Clearing iPhone mail contact history

When I have written emails from the mail program and I have started typing a contact name, a series of names automatically come up that I have sent emails to previously. I misspelled an email address one time and the mail was obviously rejected for an incorrect address. Unfortunately, every time I now begin typing the correct name in the "To" field, the incorrect (misspelled) name also comes up as a choice. Is there any way to clear the names out that automatically come up from past history. I do like that it has the history, but I want to get rid of the incorrect address that is there. Thanks.

The only way to remove this info would require restoring your phone as a "new" device in itunes(not from a backup) & the re-syncing your itunes content. You have to decide if it's worth going through that or just living with it.

Similar Messages

  • My iphone mail contact  softwer not working how i can backup

    i need to ask my iphone mail contact softwer is not working i cant save any contact

    your post in unintelligible.  Please post in your native language or find someone with better command of the English language.

  • IPhone Mail, Contacts, Calendars iCloud and Macbook iTunes settings what a mess!

    So I have been having some trouble with my iCloud settings and my iPhone lately and tried some changes and have discovered many more issues that make no sense to me.  I have an iPhone and a Macbook Pro.  Before I set the settings for each device separately so if I made changes to my email passwords I would have to manually update this info on both devices.  Later I noticed on iTunes there was an option to sync the settings, so I selected this option and completed the sync.  I have found that this does not work at all.  When I make a change to either device it does not update on the other.  For some reason the iPhone keeps losing passwords for random accounts for no reason, the info is on the desktop and works fine on mac mail and even when entered on the phone it will ask for it again a week later. 
    So I decided to wipe all mail accounts from the iPhone and start fresh and transfer the settings from the Macbook to the phone.  Well this created a new problem.  I have two Apple ID's. When I go to turn on all of the on/off settings for this account through mail,contacts and calendars settings, the switch will work but they will not show the blue on icon...no problem at least the information is on the phone.  On my second Apple ID I experience the same problem but now the option to sync reminders has disappeared.  I performed another sync and still the iPhone is missing passwords for random email accounts, ones that worked before do not work now and ones that did not work work, constantly changing.
    In an attempt to see if some other settings needed to be changed I opened the iCloud settings on the iPhone and found that nothing existed, which is strange because under Mail, Contacts and Calendars that account is listed.  Now when I input my primary iCloud info into the iCloud settings on the iPhone it asks me to deactivate the settings from the came iCloud account listed under Mail Contacts and Calendars????  They are the same account and should be sharing the same settings!  So now when I go into Mail Contacts and Calendars this Apple id is listed twice and naturally neither of the settings transfer to the Macbook!
    All I wanted to do was to make changes to a password for an email account on one device and have that information updated on the other...sync as they say.  Now I have found out that the iCloud accounts listed under Mail Contacts and Calendars are not associated with one another...it's all a mess to me!
    I am reverting back to manually entering account information for emails and iCloud accounts on both devices because the sync option seems to be faulty to me!
    Oh yes I am using a Macbook Pro with Mountain Lion 10.8.2 and an iPhone 4S 64GB with iOS 6.0.1

    Sorry, How to create Apple ID with @iclound.com.

  • Iphone mail: contact autocomplete slow

    Hi,
    When I write an email, the autocomplete takes ages to find results in the address book. Like around 15 seconds.
    This happens apparently when mail is called by another app, like safari for instance.
    But if I start Mail directly, I don't have the issue.
    There are around 456 contacts in th address book. Starting the Contact app isn't slow at all.
    Anybody has the same issue ?
    Phil

    Yes  I started having the same problem.  I can quit email, restart, and then try to send an email directly from MAIL and I still get the problem.  It always was instant before but no longer.  Makes me think that some kind of index that allowed fast search is broken so it is doing a live search now...

  • IPad and iPhone mail sent items does not synch with exchange 365

    This has been a longish term issue that vue ignored till now but...
    I run exchange 365 hosted service from Microsoft, own domain.
    It synchs all no issues with iPad and iPhone mail, contacts calendars etc all except sent items on mail.
    My last synced sent items mail is 2012.
    It tries to synch ie connecting etc, then fails, locking up mail synch for about an hour then on all folders.
    Just want to be able to see sent items stuff

    This was a user issue. The webmail account I have stored the Mails other folders under personal folders and there I found that my sent mail had been getting sync'd.
    The answer is on the server not the OS Mail

  • Yahoo! Mail no longer loads emails and the ads are missing after having cleared Firefox's cookies, history, and cache.

