How to Stop Yahoo Instant Messenger Updates
Yahoo! Messenger Updates is a new system for blasting short updates to all your contacts, similar to a micro-blogging service such as Twitter. After trying Yahoo! Messenger Updates, you may decide that the update traffic is more than you care to receive. This guide will stop Yahoo! Messenger Updates from being received and allow you to continue using Yahoo! Messenger for communication only.
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Instructions
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Launch Yahoo! Messenger and log in.
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Click the "Messenger" menu at the top of the screen, then click "Preferences."
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Click "Yahoo! Updates" on the left side of the screen, then click the "Customize Yahoo! Updates" button.
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Remove the checks from the boxes labeled "Show Y! Updates from these sites," "Show alert" and "Show Y! Updates from these contacts."
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Click "OK" to close each open window.
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Tips & Warnings
To stop receiving Yahoo! Messenger Updates from a specific person, remove the check from that person's name rather than the "Show Y! Updates from these contacts" box.
