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How do you delete contacts from Yahoo Instant Messenger (YIM)?

Hey Dave - I recently got an iMac. And have signed up on the Yahoo Instant Messenger (YIM). How can I delete someone on my list?

Dave's Answer:

I have been running Yahoo Instant Messenger 3 beta and this documents how you can delete a contact from Yahoo Messenger.

First off, you'll want to ensure that you have your contacts window displayed and that you can see the contact you want to remove from your list. Then Control-Click on that person (that is, hold down the Control or Ctrl key on your keyboard and click) which will bring up the following contextual menu:

Yahoo Messenger (YIM) for Mac OS X: Contextual Menu

Choose "Delete...", as highlighted and... nothing happens! Hmmm... looks like this is an unimplemented feature in Yahoo Messenger, perhaps? It also produces no results if you try to choose Contacts --> Delete... so I'm not exactly sure what to advise if you're running 3.0 beta.

As an experiment, I backed up to Yahoo Messenger version 2.5.3 and tried the same thing. The menu is definitely different:

This time I need to choose Remove Friend... but this time, at least, it appears something's going to work:

Yahoo Messenger (YIM) for Mac OS X: Confirm Delete

Click "Delete" and, a second or two later, they're off my list.

So that's your answer. If you're running Yahoo Messenger 3 beta, it's time to backup and run 2.5.3 because there are still too many bugs.

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Comments

hi i need delate my friend list yahoo messanger

Posted by: bhanu at July 17, 2007 8:04 AM

if i delete contacts from my yahoo messenger list can i retrieve them please how do i find the ones i deleted
thank you
michele

Posted by: michele at June 9, 2008 7:30 AM

i can i deleted my sign # in cellphone in my yahoo.messanger?because i dont like if everytime i online or who`s in my friends online make recieved a message thats why i want to deleted my # cellphone...

Posted by: nilo esguerra at July 10, 2008 5:29 AM

if i delete contacts from my yahoo messenger list can i retrieve them please how do i find the ones i deleted

Posted by: mitosindia at January 23, 2009 11:54 PM

i lose my messanger contact list unfortunatly how can i get back my contact list

Posted by: gangadhar at January 24, 2009 6:23 AM

I am not able to delete members from my messenger. There is no where that says delete.

Posted by: Bobbie at January 28, 2009 6:13 AM

please help how to remove my contact details from messenger

Posted by: sarfraz at March 22, 2009 6:04 AM

Im trying to delete contacts from the Archive List but havent been able to find a way ? i can delete the chat but not the contact. im using a mac YIM 3 beta

Posted by: Trevor at April 26, 2009 3:44 AM

i want make back a history of instant message yahoo since 2006 , how i can do this ?

thx.

Posted by: camatchou at May 10, 2009 2:47 AM

hey... i really wana retreive my contacts of messenger... can u plzz help me out...

Posted by: anuj k soni at June 2, 2009 10:36 AM

I selected delete and hit enter and the dialogue box came up. I selected yes and the friend was gone.

Posted by: Steve at June 10, 2009 9:03 AM

Hi, I deleted contact from yahoo messenger 9.0
is there any way to retrieve it

Posted by: Abid at August 9, 2009 8:25 AM

Dear Dave Taylor, Well am gonna really like this here. because am very new at all this so keep up the good work. i thank-you again bill

Posted by: bill at August 29, 2009 4:27 PM

If you hoover your mouse to the right end of the contact an down arrow will appear. Click the arrow and select Remove.

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