How to Change autofill email information on iphone

Update to my previous post...when you relabel the email you wish to use, and move it to the top of the list, be sure you use a upper case E. "Email".

I found it easier to just create a new contact with all the information that I want correct and just added my middle initial. Then go to Safari and link it to that new contact. I don't fill filled everything I wanted in there.

Easy as pie

unlinking facebook, adjusting which email was first and custom label fixed it for me

It's in the settings for your browser. If you're using safari, go to settings, safari, autofill. It's based on your saved contact info.

This worked for me, after re-starting my phone.

Thanks CWSMITH1923 for this:

cwsmith1923 wrote:

Open your contact linked with autopilot and you will see the Facebook email address is labeled "email", and your other email addresses will be labeled "home" or "work", etc. You cannot edit the Facebook, but just change the label of the email you want auto fill to use to "email" also, and auto fill will use it.

However, looks like Email is the default fieldf that auto fill uses and Facebook occupies that slot. As you said, I can't edit that field label. So, the only option is to pick Email 1, Email 2 for my preferred personal email.

I'll try unlinking from Facebook and then turning my personal email to Email to see if that works.

As for feature request: Apple needs to allow customization of what the user wants to autofill. Please don't decide what various contact fields should be used for us.

If your yahoo email is at the top, AND you labeled it in custom (yes...that is how I changed mine) I'm not sure why it is not working for you. I just did it this morning because Facebook was coming up in auto fill for the HGTV home give away entry form. I just did what I described, fixed it right away. Good luck!

But you can change "work" or "home" label to "email", so both Facebook email and the email you want to use are labeled "email"....and if not at top of email list order, be sure the email you want to use is at top of list.

Thank you cwsmith. Changing the label to "email" worked for me as a fix. Thank you!

Work around id unnecessary as the "problem" can be fixed by editing the settings option on Facebook. Facebook creates the username@facebook.com for each member as the user name and email address would be unique. From settings edit your email addresses so the one you want to use on iPhone is the primary email account. It makes it easier for Facebook and Apple to work together this way. By default anywhere when anyone emails username@facebook.com Facebook will reroute the email to the primary email address you have chosen under settings on your Facebook account. This way anyone can choose to get email at any email address that the wish while making it simpler to disperse your address to people and easier for others to email you. All they need to reach you by email is see your Facebook user name and contact you @facebook.com

Good as a workaround, but with loss of FB integraton functionality.

The original question still stands -- how to tell Safari which email address to prefer?

(And isn't it ironic that to redit a typo in the above post using my iPad, I had to switch to Chrome and "Request Desktop" site? At least I didn't have to get out of my chair and go use a Mac... Which reminds me, where is back to my Mac for iPad? I'd be far less frustrated with iPad #fail if when the normal iPad ways do not work, I could access my Mac at home from anywhere in the world).

I fear L Shaner is correct is this is very sad that I cannot control the autofill fields for Safari. Searched around multiple sites and no iOS solutions, only work arounds.

Apple: Why can't I change this? Why note allow editing of autocorrect Dictionary to remove mistakes? Open up!!!!

The option "email" is not available to select from the field.

I can do it via a custom label but that doesn't fix the issue: Facebook email still comes first in autofill even though my yahoo email is the one at the top of the list.

I rebooted phone after making the contact changes and that didn't fix the problem.

In Safari, go to the Safari menu (first item on left on the menu bar) and choose Preferences. In Preferences, click on the item in the top row called Autofill. To change your contact information, click on the top Edit button (beside "using info from my address book card"). This actually opens up the Address Book application where you can change your information. Save the changes in Address Book and they will transfer to Safari.

The shortcut way to do this would be right to Address Book (usually in the dock at the bottom of the screen, looks like a brown book with the @ sign on the cover), and change your contact information there. Then Safari should see the changes the next time you open it.

I hope that helps.