How to remove names from the Autofill history when adding faces?

The fix from jpottermac didn't work for me - iPhoto '11. But this DID work:

• Note the exact spelling of the name you want to remove
• On the main board, drag the stack with the wrong name onto the stack with the correct name (if you have already rename the individual faces to the correct name, there won't be a "wrong" stack. Don't worry).
• On the main board, click on the name of the correct stack, rename it to the name you want to get rid of and hit enter
• Now click on the name of this stack again, and change it to the name you want. Hit enter.

Done - the "wrong name" no longer shows up when assigning names to pictures!

His one worked very well. Thank you very much indeed.

I have been searching for a succefull solution for so long. Finally I got rid of some names and face.

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Dieses Vorgehen hilft wunderbar, wenn man Gesichter oder Namen aus der Bibliothek für immer entfernen möchte. Ich hatte damals einige Namen automatisch mit Facebook verlinkt, wolte die Leute aber nun nicht mehr drin haben.

Thanks jpottermac! Great solution!!

mouton - thanks for the pointer. updated for iPhoto 9.6.

[exit iPhoto]

% brew install sqlite3

% cd Pictures/iPhoto\ Library/Database/apdb

% cp Faces.db Faces.db.org

% sqlite3 Faces.db

sqlite> select * from RKFaceName where name is "SOME_NAME_YOU_WANT_TO_DELETE"; # verify that there is a match. case matters

sqlite> delete from RKFaceName where name is "SOME_NAME_YOU_WANT_TO_DELETE";

sqlite> <ctrl-D>

%

[start iPhoto and verify that SOME_NAME doesn't show up anymore]

at some point, when you are comfortable that you didn't bork everything up, you can delete Faces.db.org.

This solution doesn't work for the new Photos (ver. 1.0.1) anymore - does anyone know how to fix it? Thanks!

Try the forum for the Photos.app:

Photos for Mac

Thank you!