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How do I remove deleted friends in MySpace?

A pal just emailed me to complain that I have a bunch of deleted friends in my MySpace friends list. Not good. How do I zap 'em so that I only have friends who are still active members of the MySpace community?


Dave's Answer:

This is something I hadn't realized was even a potential problem until I recently was digging around on my own friends list and saw a bunch of these:

Deleted User on MySpace

Definitely not good! The way you can eliminate them is to go to your MySpace profile, then click on "[Edit Friends]" immediately adjacent to the "My Friend Space" link:

MySpace: My Friend Space: Edit Friends

Now you'll probably see some of your friends are, like my own, deleted:

MySpace: My Friend Space: Deleted Friends?

Not good. To delete them, simply check the little box underneath each one, then click on the "Delete Selected Friends" button. Do this for each page of friends you have (I have 53, sheesh!) and you'll be clean and fixed up.

Unfortunately, while there are different ways you can limit the subset of friends displayed (for example, only comedians, in case you just happen to have lots of 'em as friends) there doesn't seem to be any shortcut to just displaying -- or deleting -- deleted friends. So it is going to be a bit of a tedious task to accomplish.

Each time you select one or more friends to delete, you'll be asked if you're sure:

MySpace: My Friend Space: Are you Sure you want to delete these friends?

Say yes, go to the next page, delete the additional deleted friends, and, finally, you'll be in the clear.


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Reader Comments To Date: 2

chris k. said, on October 9, 2007 10:36 PM:

well correct me if I'm wrong but now myspace will automatically sort out your friends and get rid of those "deleted" profiles and your friend count will be accurate.

nikki said, on March 12, 2008 12:09 PM:

hey how can i get myspace on my computer at school plzz help i am bord

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