how do i completely delete a contact on messages on my mac

Hi,

This info should be in a .plist database or Cache.

I have inspected the likely iChat and IDS ones in ~/Library/Preferences

The com.apple.iChat.plist does contain the Recent Chats but not the SMS ones (I was checking on these as if I stick in +44 in a New Messages I get my Carrier's SMS numbers with a No Name title).

I have checked the IDS items on the off chance.

I have checked the SOAgent item in ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.soagent/Data/Library/Preferences.

I have checked the Cache files for Messages with no luck.

9:56 pm Wednesday; November 25, 2015

bradley1971 wrote:

I have erased a name and number from all my contacts yet when i type the first letter f the name it pops up on messages.

Does this also happen in Mail also? I'm thinking it may be coming from the Previous Recipients, which you can access in Mail. Mail > Window, and delete it.

HI Macjack,

My "To" list of numbers includes ones from my Carrier from SMS items they have sent me that appear in Messages having been synced to the Mac.

There are several numbers as they send different types of messages, Alert, Notifications, offers and so forth from different ones.

These are not listed in Mail.

Messages used to have a Recent Chats list in the File Menu but it has disappeared.

There was a separate .plist for this (com.apple.iChat.LSSharedFileList.plist) but this no longer works if it has not been removed and is not there if you have had a later OS in the first place.

The List of Recent Chats is now in com.apple.ichat.plist but does not list the items I was looking for.

There does not seem to be the equivalent of the Mail Previous Recipients list.

8:00 pm Thursday; November 26, 2015