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Sponsored Searches in URL?

anthonygoris
anthonygoris
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New "feature" from Mozilla which places sponsored websites at the top of URL drop down box once I click into the field.

Genuinely unhappy with this and could lead to me uninstalling unless an option to remove this is hidden somewhere.

Title. New "feature" from Mozilla which places sponsored websites at the top of URL drop down box once I click into the field. Genuinely unhappy with this and could lead to me uninstalling unless an option to remove this is hidden somewhere.
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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Hi, check out this article: Sponsored shortcuts on the New Tab page

jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Alternately, if you do not want any of your Top Sites from the new tab page showing up when you click in the address bar, you can turn that off. See:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/address-bar-autocomplete-firefox#w_how-can-i-control-what-results-the-address-bar-shows-me