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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
  type="topic"
  id="disable-account">

  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="index#accounts"/>
    <link type="seealso" xref="remove-account"/>
    <desc>
      Prevent an account from logging-in automatically when you start
      <app>Empathy</app>.
    </desc>
    <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"/>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Milo Casagrande</name>
      <email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
    </credit>
    <copyright>
      <year>2009</year>
      <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
    </copyright>
    <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
  </info>

  <title>Disable an account</title>

  <p>
    Disabling an account means to deactivate it, temporarily or
     permanently. All the conversations you had will be kept in your computer.
  </p>
  <p>
    After disabling an account, it is possible to enable it 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>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>
        Select the account you wish to disable from the box on the
        left of the dialog.
      </p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>
        Deselect the <gui style="checkbox">Enabled</gui> check-box.
      </p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>
        Click on <gui style="button">Apply</gui>.
      </p>
    </item>
  </steps>

</page>