How do I put my Yahoo! Answers activity on private?

[RazvanP]

And if I put it on private, can my contacts on Yahoo! Messenger see my questions?

[Sweet jesus]

the opposite way you put it on public

[i♥u]

go to "my activity"
click "edit my preferences"
click "privacy & communications"
go to "Sharing and network"
Share my Q&A with: Everyone, My Contacts & Fans Only, My Contacts Only
Share my Answers network with: Everyone, My Contacts & Fans Only, My Contacts Only

if you click contacts only, only your contacts can view your activity.

as far as i know, your yahoo messenger people cant see your questions anyways, they only see your questions from your updates on your profile...

i♥u

[Rev]

You can hide your Q&A from being visible on your profile only from everybody BUT your Contacts. You can't hide your questions from being visible when people are searching elsewhere however.

First and most important step to keep your Q&A private...(from the desktop version) go to My Activities>Edit My Preferences>Privacy & Communications. Under "Sharing and network:" you will see "Share my Q&A with:". Select "My Contacts Only" and click Submit at the bottom of the page.

If you have any Contacts they will be able to see your Q&A, so if you are really concerned about privacy I suggest you don't allow them. After you set to My Contacts Only simply don't add users as Contacts (become their fan). People on your "My Fans" list you needn't worry about.

Then for more privacy you need to check your Pulse settings.

From Answers go to My Activity>View Pulse>Settings>Manage updates. Make sure "Share my updates" is not checked. Save at the bottom of the page. This will keep your updates off of sites such as Messenger.

You can also manage whether you want Twitter or Facebook linked to your Yahoo! account by going to Settings>Manage my linked accounts.

[Yosemitesam]

The top of yahoo answers page hover your mouse on my activity get the drop down then click edit my preferences you can do what your looking to do there.