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Previous Recipients in Mail

I know that you can remove "bad" email addresses in the Previous Recipients window. But when I type in an address, the "bad" one still comes up. And when I search for that address in the search bar inside Previous Recipients, it does not show up. And, coincidentally, an address I know I have used many times in the past doesn't even show up in Previous Recipients. Can that database be purged, or rebuilt somehow? Or do I have to delete ALL addresses and start over?

iMac 21.5" 4K, macOS 10.13

Posted on Jul 10, 2019 6:06 AM

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Jul 10, 2019 10:41 AM in response to Dana_E. Simpkins

Hi Dana, Previous Recipients in 10.13.6 is stored in...

/Users/YourUserName/Library/Containers/com.apple.corerecents.recentsd/Data/Library/SyncedPreferences/recentsd-com.apple.mail.recents.plist

Be sure to quit Mail 1st if removing that file., might require other Apps be quit also since it says Synced

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Jul 10, 2019 11:11 AM in response to Dana_E. Simpkins

You could try opening it in BBEdit & edit it...

https://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/

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Jul 10, 2019 10:43 AM in response to BDAqua

Thanks. Would deleting this file DELETE all the previous recipients? I was hoping I could just reset it somehow so I don't loss the addresses I need.

Thanks.

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