Post #4807184 · Elektrine

2026-09-22 16:58 UTC

Ducking autocomplete. Dear Lazyweb, There are folks in macOS/iOS "Contacts" whom I haven't emailed in years. How do I make them stop being the first completion? I would prefer to not have to shitcan their contact info entirely, but I'm sick of almost accidentally emailing the wrong person. *"Remove from previous recipients list"* does not fix it. They show up as completions anyway. https://jwz.org/b/yk_0

Replies (4)

@lluad@mastodon.ie 2026-09-22 17:22

@jwz@mastodon.social it’s a vanilla SQLite database under the covers, or was last time I looked. You can go in with a SQLite client and do SQL violence upon it.

Open ##4807431
@nszombie@mastodon.social 2026-09-22 17:50

@jwz@mastodon.social could be a bug. For me removing the address from the previous recipients (Window -> Previous Recipients in macOS Mail) works fine

Open ##4807623
@vwestlife@mastodon.social 2026-09-23 00:44

@jwz@mastodon.social If it's any consolation, Outlook loves to autocomplete unintended recipients based on *misspellings* of their names even as I am typing the *correct* spelling of the intended recipient. This has caused me to send an e-mail to the wrong person on several occasions.

Open ##4811574
@wklj@mastodon.social 2026-09-23 00:52

@jwz@mastodon.social If they have an email address in Contacts, they’re going to be offered. Do this: Use the notes field — put any email addresses there you want, so you don’t lose it. And then delete the “email” entry from the Contact.

Open ##4811738