How to Get Rid of Emoticons on Myspace

The word emoticon comes from the words emotion and icon. These two words are blended together to come up with the new word. Emoticons have actually been around for some time. Even before computers, people were drawing smiley faces and sad faces on letters to show expression. The first known computer emoticon happened in an email from Scott Fahlman in September 1982. It was a proposal to use :-) as an expression of mood. These expressions have exploded with the invention of computers, and now we have hundreds of emoticons.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Open your Myspace web page and make sure instant messaging is on. The emoticons are connected to instant messaging.

2. Use the mouse to click on the button for emoticons. This will open a list of options.

3. Find the "Manage Emoticons" button and click on it. The management screen will be displayed with a list of all emoticons.

4. Click the emoticon to be deleted and then click the "Remove" button. The icon will be removed from the list.

Tips & Warnings

• Some emoticons cannot be deleted. These are the ones that came with the program. They will remain within the program, ready for use.