How to turn-off Honorifics to people's names

Anonymous
2025-03-03T17:38:53+00:00

Hello,

Is there a way to turn the function for honorifics off? Deleting the contacts from outlook and re-adding them is time consuming and does not help when populating new contacts.

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-03-06T06:41:06+00:00

    Hello Daisy Valencia,

    Thank you for the reply, to be able to remove the Honorifics prefixes on the people's name,

    You can navigate to the contacts in outlook then

    • Double click on one contact to open it in new window
    • Click toon the full Name.... button
      • In the pop-up window delete the entry in the title
      • You can also just delete the prefix in front of the full name in the textbox
    • Click ok
    • Click save

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-03-05T19:56:34+00:00

    Hi Addie,

    The user is on 2308 (O365). This a corporate account that has all the enterprise imaging for the firm.

    These are the only screenshots I have from the user. I believe he had to delete the contact and re-add. If the CSV file is the only solution, then it should suffice. Let me know if you have any other input.

    PII removed

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-03-04T09:16:05+00:00

    Dear Daisy Valencia,

    Thanks for using Microsoft products and posting in the Community.

    I understand that you have caused a lot of inconvenience when using contacts in Outlook due to honorifics. I am very willing to help you.

    May I ask what version of Outlook are you using? If it is on a webpage, are you using outlook.live.com or outlook.office365.com?

    Are you using a personal account or a corporate account? Have you subscribed to and used enterprise products?

    Firstly, regarding honorifics, this feature is not provided in Outlook as far as I know. Therefore, can you provide detailed screenshot information?

    Secondly, regarding your desire to delete honorifics displayed in contacts, you can try editing the .csv file by replacing the values of the honorifics and then re importing them into Outlook to see the effect. This should save you time deleting and re adding contacts due to honorifics issues. About edit and report information you can Reference: Create or edit .csv files to import into Outlook - Microsoft Support

    We sincerely appreciate your cooperation and patience in this matter. 

    Best Regards, 

    Addie.C - MSFT | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

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