Mystery Contacts when sending Text

When I start typing a number in to send a text message to - a whole lost of contacts that were at some point on my phone show up - how do I get rid of these contacts?

If you mean in the Messages app then there is no apparant way. iOS introduced this ability with the Mail app though... if a recent name pops up that's not in your contacts a blue arrow will be on the right which you can tap for more options cinluding the ability to remove it from the list.

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