Over time I created a few contact lists in Outlook.
These have subsequently been deleted when new lists were created.
Now, when using Email & searching for recipients the names of the previously
deleted contact lists are displayed.
How can I delete them from the drop down list?
That would depend on your Outlook version, which you did not post.
For the current version, remove the orphans here:
Tools > E-mail accounts > View or change existing directories or address
books > Outlook Address Book > Change. >

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Russ Valentine
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> Over time I created a few contact lists in Outlook.
> These have subsequently been deleted when new lists were created.
> Now, when using Email & searching for recipients the names of the
> previously
> deleted contact lists are displayed.
> How can I delete them from the drop down list?
Confused of Swindon - 21 Apr 2005 13:44 GMT
Outlook 2003 was the version - This solution worked fine, Thank you
> That would depend on your Outlook version, which you did not post.
> For the current version, remove the orphans here:
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> > deleted contact lists are displayed.
> > How can I delete them from the drop down list?
Ray Elias - 09 Jul 2005 16:55 GMT
Same thing happened to me. Your solution worked well.
THANK YOU!!!
> That would depend on your Outlook version, which you did not post.
> For the current version, remove the orphans here:
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> > deleted contact lists are displayed.
> > How can I delete them from the drop down list?