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Why can't I delete my conversation history in Yahoo Messenger?

I deleted it using Conversation History and delete conversation but it still appears on the chatbox when I click the 'show recent messages.'

What's happening with YM?

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    9 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    Hi LeBrong -

    Currently, there is no way to disable the Show Recent Messages feature in the conversation window.

    It is expected behavior for Yahoo! Messenger to remember your most recent conversations even if you have selected the option Do not keep a history of my conversations or have deleted them. We've decided to keep this feature for your convenience, just in case you close the IM window too soon and need the contents of the last conversation in a crunch. Recent conversations may still appear for a period of time when signing in to another computer or device with the same ID.

    The following Yahoo! Help article has complete details on this:

    http://help.yahoo.com/kb/index?page=content&id=SLN...

    Thank you for choosing to use Yahoo!

  • 6 years ago

    Re: Can't delete conversation is standard feature. According to Yahoo: Bug = Feature.

    Typical. Yahoo mail and messenger has gotten impossible. Yahoo used to be great. Now, it is absolutely awful.

  • 6 years ago

    I have same issue getting pretty fed up not being able to access and delete the conversation

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    Sorry, you on the instant are no longer waiting to retrieve deleted messages. as rapidly as they are deleted, they are long long previous continuously. Yahoo! 360 would not have a trash folder. the only exception is that if there's a glitch on your 360 mailbox.

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  • 6 years ago

    when i press delete entire history in conversation history i recieve error code: 400 and it wont delete. what should i do?

  • 7 years ago

    why i can not delete my Yahoo conversation in yahoo mail,

    whenever i try to select all and delete, it keeps there with no changes

    kindly advise ASAP

  • 6 years ago

    the link to the explanation does not work, is there a correct one?

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