So unless you’re super-consistent about adding folks you email to your contacts list, you probably don’t want to use this except as a last-ditch, autocomplete-is-not-working-at-all troubleshooting tool. If you use that, though, be certain that whatever problem you’re having with recent addresses is really huge, as this will wipe them all out. Now, what if you want to remove all of your recent addresses, which will get rid of everyone who’s not in your contacts or your company directory? Microsoft has a tool for that at this link (near the bottom). Also, avoid adding contacts via the Mac’s Contacts app when possible it.

Finally, just click the circled “x” next to each one you wish to remove and it will take that person out of your list! When Sparks runs into trouble now, he uses the 5 app Contacts Cleaner to eliminate duplicates and fix other issues.

In the “To” field, start typing the first few letters of the address (or the person’s name) you’d like to remove, as shown in the earlier screenshot.

To remove individual email addresses from your list of recent contacts, launch Outlook and create a new email.

Now that we know that, here’s how you can remove those recent items! This will keep them from autofilling, which means that you’ll have fewer old emails to wade through when you’re just trying to find the correct addressee from your actual contacts.

Recent contacts have an “X” character next to each name. but the quality of your new and existing contacts is now easy to control with our 7-tier verification, meaning campaign deliverability as high as 98. The list of names that Outlook uses is a combination of stored contacts, the company directory, and recent contacts. When you compose an email message and add people on the To, Cc, or Bcc line, Outlook suggests names as you type characters.

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