How to Stop an Add Request on Yahoo Messenger

Yahoo! Messenger is online communication tool that allows users to chat with friend and join Yahoo! chat rooms. You can add any other Yahoo! Messenger user to your Contacts list at any time to know when they are available to chat online. People can also request that you add them, which you can then request or decline. If there is a person who continuously sends you an add request that you don't want to accept, you can block them by adding them to your Ignore list.

Things You'll Need

  • Yahoo! Messenger
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Instructions

    • 1

      Make note of the user name that your want to block and then click on the "Decline" button. If the person is already on your Contacts list of your Yahoo! Messenger, you will need to remove them from the list in order to block them.

    • 2

      Sign in to your Yahoo! Messenger and then click on the "Messenger" menu option from the top of the application. Click on the "Preferences" option.

    • 3

      Click on the "Ignore List" option and then click on the "Ignore only the people below" option. Click on the "Add" button.

    • 4

      Type in the Yahoo! ID user name of the person you want to permanently block. Make sure that you spell it correct and use any capitalization in the name. Click on the "Ignore" button.

    • 5

      Click on the "OK" button. The user you added to your ignore list is now blocked and cannot send you an add request. You can remove the user from the Ignore list at any time by going back to the list, selecting the ID and clicking on the "Remove" button.

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