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Tom_Perham
Copper Contributor
Oct 27, 2022

Auto fill won't fill my email

I use autofill a lot in outlook but for some reason it will not suggest my own email. I am in the contacts and I have even flagged my contact as a favorite but when I am adding to the TO or CC lines ...
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Teresa_Cyrus
MVP
Nov 01, 2022

Hi Tom_Perham 

 

I am an independent advisor answering Outlook questions.

 

The auto-complete list provides suggestions and auto-fills names in the To, From, CC, and Bcc lines. The Auto-complete list has a limit of 1,000 names. Do you think you may have reached the limit?

 

Microsoft's preferred method: Try removing single entries from the suggestion list. 

  • Open an email message.
  • Begin typing a person's name or email address who you don't communicate with often
  • Hover over the name and click on the X to remove the name from the AutoComplete/Suggestion list. Note: You are not deleting the name of your contacts. 

Important: Do not change the auto-complete limit.  MS has made it very clear this option is untested and can cause corruption.  Just in case, someone tells you differently. 

 

Let me know if this works for you.  

 

If you find this information helpful, please mark it as the best response or like it, which will assist others with the same question.

 

/Teresa

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Tom_Perham
Copper Contributor
Nov 01, 2022
Thanks Teresa but my problem is not in removing a contact from the autocomplete list but in adding my own email to it. It used to be if I started typing a name with a "t" that my email "tomper..." would be in the list. Now even though I am in the contacts list and a fav it never comes up at all.
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    Teresa_Cyrus
    MVP
    Nov 02, 2022

    Hi Tom_Perham,

     

    Your email address is also saved in the auto-complete list.  Do you think you may have 1,000 contacts or items in the auto-complete list?

     

    Before yesterday's post, I tested the auto-complete with my email address, and it worked adequately as you described. However, I don't have 1,000 items saved in the auto-fill list. 

     

    Give it a try and report back.

     

    Thanks.

     

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