    Ironically, I made this support account just to ask this question and had to go to IE to verify.
    Anyway, Yahoo! Mail use to work almost flawlessly before a couple days ago. Basically, the page loads like normal when I have a good connection except that the ads on the sides are missing, my profile picture is gone, the "fancy" rounded edges of the buttons are nonexistent, none of the menus work or open anything, and all of the links are useless. I have been searching for solutions for two hours now and none of them are relevant or useful:
    - Clear cookies = when I cleared cookies, cache and history is when the problem first started;
    - Disable Ghostery = I just learned about it today and so never installed it, but I also checked to make sure it wasn't there somehow;
    - Start in Safe Mode = the problem is still there and the only change was that it loaded the page faster;
    - Disable AVG = I can't because I can't find it anywhere...;
    - Disable Security/Change Permissions? = I think this was a suggested solution, but it already allows Yahoo! Mail to load images and set cookies while blocking pop-ups, location sharing, and installing themes/extensions;
    - Update Firefox = No. I like my old version. I keep hearing weird and annoying things about updated versions of Firefox, and I'm not going to risk losing everything else just to get Yahoo! Mail back
    I started using Firefox (3.6.12) because IE was slow, but ever since I tried clearing the cache, cookies and history Firefox has been going slower. Oddly enough, all of my browsing history was not deleted because certain web pages (that I haven't accessed in ages) show up in the address bar when I go to type. Gmail works in Firefox despite saying my browser isn't supported, but Yahoo! never bothers me about my browsers and now its acting strange.
    By the way, I don't know if this has anything to do with it, but right before Yahoo! Mail took the usability train off a cliff, it reloaded (because clearing the cookies logged me out), then told me the internet connection was slow and that I can switch to Basic for better results. I decided to stick with Classic and then it "crashed".
    Anyone help with this would be appreciated. One of the reasons I switched to FF is because Yahoo! Mail was faster on it, and I'd hate to have to go back to IE...
    Thanks in advance!

    As it turns out, many others have been having similar issues on other browsers. It seems that maybe Yahoo! is taking a much longer time to load or something like that. Either way, its been working on and off all week, and the same issue even showed up yesterday with IE 8 instead of FF. It still loads faster than IE 8, but again is spotty. Some people think the issue may be with mail.yimg.com or s.yimg.com, which I could see was the loading url in the left corner whenever Yahoo! Mail was refusing to work. A couple of people said blocking it caused the issue. Alternatively, some people suggested blocking it to solve the problem. Does anyone have any information on that? Again, I have no add-ons that would be blocking any urls, and my firewall hasn't any records of it. I really don't want to do anything to mess up my browsers more than they may have already been. Thanks for all of your help so far!

  • I updated my Iphone 3gs to last version of iOS and now I can't change my configurations of Mail, Contacts, Calendars.

    I updated my Iphone 3gs to last version of iOS and now I can't change my configurations of Mail, Contacts, Calendars.

    Generally that is a sign that the iPhone had previously been jailbroken
    or hacked to work with other than the original wireless provider. The update
    has relocked the iPhone to the original wireless provider. You must
    contact them to see if they provide unlocking and if you qualify.
    If you can get that far, what does it say when you look at
    Settings=>General=>About=>Carrier?

  • After upgrade my Iphone 4 to iso5, I can't add contact and I can't access the settings for mail,contacts and calender. The moment I select the setting for Mails, Contact and Calender it will jump back to home. Can someone advice what's wrong with it?

    After upgrade my Iphone 4 to iso5, I can't add contact and I can't access the settings for mail,contacts and calender. The moment I select the setting for Mails, Contact and Calender it will jump back to home. Can someone advice what's wrong with it?Problr

    Dear All
    i have done the same activity ( buy a new iphone 4 -> upgrade to ios5 - > configure email) with success-
    than when i start to move the contacts from old mobile to iphone (using the microsim) i receive the same crash
    in disgnosis e use i saw 2 dump with this title 'latestCrash-Preferences.plist and LatestCrash.plist. in each file the date is the same and i read:
    Exception Tyle: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
    Exception code: 0x00000000, 0x00000000
    Chrashed Thread: 6
    in thread 6: name: Dispatch queue:
    com.apple.addressBookUI.ContactsSettingPlugin
    and thaan a lot of data.
    Have you any idea?
    thank in advance
    Fabio

  • I want to delete exchange email account from my iPhone 5s but when ever opening the setting-Mail,Contacts,Calenders but no option to delete the account, please help

