Over the years you will find that your contact list gets cluttered. You’ve deleted people, blocked people or even both. Maybe others have deleted you, blocked you or both. For the people that have blocked or deleted you…why bother keeping them on your contact list?

Why not delete them? But then how do you tell who’s actually blocked and/or deleted you?

I present Noroom’s ListCleaner. I’ve had this app for many years now, although never bothered to share it with anybody. The original author no longer supports it, I would love to see it ported to a nice .net application or even the features incorporated into Messenger Plus! Live. Maybe I can write a script for it :P

Here’s the description from the readme.

Often, whenOften, when u sign in to Messenger, the server sends a list with containing
users who have permission to see you online, who do not have permission, who
have you on their contact list, and who you have on yours. Sometimes you delete
some users, and people delete you from their list, too. Even though they don’t
have you on their list anymore, their email will stay on the list of people who
can see you online. Why allow them to see you online, if they don’t have you on
their list anymore? It is pointless to give them persmission to see your status
when they don’t have the ability to do so.
Now, let’s say you block someone and then delete that user from your list.
Imagine that the person you blocked also deletes you. That person’s email will
stay in your block list, even though it is not likely they will talk to you,
because you are not on their contact list anymore.sign in to Messenger, the server sends a list with containing
users who have permission to see you online, who do not have permission, who
have you on their contact list, and who you have on yours. Sometimes you delete
some users, and people delete you from their list, too. Even though they don’t
have you on their list anymore, their email will stay on the list of people who
can see you online. Why allow them to see you online, if they don’t have you on
their list anymore? It is pointless to give them persmission to see your status
when they don’t have the ability to do so.
Now, let’s say you block someone and then delete that user from your list.
Imagine that the person you blocked also deletes you. That person’s email will
stay in your block list, even though it is not likely they will talk to you,
because you are not on their contact list anymore.

“Often, when u sign in to Messenger, the server sends a list with containing users who have permission to see you online, who do not have permission, who have you on their contact list, and who you have on yours. Sometimes you delete some users, and people delete you from their list, too. Even though they don’t have you on their list anymore, their email will stay on the list of people who can see you online. Why allow them to see you online, if they don’t have you on their list anymore? It is pointless to give them persmission to see your status when they don’t have the ability to do so. Now, let’s say you block someone and then delete that user from your list. Imagine that the person you blocked also deletes you. That person’s email will stay in your block list, even though it is not likely they will talk to you, because you are not on their contact list anymore.”

All you have to do is download the app and login with your WLM account. The app will then collate all the people that you can delete. Simple!

I know this isn’t much of a tutorial but it’s something that I thought people would find useful. I bet most people would be quite surprised at the results.

Too bad it’s not opensource, I would love to take a quick look under the hood of that application.

In case you missed the download link above here it is again.

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