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timvdh
Copper Contributor
Sep 22, 2020

Turn off automatic contact suggestions in contact search

Office365 suggest all kinds of mail addresses as contacts when I am searching for an contact that I actually entered (and which usually contains more info like phone# and address). I only want to see my contacts and not the automatic suggestions in Outlook and OWA. How do I disable email suggestions or make them optional?

 

 

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  • HidMov's avatar
    HidMov
    Iron Contributor
    Sep 22, 2020

    Hi timvdh 

     

    Is this happening when you are searching for contacts in the contacts pane, or when you are typing out an address in the To: cc: bcc: fields?

     

    In the case of typing the email/name in the To/cc/bcc fields, you can turn off the autocomplete function in the option in the desktop version by going to options > Mail > send email > untick autocomplete

     

    I'm unaware how to stop the other suggestions showing up, but will look into it.

    • timvdh's avatar
      timvdh
      Copper Contributor
      Sep 22, 2020

      HidMov Thanks, it is "the other search" (searching for contacts). I can deal with the suggestions in the to: field, but my contacts are polluted with automatically generated contacts with typically no other info than mail address and name.

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