If you don't want other people to know when you’re online, you can disable the online status feature at any time. Here's how:
- If you are logged into the following services, then Log out first:
- Yahoo! Groups
- Yahoo! Mail
- Yahoo! Messenger
- Yahoo! Chat
- Yahoo! Games
- Go to the Yahoo! Profiles Page, and sign in there.
- In the upper-right corner, click View My Profiles.
- You'll see a checkbox that says Check the box to hide my online status from other users.
- Checking the box will hide your online status. If you leave the box unchecked, other people will know when you're online.
- Make sure to click the Finished Editing button when you're done.
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