frustration with auto fill

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frustration with auto fill

whenever i type in my e-mail address in safari, it auto fills my e-mail address as well as tacking a portion of it on the end. i have turned off all autofill functions and it still does this. example:

i attempt to type firstname.lastname@gmail.com, but as soon as i hit the @ symbol, it tacks on "lastname@gmail.com" to the end of the full e-mail address, resulting in firstname.lastname@gmail.com@lastname.gmail.com. i checked my address book and my e-mail address is correct in there.

any ideas where this issue is originating and how i can stop it?

MacBook Pro (15-inch 2.4/2.2 GHz), OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)

Posted on Aug 3, 2015 6:44 PM

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Answer 1

Aug 3, 2015 9:40 PM in response to fuzzdelay

Might be a cache issue.

Open a Finder window. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder

Type or copy paste the following

~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/Cache.db

Click Go then move the Cache.db file to the Trash.

Quit and relaunch Safari to test.

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Answer 2

fuzzdelay Author

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Aug 9, 2015 4:11 PM in response to Carolyn Samit

thanks for your reply. i tried what you suggested. unfortunately, this did not solve my issue.

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Answer 3

Drew Reece

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Aug 9, 2015 4:25 PM in response to fuzzdelay

Have you tried deleting the autofill data for the site in question?

Safari > Preferences, Autofill tab. Try to find the site name remove entries within the 'Usernames & passwords' or in the 'Other forms' section.

Other options are to use Safari's reset feature to remove the caches & history. It seems unlikely that those will contain the autodial data (it isn't mentioned in the checkboxes), but it may be a last resort if you don't care about keeping the history.

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