Comments on: Disable auto completion in Firefox address bar

By: Ernie

Ernie — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 02:23:38 +0000

I just followed these instructions to the letter and the location bar is still autocompleting! Please help.…

By: sniptools

sniptools — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:43:55 +0000

Dave in NC, you can add that in the AdBlock filters. Do you use AdBlock? It makes life a lot simpler, and is almost the first addon I install. Once you have it on your system, right-click on the little "AB" icon that will appear in your Firefox status bar on the right hand side and then on "Open Blockable Items". Rest is intuitive.

By: Dave in NC

Dave in NC — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:22:56 +0000

I am plagued by the same problem. Where does on add the filter "http://www.google.com/extern_js/*"?
Thanks, Dave

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:13:24 +0000

Thanks a million, it worked!
My life is now complete!

–Jon

By: Omnidex

Omnidex — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:32:17 +0000

Google's auto suggestion is web-based javascript that has nothing to do with your browser's settings. If you have the Adblock Plus add-on you can disable it by adding this filter:

http://www.google.com/extern_js/*

That will filter out the javascript auto suggestion box.

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:29:24 +0000

Thanks Shanx for trying to help me.

Either I'm stupid or I'm.…stupid.
I'm clearing the private data en cache and have FF auto delete it every time I close the application, but the suggestions still appear.

Are you sure that the suggestions appear because of my search history or my cache though? The suggestions are just going by what I type in and not by something I searched for before..seems more like something inside FF that can be disabled through about:config

maybe the quick search bar suggestions is all that can be disabled…

By: sniptools

sniptools — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:50:59 +0000

It's a part of your "Private History". You can clear that from the cache and it'll be gone.

Tools -> Clear Private Data.

Then select the option for "Saved Form History". In Tools -> Options -> Privacy, you can set up automatic deletion of form history when you close Firefox.

By: jon

jon — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:33:35 +0000

Thanks for your reply.

Well, I still can't find a way to disable it!
May be my Firefox that's crappy. I read that it's best to uninstall the current version running before installing 3.0.1…I did not do that.

I have set "signon.autofillForms" and "browser.urlbarFill" to false.
The only thing under options that I can find is "remember what I enter in forms and the search bar". That box is empty.

I just want to not have suggestions while starting typing something on google.com.
I'll survive. Just got to swallow the annoyance.

By: sniptools

sniptools — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:34:04 +0000

That's the easiest. That's inline form auto-filling. You'll find it in Options (in Windows) or Preferences (on Mac). Look for "Saved Form History" or words to that effect.

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:18:00 +0000

Any way to disable the suggestions while typing on Google.com?
It annoys the hell out of me!

–Jon