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bookmark menu is doubling up my bookmarks ??

bookmarks menu is doubling some bookmarks at top under RECENTLY BOOKMARKED TITLE & ON BOTTOM WHERE THEY BELONG ? ?

bookmarks menu is doubling some bookmarks at top under RECENTLY BOOKMARKED TITLE & ON BOTTOM WHERE THEY BELONG ? ?

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It's a new feature in Firefox 49 to show the 5 most recently added bookmarks directly on the menu -- and yes, that duplicates the first half of the list in the folder.

You can hide the gray heading Recently Bookmarked and following five bookmarks using one of these methods:

(1) Context Menu

Right-click the "Recently Bookmarked" text and choose Hide Recently Bookmarked from the bottom of the right-click context menu (see attached screenshot)

Note: A user reported this doesn't work on the Bookmarks Menu on the main menu bar on Mac, only the bookmarks menu that drops from the toolbar button, which is pictured in the screenshot.

(2) Directly Edit a Preference

The menu item switches a hidden preference from true to false, and you can do that directly as follows:

(A) In a new tab, type or paste about:config in the address bar and press Enter/Return. Click the button promising to be careful.

(B) In the search box above the list, type or paste book and pause while the list is filtered

(C) Double-click the browser.bookmarks.showRecentlyBookmarked preference to switch the value from true to false