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How can I delete some (or all) of the sign-in suggested account names when signing in to an email account?

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When I go to sign in to an email account and click in the box for the account name, several account names are listed. Some are wrong or misspelled. How can I delete some (or all) of the sign-in suggested account names when signing in to an email account?

When I go to sign in to an email account and click in the box for the account name, several account names are listed. Some are wrong or misspelled. How can I delete some (or all) of the sign-in suggested account names when signing in to an email account?

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That would be the form filler built into Firefox. Click in the field, enter a character or two and STOP ! Using the arrow keys, highlight an unwanted entry. Then press Delete (Mac=Shift Delete). Repeat as needed.

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That could be from the Password Manager.

Type about:preferences#security<enter> in the address bar. Look under Logins,

Note: For Firefox 56+ its; about:preferences#privacy Look under Forms & Passwords +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Turn on Remember Logins. To check the passwords you have listed, press Saved Logins.

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That would be the form filler built into Firefox. Click in the field, enter a character or two and STOP ! Using the arrow keys, highlight an unwanted entry. Then press Delete (Mac=Shift Delete). Repeat as needed.

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Thank you Fred for responding so quickly. I couldn't follow the first answer to where it was supposed to take me but your second answer was easy and it worked! Thanks again, Bill

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Hello Bill,

Would you be so kind as to mark FredMcD's second post as
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Thank you in advance  !