Shaymaa Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Hello any idea about how i delete all My Msn contacts once ? *one step* Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/633085-delete-all-msn-contacts/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewmarley Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Close the account Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/633085-delete-all-msn-contacts/#findComment-589353470 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiftie Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Why would he do such a thing if he wants to just get rid of the dead weight and start afresh? I've just gone through a patch of actually logging into my hotmail account. Emailing whoever I had on their. Blocking & deleting everyone, (one by one) and then just re- adding whoever replied back to my email. Had about 160 contacts on there. Didnt take long I suppose. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/633085-delete-all-msn-contacts/#findComment-589353755 Share on other sites More sharing options...
napsterthe Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Well there is not tool that can do it. There may be a quick way via online-based hotmail but WindowsLiveMessenger (msn messenger) can't or doesn't have a tool to do it. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/633085-delete-all-msn-contacts/#findComment-589353926 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaymaa Posted April 24, 2008 Author Share Posted April 24, 2008 Why would he do such a thing if he wants to just get rid of the dead weight and start afresh?I've just gone through a patch of actually logging into my hotmail account. Emailing whoever I had on their. Blocking & deleting everyone, (one by one) and then just re- adding whoever replied back to my email. Had about 160 contacts on there. Didnt take long I suppose. nice idea about the email ..i have more than 170 contacts and need to clear it many from school, collage, internet from 3 or 5 years and i need to refreash that mail especially i wanna keep it for work patch ? what patch Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/633085-delete-all-msn-contacts/#findComment-589354509 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExtremeG Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 There was a way to do this... but now you just have to go to your hotmail and click close account then wait for like 2-3 months and your mailbox and contact list will get cleared and the best way to check if this has happened is add your old address to a new one and accept then keep signing into the new one and checking until your old add disappears from your new ones list that means the contact list got cleared out and you can log in again to start afresh. Otherwise I know there was a program called list manager which let you manually clean out people on your contact list that deleted you it also deleted them from the allow/block list and if you cleaned out everyone from your account this way so you have 0 contacts but when you log in through msn again you'll get loads of pop-ups from people who didn't delete you from their list but you deleted them asking you to accept the add. I did look this up on google before and came across this guy who lost all his contacts on msn because he synced his account in outlook and somehow it cleared his whole address book and he couldn't get it back so that's your only quick hope... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/633085-delete-all-msn-contacts/#findComment-589355579 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaymaa Posted April 27, 2008 Author Share Posted April 27, 2008 There was a way to do this... but now you just have to go to your hotmail and click close account then wait for like 2-3 months and your mailbox and contact list will get cleared and the best way to check if this has happened is add your old address to a new one and accept then keep signing into the new one and checking until your old add disappears from your new ones list that means the contact list got cleared out and you can log in again to start afresh.Otherwise I know there was a program called list manager which let you manually clean out people on your contact list that deleted you it also deleted them from the allow/block list and if you cleaned out everyone from your account this way so you have 0 contacts but when you log in through msn again you'll get loads of pop-ups from people who didn't delete you from their list but you deleted them asking you to accept the add. I did look this up on google before and came across this guy who lost all his contacts on msn because he synced his account in outlook and somehow it cleared his whole address book and he couldn't get it back so that's your only quick hope... I closed it now and they said, Your e-mail address is reserved for 120 days after closing your account. After that time, it may become available for other people to use. i did exactly as u said and i'm waiting now Thanks alot Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/633085-delete-all-msn-contacts/#findComment-589358626 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoTheF Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 Simple. Delete the group. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/633085-delete-all-msn-contacts/#findComment-589358636 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean B. Veteran Posted May 1, 2008 Veteran Share Posted May 1, 2008 Actually guys there is a simple way to do this. Using any version of Messenger Plus! or Messenger Plus! Live, click on the icon in your contact list, and then click on "Contact List Cleanup". The tool is VERY helpful, and works flawlessly. I've used it to monitor who still has me on their contact list, and who I don't ever talk to. All you need to do is highlight all of your contacts and hit delete. However, it may or may not take it a few seconds or minutes depending on the amount of contacts you're deleting. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/633085-delete-all-msn-contacts/#findComment-589367155 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee G. Veteran Posted May 1, 2008 Veteran Share Posted May 1, 2008 Actually guys there is a simple way to do this. Using any version of Messenger Plus! or Messenger Plus! Live, click on the icon in your contact list, and then click on "Contact List Cleanup". The tool is VERY helpful, and works flawlessly. I've used it to monitor who still has me on their contact list, and who I don't ever talk to.All you need to do is highlight all of your contacts and hit delete. However, it may or may not take it a few seconds or minutes depending on the amount of contacts you're deleting. Thanks - I just did that on an old account of mine. The only thing I wish WLM would do, is not tell you about who's added you to their list. It's really annoying being reminded of people who have you still on their contact list, and you don't speak to, and also idiots who have added you as spam (which has happened once or twice in the past). I wish all traces of these addresses could be removed off accounts. Does this annoy anyone else but me? :unsure: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/633085-delete-all-msn-contacts/#findComment-589368412 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExtremeG Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Thanks - I just did that on an old account of mine.The only thing I wish WLM would do, is not tell you about who's added you to their list. It's really annoying being reminded of people who have you still on their contact list, and you don't speak to, and also idiots who have added you as spam (which has happened once or twice in the past). I wish all traces of these addresses could be removed off accounts. Does this annoy anyone else but me? :unsure: Just do what I said and close the account, then after a set amount of time your account will get cleaned up meaning your address will get wiped from the contact list of everyone who added it (it'll just vanish) and when you sign back in it will be as if you registered a brand new account. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/633085-delete-all-msn-contacts/#findComment-589368484 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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