Reference number: CH001058

Remove an added word from the Firefox spelling dictionary.

Question:

Remove an added word from the Firefox spelling dictionary.

Answer:

Microsoft Windows users

1. Click Start, run and type: %APPDATA% and press enter.
2. In the Application Data window open the Mozilla \ Firefox \ Profiles folder.
3. In the Profiles folder should be a xxxxxxxx.default folder where xxxxxxxx could be something such as yicjwewa. Open this folder.
4. Right-click on the persdict.dat file and select Open with. Select a program from the list to open the file and select Wordpad as the file you wish to use to open the file. If you have another text editor this can also be used. Located the misspelled word and delete it. Make sure to also to delete the line it was on and don't leave an empty line.

Apple users

1. Open the ~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles path.
2. In the Profiles folder there should be a xxxxxxxx.default directory where xxxxxxxx could be something such as yicjwewa. Open this directory.
3. Edit the persdict.dat file and delete the misspelled word. Make sure to also to delete the line it was on and don't leave an empty line.