Windows 10: Cannot delete contacts from Windows 10 Mail App

Before someone suggests this as an answer, let me just say that I am aware that the Windows 10 Mail app supposedly gets its contacts from the Windows 10 People app. The People app on my computer has the precise contacts in it that it is supposed to. The problem with the Mail app is this: When I type the first letter of a contact's name, and the menu with a selection of contacts to choose from drops down, it includes contacts that I was able to delete from the People app. There does not appear to be any way to get rid of them. Any suggestions?

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Windows 10 Mail App Suggested Contacts

I finally figured out how to get rid of unwanted suggested contacts for my outlook.com account in the Windows 10 Mail App:

• Sign into the outlook.com account on the web and then delete any unwanted suggested contacts by clicking the X next to the suggested contact.
• Sign out of outlook.com and then open the Windows 10 Mail App.
• Delete the outlook.com account from the Windows 10 Mail App.
• Add the outlook.com account back in.
• The deleted suggested contacts are now gone!

 

How to delete a contact from People app?

I have deleted a contact from the people app but it still appears in the mail app. Is there a way to delete them permanently.?

Original title: Windows 10 mail app

 

I'm having the exact same problem. Contacts are deleted from People, but still show up in the Mail app.

Any updates on this?

 

I am not offering a solution.
I am asking you 2 to check this out, if you don't mind.
Assuming you are using Outlook.com ( aka Hotmail.com ). If you are not, please ignore this and I apologize.
Go online and sign in to your outlook.com.
Find out if you have the same problem.

 

Don't use it. But just in case, I signed in with the same account I used when I set up the PC. There are no contacts at all on the website, so that's unrelated.

 

There are no contacts because you never had it (outlook.com) until now.
A new account will not have contacts until you add them or sync with the other email program you are using.

Thank you for trying.

 

Anyone else have any ideas?

 

From Settings within Mail

Have you tried turning off the Contact syncing, see if its then gone, if so turn syncing back on again

Not an ideal solution, but might clear the old entries

 

I don't see that option at all in the Mail app settings, but I tried it in the Windows privacy settings. No dice.

 

Under option 5 of this, if your mail provider stores them online
Mail app - Change Mailbox Sync Settings in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums

you should see this

 

Okay. I just tried that. Disabled syncing in the account settings AND Windows privacy settings.

When I opened the Mail app, it gave me an error message saying that it can't access my contacts.

However, in the To entry field, all contacts continue to show up.

Somehow it's listing contacts even though it says it can't access any contacts.
Does the Mail app have a buffer or something that it stores all these in? Anyone know?

 

It's looking like its is storing them somewhere outside the people app (recently used type of thing)

I just added a contact, checked in mail and it was there, then deleted the contact from people
It still shows if i send a mail, but is not in people or stored online anymore

so i can confirm your issue, not sure how to fix

 

Looks like its not possible (unless someone else has thoughts)

Been looking around and it seems that once you have looked at a contact in Mail, then it remains in the autocomplete list and cannot be removed

 

That is why I made the suggestion on Post #3.
My point was to find out if the same problem existed when one signed in online.
I was trying to point out the deficiency of the Mail app which is just a glorified "middle-man" and a 3rd rate middle-man at that.

If one wants to utilize the full features of a web-based email program, use it online. Forget about Mail app.