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.
- First, you need to download this file (415.79 KB).
- Then, double click the file and click Unzip
- Click Ok when you get this notification, “21 file(s) unzipped successfully”.
- 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. 
Not enough? Want to read more tips? You can read more Yahoo! Messenger tips and tricks from here or from my Tips & Tricks archive.
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Thank you so much for giving us back the old instant messenger sounds. I like them far better than the newer ones.
Thanks sooo much for posting this info. I agree…the old sounds are far better.
Thank you so much for making it easy to get the old sounds, which i enjoy much more. So simple to use!!
yey! this helped 100% thank you!
thx a lot………
No problem. Im glad that this post is helpful.
OMGoodness, I am so happy to have these sounds back. I didnt know it was possible. Thanks.
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!
TY!!! I also missed the old sounds!!! I really appreciate you having them available here.
Thanks for the comments guys.
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
I have been looking for these old sounds for months. Thanks