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Why has a small black dot appeared in my location bar? It remains when a URL is entered.

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Dear Help, Please disregard my question. I found the answer to why a black dot appeared in the location bar.

Thank you for your attention.

Dear Help, Please disregard my question. I found the answer to why a black dot appeared in the location bar. Thank you for your attention.

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Can you attach a screenshot?

Use a compressed image type like PNG or JPG to save the screenshot and make sure that you do not exceed the maximum file size (1 MB).


Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the extensions is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).