How do I cancel just the messenger portion of yahoo?

I want to keep my yahoo email account, but I have no desire to ever use the chat portion, nor do I want my children to have access to it. I have tried uninstalling it, and it shows it being removed (no longer there) on control panel, but still appears on my email pages. Help!!

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Answer #1: Posted by MrBurns on October 28th, 2009 8:58 AM

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I don;t think you can remove the new Chat feature from your Classic Mail----BUT, you CAN disable it so it doesn’t sign you in when you go to Mail.

When the page loads, look for the IM contact list on the left hand side. Click where your status says “Available” and then select, "Sign out of Chat". This will disable the feature and will remain that way.

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