Need a way to disable either the recent recipients or individual contact history that still shows text messages and phone calls made/received for specific contacts even after I have deleted them from phone.

Does anyone know of a way to do this?

 

I have deleted the whole conversation for 1 of my contacts however, when I click on the recents when trying to send a picture to someone, if I click on any of the contacts info and then click and hold the little button that pops up once I choose one, the complete history for that contact pops up, including deleted text messages. Seems like this would use up unnecessary memory? and I find it hard to believe that there isn't a way to do away with/disable "Recents" altogether.

 

Here is an image of what I am talking about. When I hold the circled item down, the WHOLE history for that contact pops up, including already sent/deleted text messages.

 

It comes up in the messages app when I go to share an image or a picture.