How to Turn off Contact Suggestions from Mail

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By Conner Carey
May 27, 2021

How to Turn off Contact Suggestions from Mail

With iOS 9, your iPhone looks through the Mail app to let you know who might be calling when an unknown number comes in. This is true for outgoing calls as well; iOS 9 will try to match the number you’re calling with a contact from emails. If this is a function you’d like to turn off, here’s how.

Open Settings. Select Mail, Contacts, Calendars.

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Scroll down to Contacts and turn off Contacts Found in Mail.

 How to Turn off Phone Number Lookup

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