Yahoo has announced plans to permanently axe the public chat rooms feature of its messaging tool. It said in a blog post it would replace the tool, along with other services being removed, with new features. Yahoo said the feature was closing because it was not adding enough value for users.

Why Yahoo Messenger is closed?

According to Yahoo!, they ended Yahoo Messenger to divert time and resources to other communication tools: As the communications landscape continues to change, were focused on building and introducing new, exciting communications tools that better fit consumer needs.

How can I recover Yahoo chat history?

You can also view your Messenger conversation history in Yahoo Mail by clicking the Messenger icon to open a pop-up window. From the Status menu, select Conversation History to access your chat logs.