# Resetting Firefox autocomplete options **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 9, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resetting-firefox-autocomplete-options/278974 "2004-12-09T19:04:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resetting-firefox-autocomplete-options/278974/1 "2004-12-09T19:04:49Z")
I know this has been asked before, and I even replied - buuuut: I accidentally clicked ‘never for this page’ when asked for whether to remember values filled out. How do I reset it? I can’t find anything in prefs.js. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2004, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resetting-firefox-autocomplete-options/278974/2 "2004-12-09T19:06:49Z")
Tools --\> Options --\> Saved Form Information. Doesn’t look like you can pick and choose, though. Might have to clear everything. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2004, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resetting-firefox-autocomplete-options/278974/3 "2004-12-09T19:08:07Z")
PS - And right under that is the same option for passwords, which does allow you to pick and choose, if that’s what you’re looking for. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2004, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resetting-firefox-autocomplete-options/278974/4 "2004-12-09T19:08:21Z")
Oh, and I did try searching for the previous thread, but couldn’t find it. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2004, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resetting-firefox-autocomplete-options/278974/5 "2004-12-09T19:13:04Z")
Thanks - I knew that was there, but I thought it was to clear saved entries, not to reset the option to _not_ save entries. Does anyone know, before I risk wiping everything without any gain?! ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2004, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resetting-firefox-autocomplete-options/278974/6 "2004-12-09T19:30:56Z")
You can just wait. It’ll eventually ask you again. I’m not sure how long, though. I hit “Never for this site” for anything site that keeps my credit card number in their records. Every once in a while when I log in Firefox will prompt me to see if I want it to remember my password. ---
**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2004, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resetting-firefox-autocomplete-options/278974/7 "2004-12-09T20:18:58Z")
> [@Podkayne](#): > > I hit “Never for this site” for anything site that keeps my credit card number in their records. Yeah. It really shouldn’t do that. First time it autocompleted my credit card number on a site was I annoyed! That’s just the kind of info that someone somewhere is going to write a spyware trojan to retrieve. I wish there was some way of selectively clearing it.