How to delete one mis-spelled email address from auto-complete list

Anonymous
2012-12-18T01:03:01+00:00

I previously mis-spelled an email address when sending a message .... and now, that mis-spelled address is displayed in the auto-complete list each time I begin to type the correct email address.

This is NOT an issue with my contact list ... I do not have a contact defined for this address.

I do have this option enabled:  Give suggestions for anyone I've communicated with (contacts and non-contacts) and I want to keep that option enabled. I realize that I could select this option: Only suggest people in my contact list, and the mis-spelled address would not appear in the auto-complete list .... but I want the auto-complete function to give suggestions from both contacts and non-contacts.

What I am looking for is the ability to delete one entry from the non-contact addresses that are maintained by the auto-complete feature. Can this be done in Outlook.com??

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-04-04T02:25:40+00:00

    I am still waiting for someone to answer this question:

    WILL THE ISSUE I DESCRIBED BE FIXED SOMETIME IN 2013?

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-04-06T07:18:06+00:00

    Hi langware,

    I apologize for the delay of our response.

    Our Escalation group is still investigating on your issue and we will notify you as soon as there's an update.

    Thank you.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-04-06T07:39:04+00:00

    Our Escalation group is still investigating on your issue and we will notify you as soon as there's an update.

    Forum Moderators,

    This issue is getting more and more convoluted.

    In response to your last post, I can only ask this new question:

    WILL YOUR ESCALATION GROUP RESPOND SOMETIME IN 2013 WITH A STATEMENT AS TO WHETHER OR NOT MY ORIGINAL ISSUE WILL BE FIXED IN 2013?

    I'm sure you can see where this is going ....

    You will respond that your management is investigating whether or not your Escalation group will respond in 2013 with a statement as to whether my issue will be resolved in 2013.

    Then, I will respond and ask if your management will respond sometime in 2013 as to whether or not your escalation group will respond in 2013 with a statement as to whether the issue will be fixed in 2013.

    This can go on forever.

    Please end it by answering my original question:  WILL THE ISSUE (which is clearly a bug) THAT I DESCRIBED BE FIXED SOMETIME IN 2013?

    This is a simple question. Microsoft has project plans for every release of Outlook. All I am asking you to do is have someone with the proper authority at Microsoft look through those project plans and state whether or not a fix for the bug I reported is scheduled for implementation sometime in 2013.

    Currently, there is no way to manage/clean-up mistakes in the auto-complete list. This is either a bug or a serious design flaw. I am asking a simple question:  will this bug/design flaw be fixed in 2013?????

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-04-06T18:16:33+00:00

    Other people are reporting this same problem ....

    http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windowslive/forum/mail-signin/when-i-log-into-outlook-the-auto-suggest-function/9e2d0194-1c98-4ffc-a06b-f9e264268120

    http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windowslive/forum/hotmail-email/autofill-auto-suggest/40b33dbf-ea10-4d6e-a964-da2522596d0b

    http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windowslive/forum/mail-people/clearing-search-email-suggestions/c356e74c-267d-403c-bd42-6b6dd429bdc3

    PLEASE NOTE:

    This issue is NOT about managing/cleaning-up auto-suggestions of addresses that are in ones contacts.

    This issue involves the inability to manage/clean-up auto-suggestions that are NOT from ones contacts. For those auto-suggested addresses that are NOT from ones contacts, there is no way to change or delete an address (i.e., an address that is no longer valid, an address with a typo in it, etc).

    Since this bug involves addresses that are NOT from ones contact list, telling customers to enable the option to Only suggest people in my contact list is not a valid solution.

    This is clearly a bug or a design flaw. Others have also reported this problem.

    YOU NEED TO ESCALATE THIS TO MICROSOFT.

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  5. Anonymous
    2013-04-09T16:20:30+00:00

    Hi,

    We're sorry for the inconvenience. This is to inform you that your issue is still under investigation. Our escalation group is still working on this. We will notify you as soon as there's an update.

    Your patience is highly appreciated.

    Thank you

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