My deleted contacts still show up when I want to send a text message

How to permanently delete contact from SMS> when the deleted number shows up > click the (i) symbol then in red you will see {Remove From Recent} click on it and the deleted contact will be removed. I've done it myself several times & it work.

Was it confirmed the recents showup in messages.app being cached were coming off iCloud?

I have devices that were completly started over with recents. Can someone please explain.

My little one sends PICS to random contacts that never existed on his device. It's funny when its going to one of the 5 contacts in his contacts.app not such when it goes elsewhere.

If It had to click the BLUE icon and remove the cached contacts from the device will they be resyncd. This is going to take a while and I have 4 devices. I also have some GROUPS that will not go away even after clicking hte blue icon and remove. Has anyone seen this?

I made some progress but I am hung up on groups. On the iPhone 5 and 5s clicking the blue icon of a group and remove works great. However on iPad 2, Air, and mini retina it does not :/ Anyone else not able to remove recent groups??

Im done, I loaded the box onto an iPhone 4s and successully removed the balance of the recents which included all the groups. ODD only our 5,5s,and 4s can use the blue icon to remove the groups. The iPad 2's, Air, and mini retina can not. The icon is there but when you click to delete the recent group it returns you to the TO field in the messages.app and even enters some text. I filed an iOS problem / bug report.

This answers my query, I originally had all our devices using one account for apps and icloud but this 'recents' cache was an issue because my children could see my contacts.

Having removed account settings they still showed which can only be described as poor parental and device privacy on Apples part.

Although the 'recents' deletion is a workaround, this is not a fix and Apple needs to address it as a priority. There are many settings on the units that stop sharing content at the flick of a switch, such as photos. What is the point of restriction and unique accounts if this information is shared.

I've always been a strong adversary of Apple devices but after recent issues I've seriously questioned their privacy over functionality.

Is there an app that I can simply remove all 'recent' items which would save us the time and effort, if they are a contact we're not that bothered anyway.

NB - I'd like to know how the recents were 'shared' in the first place!

When creating a new message a number comes up that you have deleted there will be an i in a circle at the side, press that and then press delete from recent. Then previously deleted number will no longer appear.

Unfortunatelly the issue with deleted contacts still occurs in 'Photos'. To see it you need to have a photo stream. Open 'Photos', then go to 'Shared' on the bottom, select one of your photo streams, go to 'People' on the bottom-right, select 'Invite people' and the suggested contacts list will show you all people you ever shared a photo stream with and even those which you deleted meanwhile and there is no possibility to delete/manage the list...

It really is an annoying issue. I know it seems as easy as pressing the "i" then removing from recents, but what happens when you don't know which number is which? I don't memorize people's numbers. I have to first figure out which entry is the correct one, then delete the incorrect entry for each contact. That's a bit much. Apple should really fix this.

There is no "i" when I do this... am I doing something wrong?

Here’s what happens. I hit the “Text” app; start to type the guy’s name (say John Smith), and immediately two John Smiths come up as options – the old, deleted one, and the new, correct one. There isn’t any blue circle, or “I” or anything beside either 😕

Thanks

This may be a stupid question but I did a factory restore not from backup on my iPhone 5. I don't want to import my contacts from Gmail or outlook because there are so many that I deleted and sorted once I put them on my iPhone. However I can't seem to sync my contacts because I kinda went on a restore kick and did my laptop as well. So when I go to my contacts app it is empty but if I create a text and search it seems to pull up a "recent" (option when i is tapped appears to be a nameless contact that can be removed from recents) however the contacts when searched in messaging correspond to blue for iMessage and green for text so I think that would be my iTunes contacts showing up. (Tested recently acquired contacts that wouldn't be in my old android/gmail WP/outlook garbage phone accounts I had prior) so what I'm asking is if there is any way to regain those "recent" contacts without being able to connect to a PC my phone had synced with? Thank you in advance for any information.

I have been having this same issue and just discovered with iOS8, when you go to create the new message (as long as the contact is indeed deleted from your contacts) there is an "i" enclosed in a circle. If you click on this, it opens up to an "info" screen and if you look down the list highlighted in red it will say "remove from recents" and the issue is resolved!

Please note the "remove from recent" option does NOT exist in Messages on Mac OS Yosemite. Indeed, the circled i does not even show up. The good news is, once you remove the 'recent' on your iPhone, it does propagate, and no longer shows in in Messages on your desktop.

Hope this helps,

Steve

Here is the fix.

Once you delete the contact from your contacts, then start a brand new text conversation. Their name/number will come up with a little "i" with a circle around for info on that number. Select that , and then select "remove from recents". That will permanently delete it.

Hi everybody. I thought the only way to solve it manually on Message for mac (without an iPhone) wolud be to locate where the actual cache file for Message is stored... so i just launched terminal command (I'm running El Capitan):

su (with root user already enabled, to no-limit autenticate)

cd / (to start from the main directory and search on the whole hard disk)

grep -lr "deleted telephone number or email address" *

to searching recursively for EVERY file in the mac with any file extension that contains that telephone number... it will take LONG time but once locate everything should be fine... right?

I hope so... let's see.... just giving it a couple of hours... or days 😀

go to the messages app and tap on the new message icon

in the recipient field, tap the name of the recently deleted contact (or part of the number}

when the contact shows up in the list, you should see a blue "i" icon right next to the contact you just deleted

tap on the "i" icon. Next,t tap on Remove from Recents

www.igeeksblog.com/how-to-remove-deleted-contacts-from-iphone-in-ios-7/