After deleting an email address from Contacts is there any way of preventing it from popping up in the To: field of Mail when one starts to type in a contact name.

After deleting an email address from Contacts is there any way of preventing it from popping up in the To: field of Mail when one starts to type in a contact name?

iOS 5.1.1

Posted on Jan 7, 2013 1:01 PM

6 replies

Apr 28, 2016 11:07 PM in response to sberman

Many thanks for your assistance. I'm afraid the addresses which pop up in the suggestions window have no arrow in a blue circle on the right. I'm using iOS 5.1.1, by the way, on both iPhone and iPad.


Richard Jones

Jan 7, 2013 2:11 PM in response to Community User

if you are not on ios 6, then all you can do is wait. if you have deleted the address from your contact list, then it will live on for a while in your 'recently used' addresses. as you use new addresses, those older ones fall down the list, and eventually fall off altogether (unless you use them again). Have patience, it will go away.


Or do the update....

Apr 28, 2016 11:07 PM in response to IdrisSeabright

Many thanks for the solution. I suppose I should upgrade to iOS 6 now that I have Google Maps (the app) although I will miss the integration of Maps. Many thanks once again.


Richard Jones

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After deleting an email address from Contacts is there any way of preventing it from popping up in the To: field of Mail when one starts to type in a contact name.

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