How to delete a contact list

[Rick Sierk]

I'm unschooled in Outlook's (2003) inner workings. A colleague asked how to
add a new contact list because his was becoming unmanageable. I figured out
how to add a new list and made a dummy contact list with no entries. Now
that he is off and running, I want to get rid of the dummy contact list from
my address book. I deleted the dummy from the "All folders" pane of Outlook
but it still shows up in the Address Book "Show Names from the:" dropdown
list. I assume this dummy has been written into the Registry or an Outlook
configuration file. How does one delete an unwanted contact list? Thanks
to anyone who can steer me to the obvious. Rick

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

The term "contact list" is not used anywhere in Outlook so we have no idea
what you mean by it. Please define terms for the rest of us that are unique
to your vocabulary.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Try Tools | Account Settings and then follow the prompts to get to the
address book settings. Once you bring up the properties for the Outlook
Address Book, you should be able to remove that list. If not, remove the
Outlook Address Book completely, restart Outlook and add it back in.

 

[Rick Sierk]

Hey, I warned you I was unschooled!
The way this corporate Outlook is set up if you click Address Book:
1. Address Book opens which, in addition to icons, menus, and listing of
currently entered names of the default address list
(Tools-->Options-->Addressing-->Show this address list first-->List chosen
from drop down), the Address Book has a text-tile on the left labeled "Type
name or select from list" and a drop down control on the right labeled "Show
names from the".
2. The address lists available from the drop down, again for this
installation, are "Outlook Address Book" which has below and indented
"Contacts", "Global Address List", and "All Address Lists" which has below
and indented "All Contacts", "All Groups", "All Users", and "All Public
Folders". I have no idea how many of these are creations of the person who
configured this installation.
3. I mistakenly thought "Contacts" was a default address list created by
Outlook during installation and would be familiar.
4. In the Folder List, All Folders pane of Outlook, my Mailbox tree includes
a Contacts folder. This contains the names I see in the Address Book drop
down labeled "Contacts".
5. In the tree pane I tagged the Contacts folder and chose New folder from
the right-click menu. That created the dummy address list I'm trying to
delete.
6. I then opened the Address Book and the dummy address list was displayed
under the Contacts address list.
7. I then deleted the dummy address list from the tree pane.
8. The dummy address list is still displayed and selectable from the Address
Book drop down and the Tools-->Options...etc noted above.
9. While the original question was not clear, it is this dummy address (not
contact) list I'm trying to purge from the system.
Sorry for the confusing question and my lack of familiarity with the proper
nomenclature.

Best regards, Rick

The term "contact list" is not used anywhere in Outlook so we have no idea
what you mean by it. Please define terms for the rest of us that are
unique to your vocabulary.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I'm unschooled in Outlook's (2003) inner workings. A colleague asked how
to add a new contact list because his was becoming unmanageable. I
figured out how to add a new list and made a dummy contact list with no
entries. Now that he is off and running, I want to get rid of the dummy
contact list from my address book. I deleted the dummy from the "All
folders" pane of Outlook but it still shows up in the Address Book "Show
Names from the:" dropdown list. I assume this dummy has been written
into the Registry or an Outlook configuration file. How does one delete
an unwanted contact list? Thanks to anyone who can steer me to the
obvious. Rick

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Just remove the invalid reference here:
Tools > E-mail accounts > View or change existing directories or address
books > Outlook Address Book > Change. >
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Hey, I warned you I was unschooled!
The way this corporate Outlook is set up if you click Address Book:
1. Address Book opens which, in addition to icons, menus, and listing of
currently entered names of the default address list
(Tools-->Options-->Addressing-->Show this address list first-->List chosen
from drop down), the Address Book has a text-tile on the left labeled
"Type name or select from list" and a drop down control on the right
labeled "Show names from the".
2. The address lists available from the drop down, again for this
installation, are "Outlook Address Book" which has below and indented
"Contacts", "Global Address List", and "All Address Lists" which has
below and indented "All Contacts", "All Groups", "All Users", and "All
Public Folders". I have no idea how many of these are creations of the
person who configured this installation.
3. I mistakenly thought "Contacts" was a default address list created by
Outlook during installation and would be familiar.
4. In the Folder List, All Folders pane of Outlook, my Mailbox tree
includes a Contacts folder. This contains the names I see in the Address
Book drop down labeled "Contacts".
5. In the tree pane I tagged the Contacts folder and chose New folder from
the right-click menu. That created the dummy address list I'm trying to
delete.
6. I then opened the Address Book and the dummy address list was displayed
under the Contacts address list.
7. I then deleted the dummy address list from the tree pane.
8. The dummy address list is still displayed and selectable from the
Address Book drop down and the Tools-->Options...etc noted above.
9. While the original question was not clear, it is this dummy address
(not contact) list I'm trying to purge from the system.
Sorry for the confusing question and my lack of familiarity with the
proper nomenclature.

Best regards, Rick

The term "contact list" is not used anywhere in Outlook so we have no
idea what you mean by it. Please define terms for the rest of us that are
unique to your vocabulary.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I'm unschooled in Outlook's (2003) inner workings. A colleague asked
how to add a new contact list because his was becoming unmanageable. I
figured out how to add a new list and made a dummy contact list with no
entries. Now that he is off and running, I want to get rid of the dummy
contact list from my address book. I deleted the dummy from the "All
folders" pane of Outlook but it still shows up in the Address Book "Show
Names from the:" dropdown list. I assume this dummy has been written
into the Registry or an Outlook configuration file. How does one delete
an unwanted contact list? Thanks to anyone who can steer me to the
obvious. Rick

 

[Rick Sierk]

Thank you. Rick