Delete Address in "New Mail" drop-down menu

Hi Judy - I have to say it's not that obvious but there is a way.

So you opened a new email and started typing an address into the "To" field. As you type, a number of matches from previous emails will appear and you may want to delete an address from that list. To do this, select that email address from the drop down menu so that it shows up as a recipient address in the "To" field. Now right-click or ctrl click on the address or click on the little triangle to the right of the address and you will see a pop-up menu with an option to "Remove from Previous Recipients List". Select that option and that address will disappear from the list.

Cheers
Michael

Ok - in that case go to Preferences in Mail and click on Accounts. There should be an email field that lists all addresses that show in the From field.
Sorry, I can't be more specific but I don't have Mac in front of me right now.

Ah - that's surprising.

I just went into my Account settings and cleared the list of addresses from the "Email Address:" field and when I opened a new mail none of the deleted addresses showed.

Do you have multiple accounts configured? If so, make sure the address is not listed in one of the other accounts.

If this fails I can only suggest to delete com.apple.mail.plist from the folder <your name>/Library/Preferences/ByHost. But you would loose all your email settings. I haven't tried this myself and therefore would make a backup of any file you deleted. If you have Time Machine, make sure you have a current backup, i.e. check that Time Machine ran a successful backup before you make this change.

Cheers
Michael

Excellent - glad that worked 🙂

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Michael