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Contacts keeps adding back an email address with a typo in it

I added an email address to a contact. It has a typo. I fix the typo. Save it. A few minutes later, the old email address with a typo comes back and the new one which is correct is also present in the contact card. PLEASE??? I just want the wrong one GONE! Help!!

iPhone 11 Pro

Posted on Aug 23, 2020 6:17 PM

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Posted on Aug 24, 2020 2:48 AM

Re the contacts app, edit the contact, delete the email address with the red minus, close the contact. Tap edit again, add the address new and save.


If the old one pops up while you are composing an email it should have an (i) next to it, tap on it and "remove from recents" in red at the bottom.




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Aug 24, 2020 2:48 AM in response to Washit

Re the contacts app, edit the contact, delete the email address with the red minus, close the contact. Tap edit again, add the address new and save.


If the old one pops up while you are composing an email it should have an (i) next to it, tap on it and "remove from recents" in red at the bottom.




Contacts keeps adding back an email address with a typo in it

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