Deleting selected autocomplete entries in Microsoft Edge

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Some form fields on web pages and the Location Bar and the Search Bar have autocomplete drop down lists that appear with a list of previously-entered data.

How can I delete selected entries in such drop down lists in Microsoft Edge browser?


Note: Please do not respond with answers that advise to remove all entries.

Best Answer

You'll need a text editor.

  1. Close all edge windows.

  2. Find this file:

typedurls.json

"C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\RoamingState\typedurls.json"
  1. Search for the entry. ie. bing.com

  2. Remove entire json entry.

example:

{"VisitCount":1,"URL":"https://bing.com/","DateUpdatedLow":1588077197,"DateUpdatedHigh":30529921},
  1. Save the file.
  2. Start edge.
  3. Close edge.
  4. Start edge again.
  5. Test the auto-complete bar.

This worked for me. I had to launch and close edge at least one time for it to flush the cache out of memory.

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