In our recent work (Höche et al. 2015) we proposed that non-faradaic dissolution of Fe impurities and subsequent re-deposition of thin film of pure ("in statu nascendi") iron enlarges cathodically active sites at Mg surface. The effect drastically accelerates corrosion of impurity containing Mg. In this work we assumed that if Fe re-deposition is prevented, the area of cathodic sites can be drastically decreased and hence corrosion of Mg can be suppressed. In this prove of concept work we used strong Fe 3+ complexing agents in order to remove dissolved iron from corrosion sites and prevent iron re-deposition. All used iron complexing agents efficiently lowered the corrosion rate of Mg. Direct correlation of complex stability with its inhibiting efficiency was established. It was shown that cyanide, salicylate, oxalate, methylsalicylate and thiocyanate efficiently reduce hydrogen evolution and suppress critical dark area formation.