incorrect autofill email in safari

I have the exact same problem. I mis-spelled my email address by 1 letter and now the erroneous entry keeps being auto filled by safari. I have checked everywhere (Autofill preferences for safari, Keychain) but cannot find where the error is stored and so cannot delete it. This is so frustrating and has resulted in my not receiving emails as they have been sent to the wrong address.

Please let me know if you have any suggestions.

Thanks.

I finally cracked this. I went on line with the Apple Support people. They very patiently went through all of the things I had done, then they were stuck. They suggested a couple of things which didn't work. Final solution was to get to a random log in web site, then before putting in any data like your email that his usually overwritten incorrectly, right (two finger) click on the blank "username/email address" field. This brings up a a selection box of which on option is Spelling and Grammar. Highlight this with your cursor and another selection opens up. Click on the "Show Spelling and Grammar" option and another box opens. This next set is a bit hazy (it was late, I was tired and also desperate for a solution) so bear with me....I had two goes at this and am not sure which one worked so try one then the other...

In the blank top line of the Spelling and Grammar box I put my Wrong ID and then clicked "change". Nothing seemed to happen so I put in the Correct ID and clicked "change". Again nothing seemed to happen.

However when I clicked out of all these boxes, and went to log in to a web page as a test, for some reason this seemed to have cleared the incorrect log in auto-fill. The Apple Support person, who had access to my screen by this time, was amazed and couldn't explain why what I had done had worked.
This was over a week ago and the erroneous log in/auto fill has gone for good.

Hope this helps someone. Apologies that I was't as methodical in getting the certain solution but as I say, try one, then if that doesn't work try the other. One of those should clear it.

I did ask the Apple person to make sure this fix is posted widely on all forums but I don't think they did.

Please add me to this same list of problems. Safari Autofill has been cleaned (my erroneous email wasn't there) Passwords checked and cleared, Keychain checked and not there. Checked my contacts too without success. In desperation I even checked Word Dictionary. Am wondering where this email address must be stored. Am on on El Capitan 10.11.1
I assume that as there has been no update to this thread for some time before my reply, no one knows.......

Thank you so much!!! I have been dealing with this issue for quite some time now & your solution finally solved my problem!!

Cheers

This too was annoying the **** out of me for some time after I entered an erroneous email address, which would forever reappear via autofill. I couldn’t find anything untoward in autofill settings, contact information, or keychain. The solutions already proposed make me think the solution possibly lies in the local user dictionary where user-modified words are stored for spellchecking.

Correcting misspelled words added to user dictionary -

• Your Library folder is hidden in OS X EL Capitan.
• Before you can edit the Dictionary, the Library folder has to be made visible.
• Click on the Go menu in the Finder and hold down the option key. The Library folder will appear in the menu.
• Navigate to User/Library/Spelling. There should be a file called LocalDictionary.
• Open that file in TextEdit, remove the misspelled word, and save the changes.

It seemed to work for me, but as with other solutions, this is not guaranteed!

Hope this is helpful!

OSX El Capitan 10.11.2

Macbook Pro Retina 15inch 2013

Thanks for this. I tried your solution and have managed to get rid of the erroneous autofill 🙂. This has been bugging me for ages, as well as causing big problems when the wrong email address is autofilled by safari, so really appreciate it.

Thank you so much for going through the process to figure it out - I've had the same problem and it's been driving me nuts. Your directions aren't hazy - I did the same and although it won't let me "unlearn" the bad spelling, somehow it now likes the correct spelling again.

Thanks so much for your input Velocityblade. Although I had the exact same problem and followed your instructions - it didn't work for me but it did narrow down what the problem was - with Spelling & Grammar. I also called support, showed her your link (which shortened my support call considerably). She watched me on screen share as I tried your system and agreed that it should have worked. Then she paused to consult other support personnel and then had me open "Notes", create a new note, type in my email address correctly in the new note, click and drag to highlight the correct email address, then right click and choose "learn spelling". So yeah, basically the same thing but if it doesn't work in Safari then try Notes as listed above. Again, Thanks Velocityblade for pointing me in the correct direction. :-)

Nope, didn't work. The LocalDictionary has the right address. I tried the other approach (Spelling & Grammar) but that too was no-go. I've got to be REALLY careful in filling out forms. I can't count the number of times I've had to call various organizations (including the Federal govt) to correct the mistake because I didn't notice it in time. Apple really needs to do something about this! (but they won't)

I had this same problem. Went through a bunch of steps with Apple. Here's what finally worked.

Go to any website where you need to sign in with your email. Start to type and when the incorrect spelling autofills, highlight it by using your mouse. Hold the control key down and click on it to ensure it is highlighted. A box to the right will appear. Scroll down and click on Show Spelling and Grammar. Then click on Learn. Nothing will appear to be happening, but close out of that box and this should now correct the problem.

Nothing worked for me except the solution in Notes.

1) Write any word in Notes that is not in the dictionary (i.e. your email address)

2) Right-click it and choose LEARN SPELLING

or

1) Write the wrong spelling (of e-mail, log-in etc.) in Notes

2) Right-click it and choose UNLEARN SPELLING

This has worked perfectly for 100% of the time.

Found a solution, reorder the emails in your own contact. Just tried it, would keep coming up with my work email as it was the first email address in my contacts. Change it so the one you want to autofill is first. Then it will work.

Using your approach with one variation fixed this. Go to a random login>rightclick on the blank username/email.selection box of which an option is spelling and grammar>highlight this with your cursor and another selection opens up to show spelling and grammar>in the top block type in the correct spelling >click change>highlight this name as the correct spelling in the second box below>click the learn button. This fixed the issue for me.