Remove Selected Bookmarks From The Firefox Address Bar

Firefox tries automatically to match the domain name or keyword that a user enters in the Firefox address bar. It compares the text entered with the browsing history and bookmarks for example. One thing that I noticed lately was that some of the bookmarks that were displayed in the address bar were no longer of use to me.

Selecting them and pressing delete was my first try to remove them. They did disappear from that listing but appeared later which indicated that the bookmark was not fully removed from the system. Shift deleting them did not work either.

I then tried to right-click which did not work at all. The only option to remove selected bookmarks directly from the Firefox address bar is the following:

• Load the bookmark so that the url of it appears in the address bar
• Click on the yellow star at the end of the bookmark form
• Click on the Remove Bookmark button that appears in the menu.

This procedure deletes the bookmark from Firefox by using the address bar to do so. I prefer this way over opening the bookmarks manager because it is integrated into the workflow. If I spot a bookmark that I no longer need I can delete it right there.

Does anyone know if there is a faster way to delete the bookmarks from the Firefox address bar?

Bookmarks can be deleted from the Firefox address bar by CTRL deleting them.

• Start writing a domain name or keyword
• Move the mouse over the bookmark that is not longer needed as soon as it appears
• Press CTRL and then Delete to delete the bookmark permanently

Related Articles:

Author: Martin Brinkmann, Tuesday February 16, 2010 -
Tags:Firefox, firefox address bar, firefox bookmarks, firefox tips

Responses so far:

1. odio says:

   October 5, 2011 at 2:24 am

   haha searching for a way to delete bookmarks from adress bar i came back to Ghacks. Nice tip. This works, but actually (firefox 7) still dont have a better way?

   Reply