help/C/remove-account.page

   1 <page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
   2   type="topic"
   3   id="remove-account">
   4
   5   <info>
   6     <link type="guide" xref="index#accounts"/>
   7     <desc>Completely remove an account from <app>Empathy</app>.</desc>
   8     <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-06-14" status="draft"/>
   9     <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-08-10" status="review"/>
  10     <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.3" date="2009-08-27" status="review"/>
  11     <credit type="author">
  12       <name>Milo Casagrande</name>
  13       <email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
  14     </credit>
  15     <copyright>
  16       <year>2009</year>
  17       <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
  18     </copyright>
  19     <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
  20   </info>
  21
  22   <title>Remove an account</title>
  23
  24   <p>
  25     Removing an account means to delete it from your computer with all
  26     the conversations you had with other people.
  27   </p>
  28   <p>
  29     After removing an account you will not be able to recover it or to recover
  30      the conversations you had.
  31   </p>
  32
  33   <steps>
  34     <item>
  35       <p>
  36         From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, perform one of the following:
  37       </p>
  38       <list>
  39         <item>
  40           <p>
  41             Press <key>F4</key>.
  42           </p>
  43         </item>
  44         <item>
  45           <p>
  46             Choose <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Accounts</gui></guiseq>.
  47           </p>
  48         </item>
  49       </list>
  50     </item>
  51     <item>
  52       <p>
  53         Select the account you wish to remove from the box on the
  54          left of the dialog.
  55       </p>
  56     </item>
  57     <item>
  58       <p>
  59         Click on the trash icon to remove the account.
  60       </p>
  61     </item>
  62     <item>
  63       <p>
  64         A dialog will be shown asking for confirmation. Click on
  65         the <gui>Remove</gui> button to permanently remove the
  66         account.
  67       </p>
  68     </item>
  69   </steps>
  70
  71 </page>