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

I previously had added students of mine using the faces option, however I have decided to remove those faces. Now when I go to ad a missing face however their names are shown in the list of names that automatically pop up after pressing a given letter. How can I permanently remove these names form the menu memory?

After my previous thread, I checked my address book. Because they were added only in iPhoto, they are not in my address book. Any help would be appreciated!

Mac OS X (10.5.7)

Posted on Mar 12, 2010 9:05 AM

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

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  • by Duke Room,

    Duke Room Duke Room Sep 8, 2012 1:20 PM in response to jpottermac
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    Sep 8, 2012 1:20 PM in response to jpottermac

    Thank you!  That worked for me.

  • by jefromnld,

    jefromnld jefromnld Oct 5, 2013 9:19 AM in response to Duke Room
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    Oct 5, 2013 9:19 AM in response to Duke Room

    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!

  • by StickiMac,

    StickiMac StickiMac Jan 11, 2014 5:04 AM in response to DC Chick
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    Jan 11, 2014 5:04 AM in response to DC Chick

    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.

     

    ______

     

    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.

  • by Dennis Seckler,

    Dennis Seckler Dennis Seckler Jun 14, 2014 6:44 AM in response to jpottermac
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    Jun 14, 2014 6:44 AM in response to jpottermac

    Thanks jpottermac! Great solution!!

  • by _stupid_user_name_,

    _stupid_user_name_ _stupid_user_name_ Nov 2, 2014 1:40 PM in response to mluton
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    Nov 2, 2014 1:40 PM in response to mluton

    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.

  • by Aki_T,

    Aki_T Aki_T Aug 8, 2015 8:25 PM in response to jpottermac
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    Aug 8, 2015 8:25 PM in response to jpottermac

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

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Aug 9, 2015 12:01 AM in response to Aki_T
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    Aug 9, 2015 12:01 AM in response to Aki_T

    Try the forum for the Photos.app:

     

    Photos for Mac

  • by Aki_T,

    Aki_T Aki_T Aug 9, 2015 4:00 AM in response to Terence Devlin
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    Aug 9, 2015 4:00 AM in response to Terence Devlin

    Thank you!

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