The issue is that when replying to or forwarding e-mail causes Outlook to save a copy of the original e-mail in the Drafts folder…. This one was weird.
To fix it, go into the Options page by clicking on the file tab, then click options near the bottom of that page.
Then choose the Mail link at the left, scroll down until you find the Replies and Forwards section. Uncheck the first item, “Open replies and Forwards in a new Window”
Now, click OK on the way out and you should be good to go.
So, Outlook is asking to save your original e-mail every time you reply or forward.
There is an add-in that causes this issue, it is call the Outlook Social Connector 2016.
Not everyone is seeing an issue with it, so if it isn’t causing an issue, leave it alone.
If you ARE having issues, do the following:
Click the File TAB at the top of Outlook
Then Click Options near the bottom of the page
Now Choose Add-ins, then click the Go button at the bottom of the page
From the Add-ins page, un-check the Outlook Social connector 2016, you may have to scroll down to find it.
Once un-checked, click OK on every page until you are out of the options panel. Close Outlook and then re-open it.
This problem should now be fixed.
Here are the steps to clear the auto-complete, or alternatively just turn off the auto-complete, completely.
Turning off or clearing Auto-complete:
From within Outlook, click the File TAB. Choose the Options link near the bottom left of the window.
You should now have the Outlook Options window open.
Click the Mail link on the left, and scroll down until you see the Send messages section.
If you want to turn off Auto-complete, uncheck the Use Auto-complete List.
If you just want to clear out what has already been saved, just click the “Empty Auto-Complete List” button, it will prompt you to decide whether you really want to clean the list or not.
If you turn off Auto-complete, remember, you will have to start typing a name then click the “Check Names” button to fill them in.
This will only work for addresses that are in your contact list, or the Global address book. With the Auto-Complete off, Outlook will not remember that you typed in Imaemailaddress@somedomain.com. You will have to type it in every time, or save it to your contacts.
Once saved to your contacts, Outlook will find it by using the “Check Names” button shown below. It’s pretty small, so it can be a pain to find sometimes.
The button is in the Ribbon Bar of new messages.
Editing the Auto-complete list:
You can also delete individual addresses from the Auto-complete list.
In a new e-mail, start typing a name, the Auto-Complete list will pop up. If you see an address you don’t want in the list,
Use the up or down arrow until the address is highlighted, then use the delete button on your keyboard to delete the address.