How to Erase a Chat on Yahoo Messenger
One of the options offered by Yahoo Messenger is the ability to automatically save a record of all of your conversations. These chat archives are filed under the name of your chat partner and organized by date and time, making it easy to access a specific chat log. If you want to retain the auto-archiving function but are concerned about the privacy of your conversations, you can delete chat histories individually.
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Launch Yahoo Messenger and sign in. Click "Messenger" and select "Preferences."
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Select "Conversation History" and click "View Conversation History."
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Click on a contact's name on the left side of the window, and scroll through the chat history on the right side until you locate the conversation you want to delete. Click the "Trash" icon that appears when you hover over the conversation, and click "Delete."
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- To delete all conversations with a particular person, select the screen name and click the "Trash" icon that appears in the upper-right corner of the conversation history window.
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