[PLUG] Firefox: remove incorrect 'place'

Dick Steffens dick at dicksteffens.com
Tue Dec 6 22:46:05 UTC 2016


On 12/06/2016 02:26 PM, Rich Shepard wrote:
>     Some time in the past I inadvertently entered the URL as slackbuilds.com
> rather than as slackbuilds.org. Now, every time I open a tab and start
> typing the URL firefox automatically fills in the .com version.
>
>     In ~/.mozilla/firefox/83.../ I grep'd for the .com name and found it in
> places.sqlite. Opening that database I checked the moz_places table and
> found that row; deleted it.
>
>     But, it still autofills even after killing firefox and restarting it. I
> cannot find it in another database or non-binary file and have no idea where
> to locate the offending name. Is there a way to find and remove it?

Hover over the offending entry and hit <Delete> instead of clicking on it.

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Regards,

Dick Steffens




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