Is Yahoo Messenger Still Available?

After 20 years, Yahoo Messenger has been shut down. Users will require to use the Yahoo Squirrel apps to restore chat histories, and maintain contact with friends. In what could be a bad news for all the 90’s kids out there, Yahoo Messenger will no longer be supported after today, July 17, 2018.

Is Yahoo Messenger coming back?

Yahoo introduced its own alternative to Yahoo Messenger in 2018, initially called Yahoo! Squirrel and then Yahoo Together. However, after just a year, on April 4, 2019, it was shut down, too. Although Yahoo Messenger is gone, you can still use your Yahoo account for other things like accessing Yahoo Mail.

Does Yahoo have chat?

Yahoo lets you access Yahoo Messenger inside your browser-based Yahoo Mail inbox using the same Yahoo ID. Most of the basic chat functions built in to the stand-alone version of Yahoo Messenger are also available in the mailbox version.

How do I find my old Yahoo chat history?

You can also view your Messenger conversation history in Yahoo Mail by clicking the “Messenger” icon to open a pop-up window. From the “Status” menu, select “Conversation History” to access your chat logs.

How do I download Messenger chat history?

Open your Facebook account and click on the small triangle in the top right corner of your screen (1) to access your „Settings“ (2). Next, click on „Your Facebook Information“ (3) and then on „Download a copy of your information…“ (4). On this page you can select the data you want to download from Facebook.

What is the replacement for Yahoo Messenger?

The best alternative is Telegram, which is free. Other great apps like Yahoo! Messenger are Signal (Free, Open Source), Element (Freemium, Open Source), Jitsi (Free, Open Source) and Skype (Freemium).