My safari autofill is using historic data, but from where???

My autofill persists in using old information - either addresses I used to live at or old email addresses.

I have checked my contact card and deleted old information through the safari autofill settings dialogue box, but still it continues to suck the wrong info from somewhere.

Any idea at all how to fix this?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 13.0

Posted on Oct 31, 2022 08:48 AM

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walkbythesea Author

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Oct 31, 2022 08:50 AM in response to walkbythesea

My safari is: Version 16.1 (18614.2.9.1.12)

My OS: Ventura 13.0

My Mac: MacBook Air, 13 inch retina, 2018

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