Delete previous recipients

I have spent quite a while searching for this but I still can't find a satisfactory solution.  I want to be able to delete from the iPhone mail app the previous recipients of email so that I only ever get suggestions from my contacts.  It would seem a fairly basic feature that the mail app should only suggest people from my contacts rather than from anyone who has ever been emailed from my phone!
Cheers
Ed

edclarke12345 wrote:
That is not really an answer though, is it, to be fair.
It is the answer.
There is no other way to do this.
It is not the answer that you want or wish it to be, but it remains the answer.
You can leave feedback for Apple at:  http://www.apple.com/feedback

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