MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger has a quite annoying feature to me, which is having a popup of Windows Live Today/MSN Today every single time you sign into your account. That might be useful to some, but in my case, I am not using Hotmail, thus making the pop-up not useful at all.
To disable Windows Live Today, simply follow the instructions below.
For Windows Live Messenger 2009:
- Click on Tools, select Options
- Click on the Sign In tab
- Uncheck the Show Windows Live Today after I sign in to Messenger box
For older Windows Live Messenger or MSN Messenger:
- Click on Tools, select Options
- Click on the General tab
- Uncheck the Show Windows Live Today after I sign in to Messenger box
Voila, the next time you sign into your Windows Live Messenger, the popup will not appear anymore and all you see is just your contact list.
Article updated on 19 May 09 to include guide for WLM 2009
12 Apr 08
3:44 am
Nice one, I forgot how to get rid of this annoying pop up, followed your advice and now have one less headache to think about
Many thanks
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Michael J replied:
April 24th, 2009
When I open tools>options> there is not general tab with the Taday disable in it? Any suggestions?
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IB replied:
October 11th, 2009
Did you even read?
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rich replied:
May 13th, 2009
Thanks! That worked for me also. I could care less what the idiots in Hollywood are up to. I get my news from more reputable sources!
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Steven P replied:
October 3rd, 2009
Thanks…. I have finally found the solutiion to the single most annoying thing in my life. I feel liberated. Thanks again
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13 Jul 08
11:49 pm
Same as comment above, I find it so annoying too
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20 Jul 08
9:23 am
Well spotted. I think I blind – was searching for this option but couldn’t see it, lol.
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20 Jul 08
9:25 am
Should be:
Well spotted. I think I’m blind…
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08 Aug 08
10:11 am
Unlike all of you I would like to be able to read it but it is not in english and have me realy annoyed, can someone tell me how to get it in english.
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31 Aug 08
10:23 am
Thanks very much it was getting really annoying
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31 Aug 08
9:21 pm
can someone help me, i turned it off but now i want it back and i dont have that option in general menu!
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09 Sep 08
12:12 pm
Thx for that. But could anyone tell me the url so i can block it on my proxy server
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20 Sep 08
11:52 pm
another big tanx,
they always seem to put those ‘options’ so far away
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27 Sep 08
11:11 am
it was annoying..
thx for the tips
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06 Oct 08
10:57 pm
that pop up was very annoying and useless for me….thanks for helping
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10 Oct 08
3:22 pm
wow, i didnt see that haha. thank you very much!
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06 Nov 08
4:20 am
how do i stop this annoying windows live today pop-up.
someone help me please, it’s driving me crazy
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06 Nov 08
4:30 am
i followed the steps to remove windows live today.
but i get to step 3 and dont have that option what should i do now someone help me please
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20 Nov 08
10:45 pm
Thanks mate. I’ve been wondering how to get rid of this damn nuisance !
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14 Dec 08
8:47 am
i don’t have that option please help my windows live freezes because of that popup and i need to remove it please help
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30 Dec 08
12:19 pm
I click tools in which application?
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30 Dec 08
12:42 pm
@JK: In your Windows Live Messenger.
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Johan E. Bengtsson replied:
September 29th, 2009
The stupid aplication has no Tools option to click… who designed this crappy interface?
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07 Jan 09
12:38 am
I have been trying to get rid of that blasted page – and it makes the system slower as well!! Well Done.
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07 Jan 09
1:38 am
@trickydicky: I’m not sure if it makes system slower, but it is definitely annoying, especially when I’m not interested in those content at all.
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12 Jan 09
10:22 pm
Click the “show menu” button if your menu is not displayed. It is one of the buttons to the right of the search bar, underneath the hotmail email notifier. There you will find the tools menu.
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Johan E. Bengtsson replied:
September 29th, 2009
Sheesh, that icon was supposed to be self-explanatory? NOT…
(thx, this really helped)
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25 Jan 09
7:14 pm
Maybe I’m being thick here or I have a different version, I dont have a Tools option or a Show menu on the right of the of the search bar, also I dont have a hotmail notifier. Really would like to ditch this stupid popup. I looked on the MS site and it only advices how to remove via Add/Remove programmes in the control panel, this removes messenger completley.
Please help im at my wits end with this.
Thanks
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25 Jan 09
7:20 pm
Found the answer to my problem, hope this helps anyone else, the tools menu refered to above is NOT in the Pop Up which is where I was mislead, its actually in the Messenger application itself.
Problem solved.
Thanks.
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08 Mar 09
4:52 am
Bless you! I don’t know how I started receiving it in the first place and I desperately wanted to get rid of it. Unfortunately because I live in Poland the bloody thing thinks I’m Polish and I have no way of knowing how to change Messenger’s language back to English. So thanks for your simple instructions as I was sick of hearing about Jade Goody* every day and all those really poorly written gossip/list articles.
*Apologies to cancer sufferers, but please – this woman is not a saint.
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11 Mar 09
8:03 am
Yay! Thanks to you (and the God of Google) I can finally say goodbye to that damn pop-up…
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24 Apr 09
4:54 pm
ty man!!
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04 May 09
9:25 pm
Thanks. We all now know what life is like without having to hear about other people’s
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24 Jun 09
4:35 pm
Thanks very much. I wanted to get rid of it!
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31 Jul 09
12:08 am
WL Today popup make my touchpad driver error.. sooo annoying.. but now everything will go ok.. million thanks fo ya!
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11 Sep 09
8:47 am
Thanks for your help “Windows LiveMessenger 2009. Now I am free from the annoying notices.
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11 Sep 09
8:48 am
Thanks again
Richard Schmidt
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23 Jan 10
6:28 am
trying to get rid of the annoying pop up to sign in to windows live id – not my windows live id account so i can’t go into it and stop it – any other way to do it?
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27 Jan 10
10:36 am
Finally found a help page that had the right info on it to get rid of that idiotic today page. Thanks.
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04 Feb 10
12:23 am
I cannot even find the “tools” button on my Windows Live page. What am I doing wrong?
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02 Mar 10
10:55 pm
Thanks for your help, nice blog!
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03 Apr 10
9:34 pm
Thanks for this, you’ve saved me from going MAD and also saved the PC from going through the window.
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29 May 10
4:20 pm
Thanks a lot krab
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29 Jul 10
3:38 pm
I don’t know why you’re griping about Windows Live Today, I like having that to pop up when I sign in, but now all of a sudden I can’t find it and don’t know how to get it back.
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18 Dec 10
11:00 pm
I am using win7, i un-check the box, but it seems not working…anyone have any idea of how to stop the windows live today pop-up?? many thanks!!
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20 Apr 11
9:06 am
I am also annoyed with the pop up. I used your tutorial to disable it for good.
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24 Jun 11
4:20 pm
i need windows live today tab back:S i know its silly, i use it ofcourse without the automatic pop-up cz it defintly slows down everything, but i got used to it! i dont like the recent version of messenger so im still on version 9. but somehow the tab is gone! from the main page and from the option menu! :S can anyone help me know whats the problem?
Thank you!
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