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Originally posted by prettyrick_y
but wont blocking just stop the contact from seeing me etc?
Indeed, that wont do any good and wont solve anything...
Instead I suggest to install the addon
Messenger Plus! in case you don't already have it.
Then you could open the Plus!
Contact List Clean-Up window (main menu > Plus! > Contact List Clean-Up).
There you make sure that the option "
Show contacts in your list" is selected (it's the first and default option).
When it is, you need to sort the list by the last column "
Has You". Do this by clicking on the header of the column.
Now highlight all the contacts which have "
No" in the last column and click on "
Delete". This will remove all the contacts who don't have your Messenger email anymore.
If you whish, you could also sort on the time you've last chatted to the contact. For example, if you've not chatted with someone since 2 years, maybe it is also time to remove that contact...
Anyways, after doing all that I suggest you log out and exit Messenger. After that restart Messenger and sign in again, so the local cache can be updated, just to make sure.
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Originally posted by prettyrick_y
what counts as having totally removed a contact? - to free space
right click contact-->delete-->check both boxes ?
nope... that will not completely remove the contact.
What that does is just removing the contact from your Contact List and the Other Contacts group.
But there is another list, the Reverse List. This list has all the contacts who have added you.
And it is only when they are also removed from this Reverse List, that the contact is truely gone from all your lists. But, the problem here is that in order to remove a contact from your Reverse List, that contact must remove _you_ from _his_ contact list first.
Als long as that contact doesn't do that, you can not completely remove the contact from all your own lists (Contact List, Allow List, Block List). This is also the reason why you should never change accounts without first completely removing everybody from your Contact List and Block List. Because otherwise your contacts are stuck with your email in their Reverse List.
The Reverse List can also be seen in Messenger itself by going to Tools > Options > Privacy > View. And from there you could also delete contacts by right clicking a contact and choosing "delete", but it can only be done one by one. Using the Plus! Contact List Clean-Up window is much more convenient.
quote:
Originally posted by prettyrick_y
anyway to increase number of contacts?
Other then removing contacts? nope.
quote:
Originally posted by prettyrick_y
or maybe find them stored somewhere on the pc where i can delete them
They are not stored on your hard disk. The lists are pulled from the servers each time you log in.
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