"Remove from Recents" missing from iOS 9 mail

It can be done if you have a Mac and use Mail. Type and select the address you want to delete in the To box. Then right-click and select remove from recents.

If you have a PC, login to iCloud and you can do it from there and it's actually easier.

It seems to sync across all devices so the recent delete from iPhone and iPad Mail, but hopefully it'll soon be bought back to iOS 9.

You may need to close and reopen Mail on your iPhone / iPad for it to take effect and may take a minute or so.

My problem is the same as the OP's but I do not have a Mac and I have never used iCloud for Contacts. This used to be a simple step in iOS 8. Is there another way or can the next update contain 'Remove from Recents' again?

Now every incorrect email and all the emails I send out to craigslist will be in my address book.

Thanks so much as this worked perfectly. I spent almost an hour on a chat with an Apple Rep and they couldn't even give me an answer. Yours worked perfectly!

I just spent 2.5 hours on support chat, then phone support, and they couldn't resolve this.

I use a PC, and I don't use iCloud contacts.

I tried this using my mac air and it worked in one instance, and not in several others.

Cannot delete addresses from recents, so every time I respond to anything, eBay or whatever, it STAYS THERE, and whenever I am typing an email, those UNWANTED addresses keep popping up.

Yes, this is very frustrating -- a big step BACKWARDS. Apple added a new setting called Contacts Found in Mail. I wrongly assumed that this setting would help but it doesn't seem to have any effect.

Do you know how to raise this to Apple so they fix it?

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Hey

Its really annoying that "Remove from Recent" feature has been removed in ios9.

My phone is flooded with incorrect email addresses and i just cannot find a way to get rid off it.

How could apple make such big mistakes without a solution and how could apple remove such a basic feature..its unbelievable.

I thought ios9 is going to be better than ios8 but honestly after updating my phone to ios9 , i dont even feel like using my phone.

Its a request..please bring the feature back because its quite irritating when incorrect email addresses keep popping up and a lot of time is wasted in correcting it.

I hope APPLE will come up with a solution asap.

And i will be really glad if anybody could help me in finding a way to remove the incorrect email addresses from the mail.

Spartanet's solution above worked for me:

It can be done if you have a Mac and use Mail. Type and select the address you want to delete in the To box. Then right-click and select remove from recents.

If you have a PC, login to iCloud and you can do it from there and it's actually easier.

It seems to sync across all devices so the recent delete from iPhone and iPad Mail, but hopefully it'll soon be bought back to iOS 9.

You may need to close and reopen Mail on your iPhone / iPad for it to take effect and may take a minute or so.