Clearing history from Firefox address bar
Firefox have not provided a fix for this as yet and trying to clear the drop down history from the address bar is frustrating for some to say the least. You can go to the trouble to delete each one in turn and they will appear to be gone but on re-opening Firefox, they will be back.
There will be some of you out there who do not want the address bar to save your visited website. Not me of course, got nothing to hide:)
However, so as to keep my address bar neat and tidy I must admit I have deleted the websites and places I have visited from it.
There are actually a couple of ways it can be done. First method you can do it by typing "about:config" in your address bar, without the quotation marks of course.. Make sure you type the colon between about and config. Hit Enter.
Click on I promise to be careful in the box that comes up. scroll down to "browser ".urlbar. MaxRichResults" double click on this line and change the value to "0" (zero) default is 12.
The above will stop future history being saved in your address bar...BUT bear in mind that if you change the value back to default 12. all your previous history will be back. This method is not good enough if you want to clear them competely from your computer.
SO you say I want to delete it permenently not just hide it. well no worries, it can be done quite simply. Here's how.. Second method.
Go to C:\Documents and settings\your user name\Application datta\ Mozilla\Firefox\Profile\ewyjor7 (this folder name (the last one that is in blue) will be different on your computer but will be similar and obvious) Open that file by double cliking on it and look for a file called "places.squite" Simply delete this file by right clicking on it and hit delete.
Note: if you dont see the Application Data folder when you open username.. simply click on "Tools" from the tools bar at the top of your screen and click "Folder Options" click on the "view" tab and put a dot in "show hidden files and folders" You will now be able to see the "Application Datta" folder.
Make sure that you only delete the file "places.squite" there is a similar one called "places. squite library" Don't delete that one. just delete "places,squite"
Sounds complicated but its not.
When you have finished, the address bar may contain just one entry but all the others will be gone and will not keep a history in the address bar in future.
You only have to use one of the methods above depending on how you want to do it.