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Originally posted by stevep1956
Hi all
Can anyone please tell me how to delete names from the allow or block list under the privacy tab in Microsoft Messenger preferences.
I have tried most things but can not delete names.
That list is called the Reverse List, it shows all the contacts who have added you to one of their lists (contact list, allow list or block list).
Right-click on a name or email address in that list and choose the "delete" menu item.
If the "delete" menu item is grayed out it means that the contact still have you on his contact list. In that case you can not remove the contact (yet).
So, in order to completely remove a contact (thus also from the Reverse List),
both of you need to remove eachother
first from the Contact List.
Only then can you both also remove eachother from the Reverse List.
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The bottom line is that if you want to remove a Messenger account (aka Windows Live Id), you should
always first remove everybody from your contact list. If you do not do that, all your contacts will remain with your (old) Windows Live Id in their lists and they will not be able to remove it.
However, this is forgotten extremely many times by people (simply because they do not know about this though).
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