    I want to delete exchange email account from my iPhone 5s but when ever opening the setting-Mail,Contacts,Calenders but no option to delete the account, please help

    Do you have Settings/General/Restrictions/Accounts set to dont allow changes - i have an exchange email account on my 6+ and there was a button at the bottom to delete the account
    i dont know that much about exchange ( i hate it) but im wondering if this might be some administrator setting on the account

  • How do I clear contact history Droid X 2.3.3

    The old method from version 2.2 no longer works. My contacts list won't scroll right or left. How do I locate contact history droid x version 2.3.3?

    datadude wrote:
    The old method from version 2.2 no longer works. My contacts list won't scroll right or left. How do I locate contact history droid x version 2.3.3?
    Go into your Contact list. Tap once on a specific contact. A menu will pop up with "Contact History" included.  Select this option, then select clear.  This will clear the history.  There is no "clear all" option tho, so you will have to go thru each specific contact.

  • HT4623 After updating to ios 6 on my iphone 4, my mail,contact disappeared,Can anyone help.thanx

    After updating to ios 6 on my iphone 4, my mail,contact disappeared,can anyone help

    My suggestion:
    Reset your device: Settings>>General>>Reset>>Reset All Ajustments.
    It will restore to all company ajustments, but it will not delete anything at all.
    After that, do not Sign In Facebook, I see many people got problems after Sign In Facebook.
    In my device, I do not fill last names, I just fill names in "First Name".
    Another question: Are you sync your contacts with Outlook or iCloud? I have suggested another one to do not sync with Outlook and, in iTunes:
    1.In resume, mark "Backup in iCloud"
    2. open Information and unmark the "Sync Contacts With". roll down the page and, in "Advance" field, unmark everything.
    3.Sync your device again.
    It probably will help you.
    Good Luck

  • I can't access my mail,contact,calendars settings on my iPhone after update . i press the icon in setting and it just goes back to home screen.

    i can't access my mail,contact,calendars settings on my iPhone after update . i press the icon in setting and it just goes back to home screen.

    i have the same problem with my iphone 4.and when synching with itunes it says "can't synch contacts with iphone because iphone is using contacts. close contacts on iphone and synch again."

  • Iphone interface with Windows Live (Mail, Contact and Calendar)

    I use Windows Live Free Download Client for my mail, calendar and contacts. (Just did not want to pay Microsoft for Outlook).
    My iPhone does not interface with any of the above. I am not able to view my calendar or contacts on iphone. For contacts I have to go in a round about way of copying to Windows Contacts and then copying to iPhone.
    Any easy solutions available or in sight ?

    Hi, you just need to add your Windows Live Calendar as a new account.  Go to Settings/Mail, Contacts, Calendars/Add Account/Microsoft Hotmail... and then add your Windows Live account and select the option to sync your calendar.  Your Windows Live caldendar will then be viewable on your iPhone calendar (click Calendars in upper left corner to verify).  You can now edit your Windows Live calendar on your iPhone and it will update on your Windows Live desktop client, and vice versa.  Hope this helps!

  • Clearing Previous Destinations and History on iPhone

    How do I clear previous destinations and history on iPhone 5, System 8. There's no bookmark icon on the upper right.

    Hi there Nancy Blazis,
    It looks like "Clear History and Website Data" has moved in iOS 8. Take a look at the article below for more information. 
    Safari web settings on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
    Clear information from your device
    To clear your history and cookies from Safari in iOS 8, tap Settings > Safari > Clear History and Website Data. In iOS 7 or earlier, tap Clear History and tap Clear Cookies and Data.
    To clear other stored information from Safari, tap Settings > Safari > Advanced > Website Data > Remove All Website Data.
    -Griff W.

  • HT201269 How do I sync my mail contacts from my iPhone to my iPad?

    My mail contacts are currently synched from my laptop Outlook to my iPhone.  I've added Att/Yahoo mail, and am going to get rid of the laptop and Outlook.  I bought a new iPad Air and have Yahoo mail on it, but my contacts didn't sync over when the Apple technician synched the two devices.  I do get my Yahoo mail emails on both devices, but my iPad doesn't have the contacts.  How can I sync the contacts as well as the emails?

    If you go into settings, mail, contacts and calendars. Then tap on the name of your yahoo mail account, you'll see the option to sync contacts, calendars, reminders and notes associated with that e-mail account.
    Another thing to do would be to go into the settings, iCloud and enable iCloud syncing of contacts across the devices. (meaning you'd have to enable it on both  your phone and ipad.

Maybe you are looking for