people I don't know showing up in contacts

[chrly919]

I am new to this forum and tried search but didn't find an answer.
Theses are not in my address book. When I go to email or text someone, there are in there. same thing when I put someone's email address in wrong and try to use it; the wrong one will linger in there after I have corrected it. I thought clearing cache would get rid of them and it did on the ones Iput in, but not the others. Did these come in in a group message?

 

[MacDawg]

Are you using Apple Mail?
If so, go to Window on the menu bar -> Previous Recipients
You can delete unwanted addresses from there

 

[ericrwalker]

Are you using exchange email on your phone? Maybe you are getting email from various people and companies, and they are being automatically added to your email contacts.

 

[chrly919]

I use comcast email and Gmail, but I don't get any mail on Gmail. Also Icloud.

 

[MacDawg]

^^
Ah, good call, I wasn't paying attention to being in the iPhone Forum

Hmmmm, Gmail has a setting to add everyone to contacts automatically (everyone you email)
and Gmail will also add everyone in your circles on Google+

 

[chrly919]

these are in my New Message contacts, where you add some one to the "To". doesn't matter if it's email or IM. I changed a contact's email address last week and her olsd address is still in there also.