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The following is a history of all versions of Yahoo! Messenger on all platforms by Yahoo!, Inc.
Yahoo! Messenger was an advertisement-supported instant messaging client and associated protocol provided by Yahoo!. Yahoo Messenger was provided free of charge and could be downloaded and used with a generic "Yahoo ID" which also allowed access to other Yahoo! services, such as Yahoo! Mail. The service also offered VoIP, file transfers, webcam hosting, a text messaging service, and chat rooms in various categories.
There are many versions between those listed here and prior to last version listed here. These are "major releases". See one of several sites listed in external links to find other, older versions of the product.
Oldest version for which customer care support is available: 8.0 (as of April 2, 2007)
Oldest version that can log in (has not reached end of life): 8.0 (as of September 30, 2009)
Version | Release date | Notes | |
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1.0 | March 9, 1998 |
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3.0 | August 17, 2000 | ||
3.5 | November 17, 2000 | Graphical emoticons [2] | |
4.0 | May 8, 2001 | ||
4.1 | |||
5.0 | November 2001 | animated emoticon | |
5.5 | August 15, 2002 | ||
5.6 | |||
6.0 | August 2004 |
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6.1 | |||
7.0.0.426 | August 8, 2005 |
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7.0.0.437 | August 30, 2005 | ||
7.5 | March 21, 2006 |
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8.0.0.505 | June 20, 2006 |
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8.0.0.508 | July 13, 2006 |
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8.0.0.701 | August 10, 2006 |
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8.0.0.716 | September 15, 2006 | ||
8.1.0.195 | October 24, 2006 |
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8.1.0.209 | December 4, 2006 | ||
8.1.0.239 [4] | January 19, 2007 |
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8.1.0.244 | March 14, 2007 | ||
8.1.0.249 [5] | March 28, 2007 |
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8.1.0.401 | June 8, 2007 |
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8.1.0.402 | June 15, 2007 |
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8.1.0.413 | July 17, 2007 | ||
8.1.0.416 [6] | August 22, 2007 |
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8.1.0.419 | August 29, 2007 |
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8.1.0.421 | September 6, 2007 | ||
9.0.0.797 Beta [7] | October 29, 2007 |
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9.0.0.907 Beta [8] | November 7, 2007 |
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9.0.0.922 Beta | December 17, 2007 | ||
9.0.0.1389 Beta [9] | May 27, 2008 |
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9.0.0.1912 [10] | September 19, 2008 |
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9.0.0.2018 | October 16, 2008 | ||
9.0.0.2034 [11] [12] | November 6, 2008 |
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9.0.0.2112 [13] | January 8, 2009 |
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9.0.0.2123 | January 24, 2009 |
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9.0.0.2128 [14] | February 4, 2009 |
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9.0.0.2133 | February 18, 2009 |
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9.0.0.2136 [15] | February 20, 2009 |
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9.0.0.2152 | March 18, 2009 | ||
9.0.0.2160 | May 13, 2009 | ||
9.0.0.2161 | May 22, 2009 |
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9.0.0.2162 | May 26, 2009 | ||
10.0.0.331 Pre-Alpha | June 2009 |
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10.0.0.525 Beta [16] | August 24, 2009 |
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10.0.0.542 Beta [17] | September 29, 2009 |
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10.0.0.1102 [18] | November 12, 2009 |
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10.0.0.1241 [19] | March 3, 2010 |
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10.0.0.1258 [20] | March 23, 2010 |
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10.0.0.1264 | May 6, 2010 | ||
10.0.0.1267 | May 14, 2010 | ||
10.0.0.1270 | June 3, 2010 | ||
11.0.0.1751 Beta [21] | November 16, 2010 | ||
11.0.0.2009 [21] | June 28, 2011 |
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11.0.0.2014 | August 26, 2011 | ||
11.5.0.152 | November 29, 2011 |
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11.5.0.155 | |||
11.5.0.192 | February 24, 2012 |
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11.5.0.228 [22] | March 13, 2012 |
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Version | Release date | Notes |
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Prior Releases | Undocumented | |
2.5.3 [23] | September 24, 2003 |
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3.0 beta 1 (build 17006) | June 28, 2006 |
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3.0 beta 1 revision 2 (build 18274) | July 13, 2006 |
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3.0 beta 2 (build 65474) [24] | September 6, 2007 |
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3.0 beta 2 revision 2 (build 75170) [25] | October 25, 2007 |
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3.0 beta 2 revision 3 (build 78326) [26] | November 21, 2007 |
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3.0 beta 3 (build 98855) [27] | March 25, 2008 |
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3.0 beta 3 (build 126432) [27] | August 28, 2008 | |
3.0 Beta 4 (build 156957) | February 10, 2009 |
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3.0 Beta (build 191946) [29] | September 3, 2009 |
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3.0 Beta (build 192773) [30] | September 28, 2009 |
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3.0.1 (build 35554) [31] | July 20, 2011 |
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3.0.2 (build 235554) [32] | July 14, 2012 |
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