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

  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="index#accounts"/>
    <desc>Completely remove an account from <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"/>
    <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>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 to recover
     the conversations you had.
  </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 remove from the box on the
         left of the dialog.
      </p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>
        Click on the <gui>Remove</gui> button.
      </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>
    </item>
  </steps>

</page>