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How to stop Firefox 87.0 from pasting URL when I copy a word?

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LNelson1941
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I just started using Firefox again about a week ago after not using it for months because websites kept insisting I use Chrome. So I now see a lot of changes in FF, and one that is VERY annoying is that whenever I paste something I've copied (usually just a word or several words), FF also pastes a URL. So I constantly have to waste time deleting the URLs. I don't see any setting I can use to stop that. Can someone help me, please? TIA. LNelson1941

I just started using Firefox again about a week ago after not using it for months because websites kept insisting I use Chrome. So I now see a lot of changes in FF, and one that is VERY annoying is that whenever I paste something I've copied (usually just a word or several words), FF also pastes a URL. So I constantly have to waste time deleting the URLs. I don't see any setting I can use to stop that. Can someone help me, please? TIA. LNelson1941

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It doesn't seem to be happening here. Where, for example, are you pasting what you have copied? Have you checked your clipboard entries?

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It doesn't seem to be happening here. Where, for example, are you pasting what you have copied? Have you checked your clipboard entries?

cor-el
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Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions ("3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Extensions) or if hardware acceleration or userChrome.css is causing the problem.

  • switch to the DEFAULT theme: "3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Themes
  • do NOT click the "Refresh Firefox" button on the Safe Mode start window
LNelson1941
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tjn21 said
It doesn't seem to be happening here. Where, for example, are you pasting what you have copied? Have you checked your clipboard entries?

Thank you! It turns out I was pasting in only one of my applications. I had checked for an option to stop pasting the URL in that application, and I also thought I had checked to see if the URL was pasted in other applications. After seeing your reply, I finally found the option to stop pasting the URL. So now I am VERY happy.

My computer crashed a week ago because of an electrical surge. I've had to re-install Windows 10 and all my applications, and I've been going kind of crazy trying to get everything back to the way it was. I had plenty of backups, but that didn't help much. The backup of Win10 was from 4 years ago. So as soon as I can get things in a little better shape, I'm going to clone my software and keep cloning it often.

Thanks again for helping me.