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Dropdown Search Suggestions

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msieger89
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I use the dropdown in the search bar on Firefox (called "Awesome Bar," I think?). However, there are search engines which are clearly pinned. For example, @amazon or "Search with Amazon" or "Search with Google."

How can I delete them?

I have searched through this issue in the Community, and the solutions there are not available to me. I cannot "Hold" the item, and press delete. I cannot "right-click" on the item. I cannot highlight the choice and delete, either through right-clicking or hitting the delete key.

Please advise. I want the other choices to be available.

Thanks.

I use the dropdown in the search bar on Firefox (called "Awesome Bar," I think?). However, there are search engines which are clearly pinned. For example, @amazon or "Search with Amazon" or "Search with Google." How can I delete them? I have searched through this issue in the Community, and the solutions there are not available to me. I cannot "Hold" the item, and press delete. I cannot "right-click" on the item. I cannot highlight the choice and delete, either through right-clicking or hitting the delete key. Please advise. I want the other choices to be available. Thanks.

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Hi, you need to go to the new tab page and remove them from the new sites page there. This link tells you more about how to do that:

https://support.mozilla.org/kb/customize-new-tab-page#w_unpin-a-top-site

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Standard8
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Hi, you need to go to the new tab page and remove them from the new sites page there. This link tells you more about how to do that:

https://support.mozilla.org/kb/customize-new-tab-page#w_unpin-a-top-site

jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Hi msieger89, for additional background:

The Shift+Delete method still works for matches generated based on what you type in the bar. It is the "Top Sites" list that opens automatically in Firefox 75+ -- before you have typed anything for Firefox to match -- that cannot be edited in the drop-down itself, but only on the Firefox Home / new tab page.

msieger89
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What you are describing does not work. I am unable to even highlight one of those choices without automatically going to the site.

The issue the dropdown is pre-populated with "Search with Amazon.com" and "Search with Google.com" --- which I don't go to that specific site. I want to get rid of it.

Thanks. --Matt

Standard8
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Matt, you need to go to the about:newtab page (the default page Firefox shows when you open a new tab), and remove them from there.

msieger89
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Standard8 -- your solution worked! Thank you. I had put those sites to "Blank Page" when I opened the browser and new tab, but as soon as I made them visible again, I was able to see everything, and appropriately delete, pin, unpin, etc as I wished.

Thank you for your help! --Matt

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