Delete previous away messages help

Over the year ive accumulated 100s of away messages. is there any way i can get rid of all of the saved ones and start fresh. any help would be appreciated. thanks.

Hi Fotoshopfan,
When you use the drop down to create a new Away or Available (custom) message they are saved as you say.
AT the bottom of this drop down is Edit Messages.
Use this.
Use the " - " key to delete messages after you have selected them first.
There is another way but it is more drastic.
Go to Users/(your account)/Library/Preferences and delete com.apple.ichat.plist and restart iChat.
This will also lose you any speech Alerts you have made, Font Colour Choices, Bubble colour choices and any Sound/Alert choice you have made. (hence the Drastic nature of this method)
11:04 AM Saturday; August 4, 2007

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