Help Extra contacts in messages that aren't in people

[Akirax187]

Hello, sorry if this has been addressed already, but I've been looking everywhere and I haven't found an answer still and it is frustrating the hell out of me.

When I go to messages, it lists a ton of e-mail addresses and duplicate names etc etc. When I go to people, these are not listed.

It seems like it is listing every single e-mail address i have ever e-mailed from my gmail account. How do I get rid of this??

For example: John Jones is not listed in "people". But if I go into messages, and check the contact list, it will show two entries:

"john jones: johnjones@gmail.com"
"john jones: johnjones@yahoo.com"

I was able to remove all of the facebook contacts it automatically added, which was stupid to begin with.

 

[Asterdroid]

The only way to get rid of this that I know of is go into your gmail contacts, and clean up the ones you don't want.

 

[necosino]

Go to gmail.com. On the left-hand side, click "Contacts"

Under all contacts, you can delete contacts you don't want, merge contacts, or move them to "My People"

Contacts under "My People" will show up in your "People" app on your phone
Those under All Contacts will show up when sending an e-mail or sms.

 

[Akirax187]

argh thanks i was hoping i wouldnt have to do all that. I went and deleted all my contacts on gmail with my PC and re-syncd. now all i have to do is never use my gmail for email again...

 

[necosino]

In gmail settings, just uncheck "Auto add sent messages to contacts" or whatever the option is.

 

[contagous]

In gmail settings, just uncheck "Auto add sent messages to contacts" or whatever the option is.

Can't seem to find that any ideas where abouts it is man? this would be a life saver for me lol

 

[necosino]

Ok, I thought I had seen that setting somewhere, but apparently not..

I guess just sign in once in a while and delete them..

 

[contagous]

Ok, I thought I had seen that setting somewhere, but apparently not..

I guess just sign in once in a while and delete them..

Awww i was so hoping you were right lol, aight cheers

 

[contagous]

I found this out...

There is no way to turn off auto-adding of contacts. You can suggest it using the link below.

But all android-based cell-phones do offer a way to import only the "my contacts" portion of your contacts list. And when you are using the web interface, you can just ignore the "all contacts" list and focus on "my contacts", which you can control fully.

Source...

Stop Gmail From Automatically Adding Contact? - Gmail Help



Can anyone test this on the Inc for me? see if you can control it? TIA