Disable auto complete.

[T.C.]

Win XP H SP.3 + F'Fox 15 Google

How to stop Google auto completing url's as I type please?

[Fed]

try Firefox>Tools>Options>Privacy>Location Bar and set to nothing.

[Salmon Trout]

How to stop Google auto completing url's as I type please?

Try using this as your Google link

https://www.google.com/webhp?complete=0

[Fed]

You're right Salmon it never struck me that TC would be typing an address into the Google search bar, not something I've ever done.

[T.C.]

Thank you both, Salmon's advice works perfectly.

[Salmon Trout]

You're right Salmon it never struck me that TC would be typing an address into the Google search bar, not something I've ever done.

You'd be surprised how many people do this. Personally I remove the Google search bar. I know how to get to Google if I need to.

[TechnoGeek]

i know someone who used the address bar to type 'live serch' (with spelling error) and clicked on the result for live search homepage. when I asked him, he said he liked typing searches into the homepage better...