
{"id":2311,"date":"2018-10-16T10:32:19","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T10:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kerneldatarecovery.com\/blog\/?p=2311"},"modified":"2018-10-16T10:45:31","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T10:45:31","slug":"retrieve-lost-autocomplete-addresses-in-outlook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kerneldatarecovery.com\/blog\/retrieve-lost-autocomplete-addresses-in-outlook\/","title":{"rendered":"Retrieve Lost AutoComplete Addresses in Outlook 2010\/2013\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Whenever I restart Outlook, the AutoComplete cache is completely empty again.&#8221; \u2013 <strong>John Mavic<\/strong> reported a complaint on Microsoft forums. <\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever faced &#8220;<strong>AutoComplete doesn\u2019t save email addresses<\/strong>&#8221; error in Outlook, then you might know how annoying it is to get rid of it. One of the main reasons behind this error could be a corrupted address in the Auto-Complete store.<\/p>\n<h4>How to Resolve this Error?<\/h4>\n<p>This error can only be resolved by clearing the Outlook Auto-complete store. Now, there are different ways to clear the Auto-complete store of Outlook. Below we have mentioned each method in detail.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 1:<\/strong> The first method includes clearing the Auto-complete store through the Outlook app.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open Outlook and go to the \u201c<strong>File<\/strong>\u201d tab and select \u201c<strong>Options<\/strong>.\u201d<\/li>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kerneldatarecovery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Auto-Complete-Store-1.png\" alt=\"Auto-complete store through the Outlook app\" width=\"283\" height=\"465\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kerneldatarecovery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Auto-Complete-Store-1.png 283w, https:\/\/www.kerneldatarecovery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Auto-Complete-Store-1-183x300.png 183w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><\/p>\n<li>Now, select the \u201c<strong>Mail<\/strong>\u201d tab, go to \u201c<strong>Send Messages<\/strong>\u201d area and click \u201c<strong>Empty Auto-Complete list<\/strong>.\u201d<\/li>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kerneldatarecovery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Auto-Complete-Store-2.png\" alt=\"Empty Auto-Complete list in Outlook Option\" width=\"840\" height=\"206\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kerneldatarecovery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Auto-Complete-Store-2.png 840w, https:\/\/www.kerneldatarecovery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Auto-Complete-Store-2-300x74.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kerneldatarecovery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Auto-Complete-Store-2-768x188.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<li>A notification window will appear on the screen to confirm your action. Click \u201c<strong>Yes<\/strong>\u201d to complete the action.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is the easiest way to clear the Auto-complete store.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 2:<\/strong> This method includes the use of cmd command to start Outlook, and then clear the Auto-complete store.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Press \u201c<strong>Window + R<\/strong>\u201d to start the \u201c<strong>Run<\/strong>\u201d command.<\/li>\n<li>Now, type \u201c<strong>Outlook.exe \/CleanAutoCompleteCache<\/strong>\u201d in the field and hit \u201c<strong>Ok<\/strong>.\u201d<\/li>\n<p>With the help of this method, you don\u2019t have to go through the hassle of clearing auto-complete store manually.<\/p>\n<p>(<strong>Note:<\/strong> To use this method, make sure that you\u2019re logged in with Outlook)\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Method 3:<\/strong> If none of the above methods work for you, then try to clear server-side cache by loading Outlook in Online mode. To do this, follow the below steps:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to the <strong>Tools<\/strong> menu and click <strong>Account settings<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Now, on the E-mail tab, click the Exchange Server account, and then click \u201c<strong>Change<\/strong>.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Under Microsoft Exchange Server, check the \u201c<strong>Use cached exchange mode<\/strong>\u201d checkbox.<\/li>\n<li>After this, restart Outlook and clear the cache by following the methods mentioned above.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you\u2019re unable to turn on \u201c<strong>Cache Exchange mode<\/strong>,\u201d it means your Outlook is not logged in with an Exchange account. And the third method only works if your Outlook has an Exchange account.<\/p>\n<h4>Conclusion <\/h4>\n<p>The Outlook \u201cAutoComplete lost addresses\u201d is one of the most common errors of Outlook, but it is more complicated and hectic to solve as compared to other Outlook errors. 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