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In the top right search bar (for Google), it used to give me good search results, ie: Typing "ubu" would pop up "Ubuntu", "Ubuntu Linux", etc.

Now, "ubu" gives me "trippy", "triple mmm", and even "ubuntu lin" gives me "trishakrishnan", and some other weird hints.

When I press search, it searches fine. It's just the search suggestions that are WAY off.

What did I do, what is the cause, and how can I fix it?

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Firefox's search-box suggestions come from two places: the selected search engine's suggestion service and your local form/search history. Odd or unrelated completions usually mean the suggestions are being supplied by a different provider or by a profile/add-on that alters the search source. Since reports it "Fixed somehow," that pattern fits a transient provider or profile issue — but here are concrete, safe steps to reproduce, diagnose, and fix it if it returns.

Try these checks in order:

  1. Click the search-box icon and switch explicitly to a known engine (for example Google). If suggestions change, the previous engine/plugin was the source.
  2. Turn off search suggestions in Firefox preferences (Preferences / Options -> Search) and verify behavior.
  3. Clear form and search history (History -> Clear Recent History -> check "Form & Search History") and try again.
  4. Restart Firefox in Safe Mode (Help -> Restart With Add-ons Disabled). If suggestions are normal in Safe Mode, an extension or search plugin is to blame — disable add-ons one at a time to find it.

If none of the above helps, try a new profile to rule out profile corruption. Also check the Search Engines manager for any unfamiliar or third-party plugins and remove them. These steps diagnose whether the problem is local (profile/extensions) or coming from the suggestion provider, and they avoid risky file edits.

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Fixed somehow. Just a random fix or whatever.

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