When Gmail autocompletes a recepient's email it goes something like: "John Stewart" <john@stewart.net>,.
Can I force Gmail to remove the name (John Stewart) and leave only the email? And manually deleting the name is not a solution here, because it's manual and error-prone.
For example: <john@stewart.net>,
If possible I would like Gmail to be able to find the email based on the name. So searching should utilize the name, but the recepient shouldn't see how I named him.
Best Answer
The only way of doing this would be to "Name" your contact with the email address.
For example, in the example you have provided, your Contact would look like:
Name: john@stewart.net
Email: john@stewart.net
(I tried it just now and this method seems to work for me)