how do i remove instant messengers from member profiles?

[FourTwenty]

is there a setting in the admin control panel to remove instant messenger icons and text from member profiles?

i work my butt off getting members to my community, to post in the forums, i'd love to keep them there, yet they always seem to float away into instant messenger land.

any help is greatly appreciated.

thanks!

[FourTwenty]

bump

[Steve Machol]

No, there is no such setting. Sorry.

[FourTwenty]

can i run a query to clear all instant messengers fields?

[Steve Machol]

These queries will empty ALL those fields for everyone:

UPDATE user SET icq='';
UPDATE user SET aim='';
UPDATE user SET yahoo='';
UPDATE user SET msn='';
UPDATE user SET skype='';

Make a backup of the database first.

[FourTwenty]

sweet, thanks brother!