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How to Change autofill email information on iphone

Hi after upgrading my 4s to IOS 6 I used the contact sync feature with Facebook so that I have friends details from Facebook now in my contact list. This also added a Facebook email address to myself. Now when I use safari and use autofill it uses the Facebook email address. I can't seem to change it. When I go into my contacts and edit I'm unable to delete the Facebook email. How can I therefore push my home email address up the pecking order so that autofill uses it?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)

Posted on Oct 2, 2012 1:33 AM

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L.Shaner

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Posted on Oct 3, 2012 7:52 PM

WORKAROUND FOUND:

I unlinked my FB address record from my local address book record. Then I edited the FB one and added (Facebook) to my last name in that one. Then in prefs/Safari I set my autofill address card to the non-FB one. After killing the Safari app, the autofill started picking the right e-mail address for me.

This is still just a workaround. There is no good reason that I shouldn't be able to link address records between local and FB for myself and still tell autofill which e-mail address to use.

It is patently silly that Apple coded the autofill to put FB e-mail ahead of home and work email addresses, and in any case they should let me CHOOSE the right address from among those in my record.

Per the workaround, it is annoying that I now show up twice in the address book (local and FB).

Apple is slowly losing the polish, one loose end at a time.

Attention to detail is no longer forefront. :-(

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joseweb

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Jun 28, 2013 7:52 AM in response to L.Shaner

I agree. I've had this problem for a while now. I had saved my email address as a three letter shortcut. So I would hit auto fill, then have to edit. Apple has dropped the ball on this. Hopefully they can fix it for iOS7.

Dec 10, 2012 4:02 PM in response to amandasteed

I can't see how you can do this. The Facebook.com address entry in my saved contact info cannot be deleted or edited.

Jan 2, 2013 5:16 AM in response to mrcoates14

"auto fill" ... Not "auto pilot". Lol... **** you auto correct ;-)

Feb 15, 2013 12:18 PM in response to Bcorbin34

Headline should read "I have had this same problem and found a fix that allows you to retain your FB integration."

DavidG74

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Jul 22, 2013 5:38 AM in response to b3miller

Perfect and thanks b3miller!

This is definitely the easiest way without needing to tweak labels or tinker too much.

Worked on my iPhone with latest iOS to date.

Jul 25, 2013 6:07 AM in response to mrcoates14

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Sep 14, 2013 9:30 AM in response to Bcorbin34

Bcorbin34's fix worked for me. Nice job

Sep 25, 2015 5:10 PM in response to amandasteed

Amanda, you're brilliant! That really helped a lot. Thank you so much

Oct 3, 2012 12:15 PM in response to mrcoates14

Tap on:

Settings
Facebook
Allow These Apps to Use Your Account: and switch Contacts to Off.

This removes your Facebook email from contacts so autofill will use your home email address instead.

May 12, 2017 5:44 PM in response to cwsmith1923

Perfect!!!! It worked like a charm!!

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