Windows 10: Can I remove the email address I had to use during Windows 11 Setup?

Windows 11 Pro asked for my email address at setup which I really did not want to give. Now I found out I should have typed *** Email address is removed for privacy ***. If I try to remove my "legit" account will I be able to proceed with no accounts linked to my computer? I am the only user and I would not have bought a new computer if I'd known I'd have to provide this personal information.

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old email addresses

Thank you for updating me HA.111

Here is the step to remove that old email address.

Start typing an email address into the “To” field. As soon as you see the old email address being recommended as one of the potential candidates, use the down arrow key to scroll through the list of suggestions. Once you highlight the old email address, type the delete key. In many cases, this will actually remove the entry not only from the current list of suggestions but from future suggestions as well. You may even find that as you mouse over the drop-down list the highlighted item will have an “x” to explicitly allow you to delete it.

Just do this step and your good to go.

Continue to have an escellent day HA.111

Best regards,

Anthony C. De Jesus

Independent Advisor

 

How to delete suggested email addresses in Windows 10 APP 2023

There are tons of suggested email addresses that show up in a drop down menu when I am starting to type an email address into the "To:" field, when composing a new email, in Windows 10 app. They are not listed on my contacts. How can I delete these so that only the ones I use often show up? Redirecting.
This thread is obsolete, and the steps DO NOT apply.

When following step 1) you begin typing the email address to have the suggested emails pop up - and you cannot right click, select, open contact properties at all.

When following step 2) This step is entirely ignorant of the fact that these "suggested" emails that pop up - are NOT in the contacts list.

Can someone please explain how to remove this woefully annoying "Suggested" contact, with a current method, please?

 

How can a bad email address be removed from Windows Mail auto drop-down list in Windows 11?

Hi, I’m Nicole, I’ll be happy to help you out today.

In Windows 11, the auto drop-down list of email addresses in Windows Mail is generated from the history of previously used email addresses. To remove a bad email address from the list, you can try the following steps:

Open Windows Mail and click on the "New Mail" button.

Start typing the email address you want to remove in the "To" field. When the bad email address appears in the auto drop-down list, use the arrow keys to highlight it.

Press the "Delete" key on your keyboard to remove the bad email address from the list.

If the above method does not work or you want to delete all the cached email addresses, you can try deleting the Windows Mail autocomplete cache file. Here's how to do it:

Close Windows Mail.

Press the Windows key + R to open the Run dialog box.

Type the following command and press Enter:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState

Find the folder named "People" and open it.

Look for the file named "AddressBookMeContactStore.edb" and delete it.

Restart Windows Mail.

Note that deleting the autocomplete cache file will remove all the cached email addresses, including the ones you may want to keep. After deleting the file, you'll have to rebuild the list by manually typing email addresses again.

Regards.