Note that the reverse doesn’t work When you remove the “Empty Auto-Complete List” button or the cleanautocompletecache startup switch, you will not delete the contacts from the Suggested Contacts folder. Delete a contact from this folder and it will also be removed from the Auto-Complete list. The contacts in the Suggested Contacts folder hold a relation to the Auto-Complete list. Start-> type outlook.exe /cleanautocompletecacheĪside from the methods listed above, in Outlook 2010 you can also empty the Suggested Contacts folder.You can execute this switch in the following way (note the space in the command) You can find the option here įile-> Options-> section Mail-> option group: Send messages-> button: Empty Auto-Complete Listīy starting Outlook with the cleanautocompletecache startup switch you’ll achieve the exact same results as using the button “Empty Auto-Complete List. Using the “Empty Auto-Complete List” button does exactly what is says. Resetting the list can be done in the following ways In these versions of Outlook, the Auto-Complete list is kept in a special hidden message in your mailbox. If you want to reset the Auto-Complete list to remove all addresses at once, you can use one of the following methods. Remove all addresses from the Auto-Complete list Outlook 2010 / 2013 /2016 / 2019 / Microsoft 365įile-> Options-> section Mail-> option group: Send messages-> deselect: Use Auto-Complete List to suggest names when typing in the To, Cc and Bcc lines.Tools-> Options-> button E-mail Options…-> Advanced E-mail Options…-> deselect: Suggest names while completing To, Cc, and Bcc fields
To disable this suggestion feature completely
To see all your Contact folders, switch to the Contacts Navigation (keyboard shortcut: CTRL+3).ĭeleting a recently used address from the AutoComplete list.ĭeleting an entry from the Classic AutoComplete list. When using Outlook 2010, you can instead remove the contact item from the Suggested Contacts folder. If the contact is stored in your Contacts folder and you want it removed, you can delete it from the Contacts folder itself. When addressing an email and a name you want to remove pops-up, use your arrow keys on your keyboard to select it and press Delete.Īddresses which you can remove contain an X icon on the right when you highlight them.Īddresses listed in the Other Suggestions section can’t be removed as they are resolved from your Address Book and not from the list of addresses of people you’ve emailed before.
Instead, they are kept in a special cache location. It is not related to the default Contacts folder. The Auto-Complete feature of Outlook keeps a cache of addresses you’ve recently used. How can I remove these? They are not in my Contacts folder either. There are several of these autocomplete recipient names in there which I’ve mistyped and also some that I don’t use anymore. When typing an address in the “To:” line I get a list of addresses to choose from.
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