How can I remove a message from a Yahoo Group which I am a member of, so it doesn't show in search results?

Question

I posted a message some years ago in a Yahoo! Group which I joined. Now it is showing up in search results and I would like to remove it. How can I go about getting it removed from the Group archive please?

TIA

Answer 1

ask the owner and see if they will remove it for you..if not your out of luck as it is up to them if they want to

Answer 2

Once group messages get scattered through search engines on the net, you must contact whoever owns the search engine, (example Google) and tell them you want your "intellectual property" removed from their search engine.  They might or might not follow through.  This stuff cycles -unfortunately, it will take a long time before your info is so far back in search archives, it won't readily appear.  

To find if more of your stuff is publicly available, do a Google or Yahoo search for your screen name or email address..

If you are still a member of the Yahoo group, sign it to the group using the same username and password as you did when original message was posted there.  Click on Messages, then search for your message.  Then open the message and click "Delete" on the left, right above the message subject.  Confirm deletion, then sign out of group.

If no longer a member, send an email to that group owner - address at bottom of group home page and ask that your message be deleted..

Answer 3

You can go to the message itself and delete it from the group if you are logged in to yahoo with the same id under which you originally posted the message.  In a few days it shoulf purge from the search engine because it will no longer exist.

Check group settings on home page.  If archives are public, your messages will be in search engines.  Post in groups whose archives are viewable by members only.  Same with yahoo answers, make your settings private.  But-- if you answer a ? for someone whose profile is not private, your answer may still show in search engines.