search box above the list, type or paste URLB and pause while the list is filtered

(3) Double-click as needed to toggle these values and see if that's what you want:

  • browser.urlbar.suggest.bookmark => switch to false
  • browser.urlbar.suggest.history => keep as true
  • browser.urlbar.suggest.history.onlyTyped => switch to true
  • browser.urlbar.suggest.openpage => switch to false
  • browser.urlbar.suggest.searches => leave as false

Does that do it?

Maybe you don't want to disable bookmarks or open tabs, I'm not sure how the old setting worked.

(Old thread: Only show typed URLs in Address Bar)

cor-el
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Note that you can check an modify most of the browser.urlbar.suggest settings via "Options/Preferences > Privacy > Location Bar". The browser.urlbar.suggest.history.onlyTyped choice need to be changed directly as a pref The browser.urlbar.suggest.searches choice is present in Firefox 43 and later as "Show search suggestions in location bar results" in "Options/Preferences > Search" as part of the search settings.

See also:

  • bug 530209 - Prefs UI for what to suggest in location bar isn't friendly to additional items/combination

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Modified by cor-el