How can I remove old, unwanted email addresses that are cached on my iPhone 4? My sister changed her email address, so I deleted her old one in Address Book and replaced it with the new one. It now shows both emails associated with her name when I compose a message to her. Is there a way to remove the old address?
Frequently used addresses will float to the top of the list.
Unfortunately, the answer is “not really.” Cached email addresses can be a nuisance when composing new emails, and this feature cannot be reset, not even in iOS 5. Luckily, the most-used email address is listed first, so as you send more messages to the new address, it will move to the top. You could do a factory reset on your phone and start from scratch, but that’s a lot of work just to get rid of some old email addresses.
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siouxfan
January 21, 2012 at 8:37pm
If you can't remove an address from your iphone just use icloud. Go to icloud.com and click on cloud in upper left hand corner. Click contacts select address to be changed click edit, make changes click done. Then these changes will show on your iphone.
kitmos
January 20, 2012 at 3:30pm
I wish Apple Mail on the desktop would learn by repetition. I keep entering a name (Jan) and it keeps choosing Jane. Actually I wish ail had a separate address book or would draw from a subset of Address Book just for common email addresses. Or is there a way I'm missing?
