How to delete a number from imessage

I have deleted a number from my contacts and its still showing up on my imessage.How can i delete this number?

Hi,
You can disable a "Receive At" item which will in turn remove it from the "Start new conversation from" drop down in the Messages app across Mountain Lion and Mavericks.
You can remove it from the iPhone or other iOS device.
However this will not remove it on either Messages 7.x.x (Mountain Lion) or Messages 8 (Mavericks)
In Mavericks you have to delete the .plist involved to remove the Aliases you don't want (and tend to have to re-enter the Apple ID as well)
With a Finder window Open, use the Go Menu whilst holding down the ALT key.
Select the Library that now appears in the menu list.
Navigate to Preferences.
Find com.apple.ids.service.com.apple.madrid.plist and drag it to the Trash
Restart the Messages app
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