How do I flatten an image in Photoshop with a transparent background?

Hello! I am trying to flatten an image in Photoshop while keeping my transparent background. When I flatten, it gives me this white background instead. Someone posted this, "thanks for the help. I've seemed to of figured it out. what I did was>merge all visible layers(except for the background layer),>command and click on the layer to select all>flatten image>command j>deselect> and then delete the flatten layer. this gave me the transparent background I was looking for." but it didn't help me. Please help!

Hello Jeff a Wright,
The version of Photoshop I am using is Photoshop CS5.1. Whenever I flatten an image, it makes a white background, and gets rid of my transparent background.

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[IMG]http://i1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag25/dusty951512/256x256_zpsbf3dcf8e.png~original[/IMG]
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[IMG]http://i1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag25/dusty951512/IconImage_zpsd788c709.png~original[/IMG]
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[IMG]http://i1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag25/dusty951512/SampleicoPic_zpsd252bfba.png~original[/IMG]
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