# Mozilla: How to stop autofill/suggestions **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 10, 2012, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-how-to-stop-autofill-suggestions/612404 "2012-02-10T14:05:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-how-to-stop-autofill-suggestions/612404/1 "2012-02-10T14:05:52Z")
I used to have Mozilla Firefox set up, so that when I was filling in forms, like entering my user name on Hotmail, it would not remember my past entries. At some update stage, that setting got reset, and now whenever I’m filling in a form on the web, I see all kinds of suggestions from things I typed before. I don’t want Mozilla to remember these things, but now I can’t find where to change that. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2012, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-how-to-stop-autofill-suggestions/612404/2 "2012-02-10T14:26:49Z")
Go to **Tools** Select **Clear Recent History** In Time Range to Clear select **Everything** In Details select **Form and Search History** ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-how-to-stop-autofill-suggestions/612404/3 "2012-02-10T15:03:32Z")
Does that prevent it from remembering form information going forward? ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-how-to-stop-autofill-suggestions/612404/4 "2012-02-10T15:50:02Z")
No, it doesn’t. For that you need to go to the privacy preferences dialog (usually Edit-\>Preferences-\>Privacy) and change the “History” setting to “Use custom settings for history”. Then uncheck the box next to “Remember search and form history”. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-how-to-stop-autofill-suggestions/612404/5 "2012-02-10T15:57:30Z")
Hmm … Now I see that the “remember search and form history” options were already unchecked. I don’t know what’s going on. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-how-to-stop-autofill-suggestions/612404/6 "2012-02-10T16:01:48Z")
Does this happen with every website, or just certain ones? It’s entirely possible that it’s the websites themselves, not your web browser, which are autofilling the forms. They may be storing your previous entries and pre-filling the forms for you when they recognize a visit from you (via cookies). ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-how-to-stop-autofill-suggestions/612404/7 "2012-02-10T16:04:04Z")
I don’t know definitively if it happens with every website, but it sure seems like it.