How to Recover Deleted Yahoo Messenger Messages
By WayneC
Yahoo Messenger is an instant-messaging service that allows users to converse one-on-one with friends and family over the Internet. The service allows a user to keep a list of friends and family to make it easier to start a conversation with them. Conversations take place in a conversation window. When this window closes, the entire conversation closes along with it. Opening a conversation window with that contact again creates a new, blank conversation window. However, the conversation is not deleted after the window is closed, and it is possible to view past conversations.
Step 1
Open Yahoo Messenger. Look at the list of contacts and select the contact whose messages you are recovering.
Step 2
Move the cursor over the arrow to the right of the selected contact's name and select "View Message History" from the menu that appears.
Step 3
When the conversation window appears, select "View More History."
Step 4
Look through the conversations listed in the "My History" tab that appears. Each time you click a conversation, the entire conversation appears at the bottom of the My History tab.
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Tips
- You can reply to the contact you select, though this starts a new conversation with that contact instead of continuing the conversation viewed.
Warnings
- You must know the correct username and password to enter Yahoo Messenger.