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How to remove bad autocomplete options from forms in FF and IE

This happens to me all the time; I accidentally enter the wrong username into a form field, and then every time I come back to that site my browser suggests this wrong value in the autocomplete dropdown list. To delete a given entry from the autocomplete dropdown, simply:

- Type in the form field until the dropdown appears
- Use the up or down arrow to move to the entry to be deleted
- Press Shift + Delete in FF (or just Delete in IE)

That’s it, the bad autocomplete option is gone.

posted by Chris at 3:12 pm on Wednesday, October 21, 2009


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