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Yahoo! Messenger is my primary instant messenger client that I use whether I at home or at the office. But in this new version, Yahoo! Messenger is using new alert sounds and personally, I don’t like them. I’m more preferred using the old sounds. But how we can get them? :-? Here I will share with you on how you can get the old Yahoo! Messenger sounds back.

  1. First, you need to download this file (415.79 KB).
  2. Then, double click the file and click Unzip
  3. Click Ok when you get this notification, “21 file(s) unzipped successfully”.
  4. Click Close to close WinZip Self-Extractor

All the old alert sounds are now successfully saved in your Yahoo! Messenger media folder. You can change and use the old alert sounds from Messenger > Preferences > Alerts & Sounds. :)

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22 Responses to “Get the old Yahoo! Messenger sounds back”

  1. Monthly Highlights - June 2007 at CypherHackz.Net
    July 2nd, 2007 | 11:40 am

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  2. Monthly Highlights - June 2007 at CypherHackz.Net
    July 2nd, 2007 | 11:40 am

    [...] Get the old Yahoo! Messenger sounds backMiss the your old Yahoo Messenger sounds? Maybe you want to read this trick on how to get them back. [...]

  3. Charlene
    September 21st, 2007 | 12:55 pm

    Thank you so much for giving us back the old instant messenger sounds. I like them far better than the newer ones.

  4. kickassarmygirl
    November 4th, 2007 | 10:03 pm

    Thanks sooo much for posting this info. I agree…the old sounds are far better.

  5. smuttylittle1
    November 14th, 2007 | 6:06 am

    Thank you so much for making it easy to get the old sounds, which i enjoy much more. So simple to use!!

  6. epyon
    December 27th, 2007 | 7:37 am

    yey! this helped 100% thank you!

  7. farina
    January 20th, 2008 | 2:43 am

    thx a lot………

  8. CypherHackz
    January 21st, 2008 | 6:50 pm

    No problem. Im glad that this post is helpful. :)

  9. ElizabethJoan
    March 3rd, 2008 | 11:52 am

    OMGoodness, I am so happy to have these sounds back. I didnt know it was possible. Thanks.

  10. cashanova5
    March 29th, 2008 | 1:59 am

    Hey CypherHackz! Thanx for posting the old alert sounds, don’t know why they’re not included in newer versions of messenger. Excellent job my friend!

  11. Amy
    March 31st, 2008 | 4:07 am

    TY!!! I also missed the old sounds!!! I really appreciate you having them available here.

  12. CypherHackz
    April 5th, 2008 | 11:28 am

    Thanks for the comments guys. :)

  13. Michael
    September 14th, 2008 | 9:35 am

    Hey, you ROCK! Thank you so much for posting this. My computer recently died and I had to re-install everything. The new Yahoo Messenger sounds aren’t nearly as good. The old ones are perfect (especially ‘Pow’). Thank you so much for having this resource available. Take care ~m

  14. taztatoo
    November 21st, 2008 | 9:14 am

    I have been looking for these old sounds for months. Thanks

  15. julie
    January 13th, 2009 | 1:53 am

    thank you ever so much !!!!!!!!!!!x x x x x x x x x x x x x x god bless u julie

  16. Ray
    February 1st, 2009 | 8:35 pm

    can someone help me plz i cant find the sounds/alerts i just downloaded. i did everything he said to do but i cant find them in my yahoo media folder in the preferences if i downloaded 21 new sounds or w.e then shouldnt there be 21 or 20 new sounds? idk plz help me i need my old IM sounds back i hate the new ones

  17. Baubles0120
    May 5th, 2009 | 8:58 am

    i just downloaded the old ym sounds/alerts but it doesnt work, can somebody help me. thnx

  18. Ray
    May 5th, 2009 | 9:15 am

    @Baubles0120

    hey! :D about 3 months or think maybe 4 months ago i tried to get them to work also but they don’t…I’ve also talked to the admin “cyberhackz” and I’m pretty sure he/she doesnt know what the hell they are talking about cuz they still don’t work for me..and they havent gotten back to me about it either…sadly. but yea..sorry but a lot of others say it don’t work on forums on other sites. this is a bogey so…yea…

    hope this cleared something up for ya :)

    Ray

    FOR ANYONE NEW THAT IS READING THIS COMMENT RIGHT NOW:

    DO NOT DOWNLOAD THE OLD SOUNDS/ALERTS. THEY DO NOT WORK WITH THE LATEST YAHOO MESSANGER!!!!

  19. pa0la
    May 15th, 2009 | 9:37 pm

    hehehe i really just love the old sound alerts, thank you so much! more power

  20. Ray
    May 16th, 2009 | 1:06 am

    hehe lmfao too bad they don’t work!!! dumbass!

  21. Renet
    June 26th, 2009 | 3:04 am

    Oh! Thank you so much!!!
    I am happy now!!!!! It works ;)

  22. Ray
    June 26th, 2009 | 3:12 am

    Wait….how did you get it to work? Help!

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