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Today I made an email mistake that I think is a very common issue. I went to forward on an email to somebody and thought all was great, but when I looked in my sent bin, I see the email was forwarded to a completely different person. This occurred because the names of these two were really close. So, to prevent me from doing this stupid mistake again I removed all the auto complete names. See below for several ways on how to make sure this doesn’t happen to you!!

Delete an Address from the Outlook Auto-Complete List

To remove a name or email address from Outlook’s auto-complete list:

• Create a new email message in Outlook.
• Start typing the name or address you want to remove.
• Use the down arrow key to highlight the desired (undesired) entry.
• Press Del.

Prevent Outlook Address Auto-Completion Altogether

You can also stop Outlook from suggesting email addresses as you type:

• Select Tools | Options… from the menu.
• Go to the Preferences tab.
• Click E-mail Options….
• Now click Advanced E-mail Options….
• Make sure Suggest names while completing To, Cc, and Bcc fields is not checked.
• Click OK.
• Click OK again.
• Click OK once more.

Reset the Outlook nickname cache for Microsoft Windows XP.

1. Quit Outlook.
2. Click Start, and then click Search.
3. In the Search Companion left-side panel, click All files or folders.
4. In the All or part of the file name: box, type *.NK2.
5. In the Look In box, click to select your local hard disk.
6. Click More advanced options, click to select Search hidden files and folders check box.
7. Click Search.
8. Right-click the .NK2 file with the name of the profile that you want to reset, and then click Rename.
9. Rename the file to profilename.bak, and then press ENTER.
10. Quit Windows Explorer.
11. Restart Outlook.

Outlook will generate a new nickname cache.

Reset the Outlook nickname cache for both Microsoft Windows 2000 and Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me).

1. Quit Outlook.
2. Start Windows Explorer.
3. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options, and then click the View tab.
4. Under Advanced Settings, click to select the Show hidden files and folders check box.
5. Click OK.
6. Click Start, point to Search, and then click For Files or Folders.
7. In the Search for Files and Folders box, type *.NK2 in the Search for files or folders named box.
8. In the Look In box, click to select your local hard disk.
9. Click Search Now.
10. Right-click the .NK2 file with the name of the profile that you want to reset, and then click Rename.
11. Rename the file to profilename.bak, and then press ENTER.
12. Quit Windows Explorer.
13. Restart Outlook.

Outlook will generate a new nickname cache.