How do I permanently disable search history in the Google search bar?

In Firefox 3.6, left-clicking the drop-down arrow by the Google icon, then selecting "Manage Search Engines..." only allows you to disable Search Suggestions. Right-clicking the search bar only allows me to "Clear Search History".
How do I PERMANENTLY disable search history when I type in the Google search bar?

Disabling "Remember search AND form history" is not the correct solution in my case, what I need is Firefox to offer to split the option and disable "Search Bar History" while keeping "Form History" enabled.
How can I do that?

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I did a google search for this question before, and VIOLA!
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Then press ???control and another key? I forget...please help.
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FIREFOX solved all issues.
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I saw your other post first: [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/952848]. Hope that helps.

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