How to clear the drop down box on messenger where it changes from, type yahoo ID,type a phone #, type email?

I want to be able to clear out a bunch of user IDs that I no longer want to have contact with. I have deleted them from my friends list and from my address book but they still appear in the drop down box on my messenger.

How to clear the drop down box on messenger where it changes from, type yahoo ID,type a phone #, type email?
the only way I know of is clearing the entire list (rather than individual ID's listed) is to pop into your Yahoo! Cache directory located at....





C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\Cache





you can delete the entire contents of the Cache folder (which will remove it) or you can delete just the conversation history list.





it's going to depend on if you have logged in using one default ID or mutilple ID's, if one then there will be one file, if multiple, then there will be multiple files... one for each ID you have used





the file you need to delete will look something like...





Ex4PoBU5oaXdyQjk0tQ_FQ--


.conversationhistory.xml





the...


"Ex4PoBU5oaXdyQjk0tQ_FQ" part will be completely different though, so just look for any / all files ending with... conversationhistory.xml





right click and delete each file, or if you're worried about deleting just rename the extension instead e.g





{name}.conversationhistory.xml





would become





{name}.conversationhistory.OLD





when you sign out of yahoo messenger a new conversationhistory.xml file will be created clearing your list :)








btw... the file name....


Ex4PoBU5oaXdyQjk0tQ_FQ--


.conversationhistory.xml





is actually all one line but answers is cutting it off due to length...


e.g Ex4PoBU5oaXdyQjk0tQ_FQ--.conve...





if the above is unclear just check out http://www.wackyb.co.nz/Yahoo!_Messenger... head to the bottom of the page and you will supporting graphics for it :)
Reply:I don't think this is the best answer because I did this and it didn't work. Report Abuse

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Reply:sign out from yahoo messenger %26amp; clear the cache folder





C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\Cache





%26amp; sign back in..........

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