How do I make my questions and answers private?

[12 gauge hunter]

How do I make my Q/A private from other ppl viewing my activity? Thanks

[Barkley Hound]

To hide q&a from non Y!A pages including email (except for search engines) change your setting here.
http://profile.yahoo.com/y/settings/updates/

For Y!A you can only hide the list in your profile and not the actual questions and answers.

There is no way to hide questions and answers on Yahoo! Answers. It would serve no purpose. This site is for people to do research by looking for questions and associated answers. Questions can always be found by a search on the subject or they can be found with a Yahoo or Google search..

Many people hide the list of questions and answers in their profile. This is done so that someone who has something against them can't just go through the list and send violations for everything.

The option to hide the list is in your profile at "my activity" and then "edit my preferences". Shortcut http://answers.yahoo.com/my/my_edit
Then click on "privacy and communications".
You can allow the list to be seen by "everyone", "my contacts and fans only", or "my contacts only". You must have no contacts to hide from everyone.

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[Rev]

Here's what to do...(if on a mobile you may have switch to desktop mode for the following to work)

To privatize your profile go to My Activity > Edit My Preferences > Privacy & Communications. http://answers.yahoo.com/my-activity/edi...KIX;_ylv=3 Underneath "Sharing and network" are your choices for your privacy settings, for both your Q&A and your network.

The most private setting is "My Contacts Only", which means only users that you have added as a contact can see your activity and network.

You can only keep your activity private on your profile, you cannot prevent people from finding your Q&A elsewhere on the site or from finding them by using Google and other search engines.

On that same Privacy & Communications page is the setting to "Allow someone from Yahoo! Answers to be my fan" (add you as a contact). A user who has added you as a contact is a fan, and can't see your activity and network on your profile if you have set it to "My Contacts Only". But they do have the option to receive an email every time you ask a question, regardless of your privacy settings unless you don't allow fans.

Any time you make a change on your settings don't forget to click Submit at the bottom of the page.

Also for privacy on Y! Profile make sure sharing updates is turned off and that your account is not linked with Twitter or Facebook.
http://profile.yahoo.com/y/settings/updates/
http://profile.yahoo.com/y/settings/linked-accounts/