<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
- type="topic"
- id="remove-account">
-
+ xmlns:e="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/"
+ type="topic" style="task"
+ id="remove-account">
+
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#accounts"/>
<desc>Completely remove an account from <app>Empathy</app>.</desc>
- <revision version="3.0" date="2009-06-14" status="draft"/>
-
+ <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-06-14" status="draft"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-08-10" status="review"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.3" date="2009-08-27" status="review">
+ <!--
+ <e:review by="shaunm@gnome.org" date="2009-08-31" status="done"/>
+ -->
+ </revision>
+ <revision pkgversion="2.30" version="0.4" date="2010-04-19" status="review"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.2" version="0.5" date="2011-12-19" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Milo Casagrande</name>
<email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
</credit>
+ <license>
+ <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
+ </license>
+<!--
<copyright>
<year>2009</year>
<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
</copyright>
-
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
+-->
</info>
-
- <comment>
- <cite date="2009-06-14"><name>Milo Casagrande</name></cite>
- <p>Section about how to remove an account from <app>Empathy</app>.</p>
- </comment>
-
+
<title>Remove an account</title>
- <p>
- Removing an account means to delete it from your computer with all
- the conversations you had with other people.
- </p>
- <p>
- After removing an account you will not be able to recover it or
- the conversations you had.
- </p>
+ <p>You can completely remove an account from <app>Empathy</app> if you no
+ longer wish to use the account. If you wish to use the account in
+ <app>Empathy</app> again in the future, you will have to add your account
+ details again.</p>
<steps>
<item>
- <p>
- From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, perform one of the following:
- </p>
- <list>
- <item>
- <p>
- Press <key>F4</key>
- </p>
- </item>
- <item>
- <p>
- Choose <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Accounts</gui></guiseq>
- </p>
- </item>
- </list>
+ <p>From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, choose <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui>
+ <gui>Accounts</gui></guiseq>, or press <key>F4</key>.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>
- Select the account you wish to remove in the box on the
- left of the dialog.
- </p>
+ <p>Select the account you wish to remove from the accounts list on the
+ left side of the window.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>
- Click on the <gui>Remove</gui> button.
- </p>
+ <p>Click <gui style="button">-</gui>.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>
- A dialog will be shown asking for confirmation. Click on
- the <gui>Remove</gui> button to permanently remove the
- account.
- </p>
+ <p>A dialog will be shown asking for confirmation. Click the <gui>Remove</gui>
+ button to permanently remove the account.</p>
</item>
</steps>
-
+
<note>
- <p>
- If you only want to disable an account, see <link xref="disable-account"/>.
- </p>
+ <p>Even after removing an account, <app>Empathy</app> does not delete
+ your conversation history for that account.</p>
</note>
-
</page>