How to Disable or Remove Annoying Ads from Yahoo! Messenger?

    PDATE: This tutorial has been updated with new manual methods which don't require any 3rd party patcher.

If you are visiting this place that means you are one of those people who are tired of annoying Yahoo! Messenger ads and want to get rid of them. Congratulations, you have come to the right place.

Yahoo! Messenger displays ads in its main window as well as in chat window and webcam window. There are many 3rd party patchers available which claim to remove ads from Yahoo! Messenger but the problem with those patchers is that they don't work with new messenger versions and you need to wait for an updated version of the patcher if you install a new version of Yahoo! Messenger.

Don't worry! If you don't want to use 3rd party patchers but want to remove the ads from Yahoo! Messenger window, here are 2 easy manual methods for you:

    Using Registry Editor
    Using Hosts File

After following any of the 2 methods given in this tutorial, you'll get a similar result as shown in following image:

 

So without wasting time, lets start the tutorial to disable or remove ads from Yahoo! Messenger window:

    Method 1: Using Registry Editor

This method requires editing Windows Registry. It works for almost all Yahoo! Messenger versions. If it doesn't work for you, try the 2nd method given next.

1. Type regedit in RUN or start menu search box and press Enter. It'll open Registry Editor.

2. Now go to following key:

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Yahoo\pager\Locale

3. In right-side pane, you'll see a DWORD Enable Messenger Ad which would be set to 1.

4. Double-click on it and change its value to 0 as shown in following screenshot:

 

5. That's it. Start Yahoo! Messenger and you should not see any annoying ad.