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The Auto-Complete List is a feature which displays suggestions for names and email addresses as you start to type them. These suggestions are possible matches from a list of names and email addresses from the email messages that you have sent.

Auto-Complete list

If names and email addresses that you enter aren’t saved to the Auto-Complete list, do the following:

1. In the Outlook main window, generate a new email by clicking on the Create a new item icon.

 

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2. In your new email To field, start typing the email address or the name of the contact you would like to clear from the autocomplete cache. It appears listed in a tool-tip.

Press the down arrow key to select the right contact if there are more than one proposed.
Click the delete (X) icon to permanently remove the autocomplete entry you selected.

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Advanced method (Clear out the whole AutoComplete cache)

1. In the Outlook main window, click the File menu. From the File menu, click the Options button.

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2. In the Options, click the Mail tab and browse to the Send Messages section. Click the Empty Auto-Complete List button.

 

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3. A confirmation box will appear, click Yes. The AutoComplete cache will be completely erased.

 

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