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How do I backup Yahoo's message history?

Assuming you mean Yahoo Instant Messenger (YIM), then I believe it's just the contents of a specific directory.

I'd look at: C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\profiles\name\Archive, where name is replaced by the screen name you're using. Remember that Yahoo's archiving needs to be turned on (it's off by default) and that also by default YIM will automatically delete messages after 10 days.

Article C1992 - June 7, 2004

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how can i enable yahoo archive history in off iline

Posted by: fahi at February 7, 2009 10:24 PM

i want t save the the yahoo archive who logged in my computer

Posted by: fahi at February 7, 2009 10:29 PM

wow finaly found a way to patrics problem
you have to do to this path

C:\Users\URNAME\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\Profiles

:D hope dis wil help u guys :D

Posted by: shane at February 8, 2009 3:09 AM

if i have cleared my yahoo archieve how to retrive it .....

Posted by: Nitesh at February 26, 2009 12:03 AM

hi,
how can i get recent chat message completly from my yahoo ID
is it possible to get the complete chat

Posted by: pooja at March 6, 2009 4:40 AM

wow finaly found a way to patrics problem
you have to do to this path

C:\Users\URNAME\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\Profiles

:D hope dis wil help u guys :D


THANKYOU!! THIS IS THE ONE THAT WORKED!!! THE FIRST SOLUTION ONLY SHOWED A FEW ARCHIVES, THIS ONE SHOWED AND ALLOWED ME TO RESTORE MY ARCHIVES TO MY NEW COMPUTER!!! THANKYOU! THANKYOU! THANKYOU!

Kat in Upstate NY

Posted by: Kat at April 10, 2009 9:36 AM

how can i see my all the yahoo chat history from that time which i made a yahoo id???

Posted by: sania at April 17, 2009 1:49 AM

hi,

I had a lot of history archives in my laptop where i used to use yahoo messenger. they were tooo important. but, accidentally i happened to delete it all from my program files... is there any other way i can retrieve it?? will yahoo be saving all the messages?? pls do reply... its a mtter of someone's life...

Posted by: madhuri at April 27, 2009 8:46 AM

Hi,
is any body can help me, how i can retrieve all my hisotry chat in one time since i make a yahoo user until right now, because some time i use a different computer in many place. so i want to get back all that chat history even in different computer

Posted by: tommy at June 3, 2009 5:30 AM

You can use these awesome websites to backup your archives
DEXREX http://www.dexrex.com
IM-History http://im-history.com
Simkl http://www.simkl.com

all good sites to back up your yahoo history and then read your archives, share archives, and be able to back them up!!!

Posted by: karylle at August 24, 2009 10:45 AM

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