Yesterday we showed you how to remove old contacts in Gmail. A reader commented:
“Great tip for getting rid of contacts in Gmail. Does it work the same way for Yahoo mail? Contacts that keeps popping up as a suggestion when I type the letter “c” in the “To” field, cc and Bcc fields.”
As Yahoo and Gmail are completely different apps, it won’t work exactly the same way. Though the Gmail article might give you an idea how to find those settings in your Yahoo account. The previous Gmail article and this one will deal with how to remove contacts when using the programs’ web interfaces. If you’re using an email client like Thunderbird or Outlook, the process is different.
It’s actually a bit easier in Yahoo. Open your Yahoo inbox and compose an email message.
Type in the first letter of a contact. You’ll see contact suggestions in a drop-down menu.
Hover your mouse over the suggested contact you want to delete. You’ll see an X to the far right. In this case, I’ll be deleting the email address of one of Ohio’s senators.
You’ll see a notice that the suggestion has been permanently removed and an option to undo it if you removed the contact by mistake.
Now, when I type the letter “u,” there’s no longer a suggestion for the Senate. Don’t get too happy, Senator, you’ll still get emails from me!
I have a gmail contact question. my friend changed her email address. so when I start to type her name, gmail suggests both her new and old email addresses. I just send it to both emails because I don’t know for sure which is the newer address. I have edited her contact information to have only the new email address. that hasn’t solved the gmail suggestions. thanks
This article explains how to take care of the issue: https://cynmackley.com/2018/01/16/getting-rid-of-an-old-gmail-contact/
I removed my friend’s OLD contact info/email address from my gmail contacts list. I do have her listed as a contact with just her new email address. But when I compose an email to her via gmail, when I start to type her first name, her old email address still turns up as the suggested choice. Then I start to wonder if I’m sending to her old email, or new email (I don’t often email her). So I send it to both the new and old email addresses,since they both pop up as suggestions, because i don’t feel like taking the time to check my google contact list to see what her new email address is.
Try the steps suggested in the article I link to. Make sure to search for the address as directed: https://cynmackley.com/2018/01/16/getting-rid-of-an-old-gmail-contact/
I’m saying DUH to myself….Thank you so very much for your patient instructions to me. Problem solved 🙂
The Yahoo approach does not work for me. I key in a letter in Contacts, 4 or 5 names appear, I hover over the one to be removed, but there is no “x” on the right hand side.
Which browser are you using?
Chrome