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1 <page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
2       xmlns:e="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/"
3       type="topic" style="task"
4       id="remove-account">
5
6   <info>
7     <link type="guide" xref="index#accounts"/>
8     <desc>Completely remove an account from <app>Empathy</app>.</desc>
9     <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-06-14" status="draft"/>
10     <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-08-10" status="review"/>
11     <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.3" date="2009-08-27" status="review">
12       <e:review by="shaunm@gnome.org" date="2009-08-31" status="done"/>
13     </revision>
14     <credit type="author">
15       <name>Milo Casagrande</name>
16       <email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
17     </credit>
18     <copyright>
19       <year>2009</year>
20       <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
21     </copyright>
22     <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
23   </info>
24
25   <title>Remove an account</title>
26
27   <p>You can completely remove an account from <app>Empathy</app> if you no
28   longer wish to use the account.  If you wish to use the account in
29   <app>Empathy</app> again in the future, you will have to add your account
30   details again.</p>
31   
32   <steps>
33     <item>
34       <p>From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, choose <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui>
35       <gui>Accounts</gui></guiseq>, or press <key>F4</key>.</p>
36     </item>
37     <item>
38       <p>Select the account you wish to remove from the accounts list on the
39       left side of the window.</p>
40     </item>
41     <item>
42       <p>Click on the trash icon next to the account name to remove the account.</p>
43     </item>
44     <item>
45       <p>A dialog will be shown asking for confirmation. Click the <gui>Remove</gui>
46       button to permanently remove the account.</p>
47     </item>
48   </steps>
49
50   <note>
51     <p>Even after removing an account, <app>Empathy</app> does not delete
52     your conversation history for that account.</p>
53   </note>
54
55 </page>