RE: Disable Auto-Complete in Outlook 365

dirkdigs 921 Reputation points
2021-07-20T21:33:21.513+00:00

How to accomplish this ? Any regedit available similar to what was available in office 2016?

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  1. Viki Ji_MSFT 4,421 Reputation points
    2021-07-21T03:20:42.11+00:00

    @dirkdigs ,
    Welcome to Q&A forum!

    To turn off Auto-Complete in Outlook 365, please launch the Outlook, then go to File>Options>Mail>under Send messages, check or uncheck the Use Auto-Complete List to suggest names when typing in the To, Cc, and Bcc lines option to turn AutoComplete on or off.
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    For more information: Manage suggested recipients in the To, Cc, and Bcc boxes with Auto-Complete

    > Any regedit available similar to what was available in office 2016?

    << Please open the Registry Editor and go to Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Preferences, add the following item to have a check.

    • Value Name: ShowAutoSug
    • The value of the type: REG_DWORD
    • Value: 0
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  2. dirkdigs 921 Reputation points
    2021-07-21T03:29:09.75+00:00

    yes i can turn it off manually from outlook but the registry key edit does not work with Outlook 365. Do you understand?

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  3. dirkdigs 921 Reputation points
    2021-07-21T14:55:13.227+00:00

    hello yes we have configured the same. it's not working .
    We must be using a different version of Outlook 365 perhaps? How can we check the specific version?

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  4. dirkdigs 921 Reputation points
    2021-08-25T17:58:01.853+00:00

    Hello this GPO with the registry changes is being applied (tested/confirmed with gpresult) on multiple workstations but the settings for Outlook are not being programmed as per the GPO.

    What do you suggest?

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  5. Selena 0 Reputation points
    2023-02-21T21:40:35.8466667+00:00

    To disable it, in the Outlook desktop app, go to File--Options--Mail--Under Compose messages, uncheck "show text predictions while typing"

    predictive

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