# Any way to roll back this Firefox change? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 8, 2020, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-roll-back-this-firefox-change/851386 "2020-04-08T23:59:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-roll-back-this-firefox-change/851386/1 "2020-04-08T23:59:39Z")
It used to be that the URL bar in Firefox had a little down arrow at the far right. Click on that, and it would give you a dropdown of 10-12 addresses you access frequently, and you could click on one of those, and it would take you there. As of today, that’s changed. You can still get a dropdown by clicking on the address bar, but now it’s double-spaced, starts with entries for “Search Google” and “Search Amazon”, and then because of the wider spacing, only has room for 6 frequent pages. That dropdown was my primary way of navigating to my regular sites, and so this change is driving me crazy. Is there any way to get it back to how it used to behave? ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-roll-back-this-firefox-change/851386/2 "2020-04-09T00:18:31Z")
You cannot roll back an update but you can install a previous version. However, for security reasons Firefox will prompt you to create a new profile, so you’ll have to export and import all of your profile settings. [Install an older version of Firefox](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-older-version-of-firefox) Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-roll-back-this-firefox-change/851386/3 "2020-04-09T00:20:55Z")
I don’t necessarily need to roll back the entire version. I was hoping that there’d be some sort of setting to change the behavior of the URL bar back to what it was before. The rest of the changes, whatever they are, can stay. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-roll-back-this-firefox-change/851386/4 "2020-04-09T00:24:17Z")
> [@](#): > > Found that you can disable it by setting browser.urlbar.openViewOnFocus to false in about:config > … > > Also, for if you hate the new obnoxious address bar, in about:config do; > > browser.urlbar.openViewOnFocus = false > browser.urlbar.update1 = false > browser.urlbar.update1.interventions = false > browser.urlbar.update1. searchTips = false > Edit: Ninja’d > **[Firefox 75 overhauls the browser’s address bar](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/04/firefox-75-overhauls-the-browsers-address-bar/?comments=1)** > > The 2020 release schedule won't change, the team says. So I am not sure if just the first option is enough or you need to do the other 3 changes also. ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-roll-back-this-firefox-change/851386/5 "2020-04-09T00:27:14Z")
You can at least get rid of the “search google” and so on: Type about:config in the url bar, and say yes to any warnings that show up. in the search, type in **browser.urlbar.suggest.searches** and change that value to **false**. I already had this disabled before the update. When I click on the url bar, I get ten previously visited sites. ETA: Looks like **PastTense** ’s solution may be better. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-roll-back-this-firefox-change/851386/6 "2020-04-09T03:22:17Z")
I’m using version 74.0.1 (64-bit) and it still shows the arrow with 10 dropdowns, none of which are Search. What version have you changed to? ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-roll-back-this-firefox-change/851386/7 "2020-04-09T03:45:14Z")
75.0 They install over several days. To download it now go to Help on the top and select About Firefox. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-roll-back-this-firefox-change/851386/8 "2020-04-09T09:31:07Z")
I find that the [OneTab](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/onetab/) extension works like a charm in both Firefox and Chrome. It allows you to keep a huge list of URLs listed in, as the name suggests, one tab. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-roll-back-this-firefox-change/851386/9 "2020-04-09T13:15:12Z")
It looks like it only affects tabs you open after the change, but the solution **PastTense** linked seems to have worked. Thanks! Now to go close and re-open this tab. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-roll-back-this-firefox-change/851386/10 "2020-04-09T18:48:30Z")
How does this significantly differ from the “History” drop-down on the Main Menu bar? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-roll-back-this-firefox-change/851386/11 "2020-04-10T14:22:11Z")
“History” is what you’ve seen most recently, even if it’s the first time you’ve ever viewed that page. The URL dropdown is some combination of frequency and recency, so you won’t see a page in it at all unless it’s a page you visit a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-roll-back-this-firefox-change/851386/12 "2020-04-10T15:48:56Z")
I did the steps **PastTense** listed, and I don’t have a little down arrow. I have a “toggle reader view” icon, and three little dots that opens a Page Action menu. Is there some way I can add it? ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-roll-back-this-firefox-change/851386/13 "2020-04-10T15:57:53Z")
> [@Patch](#): > > I did the steps **PastTense** listed, and I don’t have a little down arrow. I have a “toggle reader view” icon, and three little dots that opens a Page Action menu. Is there some way I can add it? Ah! I had to restart Firefox first. I also found this additional comment in **PastTense** ’s link: > [@](#): > > edit - hey, while we’re in about:config fixing shit, make sure to also toggle “browser.urlbar.update1.view.stripHttps” to “false” because why for the love of God would I ever want that hidden? Come the hell on, Mozilla. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-roll-back-this-firefox-change/851386/14 "2020-04-10T23:15:54Z")
The last change, a few weeks ago, set a minimum window size. I searched for how to get around that and adjusted my chrome.css but it didn’t work. I like to watch my shows in a small window next to my main window and some sites won’t shrink the player when you zoom out. Doing more searches just brings me old and unhelpful tips, like “drag corner to where you want it to be!” Yeah… no. Anyone bugged by that and find a fix? ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-roll-back-this-firefox-change/851386/15 "2020-04-11T19:47:15Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > [Firefox 75 overhauls the browser’s address bar | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/04/firefox-75-overhauls-the-browsers-address-bar/?comments=1) > > So I am not sure if just the first option is enough or you need to do the other 3 changes also. Thanks for this - it solved the problem for me. ---
**Author:** ![albino\_manatee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/albino_manatee/32/2_2.png) [@albino\_manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/albino_manatee)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-roll-back-this-firefox-change/851386/16 "2020-04-12T13:18:21Z")
yeah … that address-bar for their newest update\*(75.0)\* annoys me too … thanks for the arstechnica fix … will check it out later. occasionally, i open alternate browser\*(brave)\* for reference purposes. but, ultimately, all browsers change their interfaces eventually … like, when firefox changed to the hideous australis\*(29.0)\* … back in 2014. be nice if their interface would stay the same … and just issue the obligatory security upgrades. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-roll-back-this-firefox-change/851386/17 "2020-04-13T13:09:09Z")
Thanks, **PastTense**. Related question: how to get rid of an entry in the “frequently visited” drop-down list? I have one for a site that closed last year, but which stubbornly persists. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-roll-back-this-firefox-change/851386/18 "2020-06-03T19:05:53Z")
Gah, now it’s even worse! Now I don’t get a dropdown from the URL bar at all! And the settings that fixed it before are all the same as before, so that’s not it. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-roll-back-this-firefox-change/851386/19 "2020-06-03T23:12:58Z")
I hate how when you open a new tab the urlbar expands. You could turn it off in 75 and 76 but now you can’t even turn it off via chrome.css ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-roll-back-this-firefox-change/851386/20 "2020-06-06T00:15:21Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Gah, now it’s even worse! Now I don’t get a dropdown from the URL bar at all! And the settings that fixed it before are all the same as before, so that’s not it. If you type ^ in the URL bar, you get a dropdown list. I’m thinking of making ^ my homepage… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-roll-back-this-firefox-change/851386.md?page=2)