Remove email address from suggestions in To field on Gmail

Question

Gmail keeps populating the To field with an out of date e-mail address that I no longer contact.

The email address isn't in my address book but I did use it a lot previously (the contact has since changed company and email address).

How do I tell Gmail to never show it to me again?

Answer 1

Delete his email address from Other Contacts under Gmail Contacts.

Answer 2

Go to Contacts then search for the email address, select it, and delete it. It is probably under "All Contacts" and pops up because you used it frequently in the past.

Answer 3

Remember that anyone you reply to in GMail gets a contact record created for them!

To remove an unwanted autocomplete email address in GMail, remove the unwanted contact record.

• Select "contacts" from the drop-down menu at the top left.

  

• search for the unwanted contact in your address book by typing their name (or email, type it as you usually do in the to: field) in the search box

  

• open the contact, then use the "more" menu at the top middle to select delete.

  

Once the contact is deleted, the autocomplete in the to: field for that contact name/email will no longer occur.

(sorry Blake Edwards, you were merely the example! No offense intended!)