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How to delete chat logs.

Asked by graybluecat

How do I delete the chat logs that my pidgin program saved?

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Justin Corner (justin-corner) said : 		#1

Pidgin stores the logs in the ~/.purple/logs (/home/yourusername/.purple/logs) directory. Simple delete the ones you want to or delete them all.

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graybluecat (queenietouch) said : 		#2

how do i mass delete them though?

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Best Steven Danna (ssd7) said : 		#3

You could do the following:

1) Open a terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal)
2) rm -r ~/.purple/logs/*

Also, you can turn off future logging by opening pidgin and going to Tools->Preferences->Logging and turning off logging.

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graybluecat (queenietouch) said : 		#4

Thanks Steven Danna, that solved my question.

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Andrew Ziem (ahziem1) said : 		#5

Also BleachBit deletes Pidgin chat logs using a simple graphical interface
http://bleachbit-project.appspot.com/