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Can I retrieve old AOL instant messenger conversations?

No. Not that I am aware of.

That means I know of no way to retrieve an old conversation or an old instant message. As soon as you close the AIM chat window, the conversation is no longer accessible to you.

Article C1991 - June 7, 2004

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I just gave my little brother my old desktop because I got a new laptop. Am I able to look at my old AIM conversations that I saved on the old computer through my new one?

Posted by: Megan at December 31, 2007 2:09 PM

My boyfriends in touble and the only way to get him out of it is to retieve old aol instant messages. Does anyone know how i can do that? I would pay.

Posted by: bina at February 21, 2008 9:57 AM

yes there is a way to get the logs i'll come back later once i find out how, i have to ask my boyfriend

Posted by: Brittany at March 4, 2008 2:00 PM

i need 2 retrieve a conversation bitwin my frend n me.but i dnt kno how 2. i am usin MSN messenger 3.0

Posted by: rita at June 16, 2008 4:53 AM

I need to please pull up old AOL IM conversations, the IMs were deleted through the IM Logging window and cleared per my boss. Anyone aware of how to get them back?

Posted by: Lisy at August 1, 2008 12:27 PM

I was able to find some of my IM's. When I did a search for Archive and opened it and there was my screen name and I opened it and it had my recent IM's stored there.

Posted by: Janice at October 1, 2008 3:47 AM

need to retrieve my history of conversation from you window live message, can you do that for me ...need help , please !

Posted by: ND at October 20, 2008 5:04 AM

OK so my stupid friend deleted my myspace blogs && my blogs had my deep feelings && stuff but this really old myspace conversation was there too && it means the whole world to me! && i need that conversation back please help me how i can get it!

A) why did you let anyone else have that kind of access? That's asking for trouble.

B) I know of no way to get it back. Sorry.
- Leo
11-Nov-2008

Posted by: Ruby at November 10, 2008 9:57 PM

Can a friend see a message I sent if I closed the conversation and logged off?

Posted by: Bee at December 16, 2008 7:33 AM

thank you

Posted by: mueen at July 3, 2009 11:34 PM

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