Posted by NC_Notary on 5/14/09 6:41pm
Msg #288530

OT-MS Outlook...deleting stored email addresses

Does anyone know how delete the email addresses that Outlook automatically stores when you send an email? I have some email addresses that are no longer valid and when you start typing in the "to" box, it suggests previously used emails. I want to delete some and I forgot how to access where this information is stored. For some reason I thought you need to access through MS Word but I can't remember.

TIA

Reply by Vince/KS on 5/14/09 6:53pm
Msg #288531

You should be able to simply highlight the no longer needed entry in your "address book," press your delete key and then re-affirm the delete.

Reply by NC_Notary on 5/14/09 6:57pm
Msg #288532

The only address book that I find is one where I manually

had to enter someone's contact information. I cannot seem to locate an address book that has a list of email address.

Reply by Linda Juenger on 5/14/09 7:18pm
Msg #288535

Re: The only address book that I find is one where I manually

Open your email account. At the top there should be an "Address" box. Click that to open it. A list of all your email address should come up. Highlight one that you want to delete and right click on it. Then choose delete. Confirm delete. Hope this helps.

Reply by NC_Notary on 5/14/09 7:48pm
Msg #288538

Is this through "tools" and than "address book"?

If I go through those steps it is not listing email address but only contacts that I put in manually.

???

Reply by Joan_OH on 5/14/09 8:55pm
Msg #288544

I know exactly what you're talking about and...

I would love to know too.

To explain to others a bit in more detail. When I go to enter in and email address, a list automatically pops up of everything that I've typed in the send box before as they match the letters I type. If I mis-enter an address or do a typo, it saves those too. I would like to get rid of those incorrect ones or ones that I no longer use, but they are not in my address book or "contacts". Not sure where they are coming from so that they can be deleted, it's just that Outlook "remembers" all the others I've input before.

Joan-OH

Reply by Vince/KS on 5/14/09 9:43pm
Msg #288547

In outlook 2007 - you can push "Control+Shift+B" to bring up

your address book. Are you using a different version than 2007?

Reply by JanetK_CA on 5/15/09 1:19am
Msg #288556

Re: Is this through "tools" and than "address book"?

When you first start to type in a new email address and all the potential options come up, you can use your down arrows to highlight the item you want to delete without choosing it. Once it's highlighted, I believe you can just hit the delete key to remove it. Whether or not that removes it completely, I have no clue. This is just from personal experience. I don't know either where those are stored. I would guess in some sort of history file. (I have an older version of Outlook, so the only address book I have is also the one I manually created. hope this helps...

Reply by Joan_OH on 5/15/09 6:02am
Msg #288559

THANK YOU!!!

This works. Once I mistype an address, it's there forever and over time I have mistyped my business partners address too many times. Great to be able to delete it.

Joan-OH

Reply by NC_Notary on 5/15/09 6:05am
Msg #288560

Who knew it could be that easy...LOL Thank you also! n/m