Disable Instant Message History for Cisco Jabber

The following steps will allow you to disable IM history for Cisco Jabber. These steps have been confirmed on Jabber 11.x.x.

Modify Jabber Configuration File

1. Jabber configuration file is called: jabber-config-defaults.xml
2. File is located at: C:\Program Files (x86)\Cisco Systems\Cisco Jabber
3. The following settings were added to the end of the file:

<!– My Customization Section –>

<userConfig name=”Disable_IM_History” value=”TRUE”/>

<userConfig name=”EnableSaveChatToFile” value=”FALSE”/>

<userConfig name=”EnableAutosave” value=”FALSE”/>

Disable_IM_History Disables instant message history. When IM window is closed all history is removed

EnableSaveChatToFile If set to FALSE, will not allowed chat to be saved to a file

EnableAutosave Specifies whether users can save instant messages automatically each time they close a conversation

4. Close Jabber and re-open it

Note: Detailed information can be found here