Windows 10: Edit contact information in People

I'm having a hard time with the Windows 10 People app. I entered information for a number of friends and relatives, but the app added "other" street addresses and "other" e-mail addresses. Some of them are a mystery and others were changed many years ago. A former address is not another address.

Here's my frustration. I am offered the option to "Edit" the entries, but actually nothing can be altered or deleted.
Is there some solution to this issue?

[In one case a typo entered an incorrect e-mail address. Now even that entry can't be removed.]

:)

 

email contacts

Hello,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

To add an email to your contacts, I suggest you to follow the steps mentioned below:-

1. Open Yahoo Mail, click on the Contacts icon.
2. Now click on a contact.
3. Click Edit Details.
4. Add email address to the contact.
5. Click Save.

If you are using Mail App and want to edit contacts stored in People App, I suggest you to refer to following article under
Edit contacts
for steps to edit the contact and add an email.

Hope it helps.

Sandeep Kumar M

Microsoft Community – Moderator

 

Deleting contacts from Windows 10


When you say Windows Mail Live are you referring to Mail app or Windows Live Mail?

I suggest you to try the steps provided below and check if it helps.

• Open Windows Live Mail.
• Press Ctrl + 3 using your keyboard. Right-click on the contact to delete it if it is a single contact.
• Highlight all contacts by pressing Ctrl + A.
• Click Delete located on the Ribbon bar.
• Click OK when you see the message These contacts will also be deleted from Hotmail, Messenger, and other Windows Live services.

After following the steps above, all your contacts that you have manually added to your account will be deleted however, contacts coming from third-party sites such as Facebook will not be deleted unless you remove Facebook from your account.

For Mail app:

Open People app then delete the contact.

Hope this helps in resolving the issue. If the issue persists, do get back to us. We will be happy to assist you.

 

People - New Contact

Hi,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

I understand that you’re trying to import contacts from your
Live Account and Microsoft account to People app.

If yes, I suggest you to follow the steps to import contacts from the above mentioned accounts.

1. Open People app. Tap on Options menu
   (…) > Go to Settings.
   
2. Tap on Add an Account.
   
3. Next choose the Email account from which you want to import your contacts.
   
4. Enter your Email account credentials and sign in. Your contacts will be imported to People app.
   

Please refer the section Add contacts from the article
People app help for more information.

Regards,

Muralidhar

Microsoft Community Moderator