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LaurenL - 29 Jun 2005 18:46 GMT

I want to eliminate certain names from popping up in the "to" line of email
when beginning a persons name or email address. Often times it is the
incorrect name, such as McQuillan, and McMahon, and one or the other will pop
up, whichever you used previously. Can you erase the memory of previously
sent addresses so that they do not appear automatically?

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Brian Tillman - 29 Jun 2005 20:56 GMT

> I want to eliminate certain names from popping up in the "to" line of
> email when beginning a persons name or email address. Often times it
> is the incorrect name, such as McQuillan, and McMahon, and one or the
> other will pop up, whichever you used previously. Can you erase the
> memory of previously sent addresses so that they do not appear
> automatically?

Answered thousands of times already. Use the arrow keys to select the
address you don't want and press Delete.

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LaurenL - 29 Jun 2005 21:09 GMT

Why do you bother answering the question if you are annoyed by it? I'm not a
computer nerd.

> > I want to eliminate certain names from popping up in the "to" line of
> > email when beginning a persons name or email address. Often times it
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> Answered thousands of times already. Use the arrow keys to select the
> address you don't want and press Delete.

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Brian Tillman - 30 Jun 2005 02:18 GMT

> Why do you bother answering the question if you are annoyed by it?
> I'm not a computer nerd.

Where so you get the idea I was annoyed? And where do you get the idea you
have to be a computer nerd to use a simple tool like Google Groups?

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LaurenL - 29 Jun 2005 21:15 GMT

Also, I will add that what you said is not working on my computer. I have
outlook 2002 xp, and you are perhaps refering to the most current version. I
have been told by microsoft representatives that it is not possible to delete
email addresses in memory.

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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 29 Jun 2005 21:54 GMT

The procedure Brian suggested is the correct one. Let's slow down and take it step by step:

1) Say, you type in McA and three names pop up, and you want to erase one of them from your autocomplete cache.

2) Use the up and down arrow keys on the keyboard to highlight that name.

3) Press the Delete key.

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> Also, I will add that what you said is not working on my computer. I have
> outlook 2002 xp, and you are perhaps refering to the most current version. I
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>> Answered thousands of times already. Use the arrow keys to select the
>> address you don't want and press Delete.

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Brian Tillman - 30 Jun 2005 02:21 GMT

> Also, I will add that what you said is not working on my computer. I
> have outlook 2002 xp, and you are perhaps refering to the most
> current version. I have been told by microsoft representatives that
> it is not possible to delete email addresses in memory.

Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] <suemvp@outlookcode.com> wrote:

> 1) Say, you type in McA and three names pop up, and you want to erase
> one of them from your autocomplete cache.
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>
> 3) Press the Delete key.

And if you have only one entry that you want to delete, follow the procedure
here:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=289975

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