HT5395 Is there a way to set a password for iMessage?

Is there a way to set a password for iMessage on computer instead of it logging in automatically? Other people use my computer and I do not want them to have access to my imessages.
Thanks

Hi,
It would be best if you set them up with their own Mac User account and changed your Login password.
You could use the Sign Out button each time you closed the app.
This would still show the Apple ID next time the app was started and if this is a common Apple ID they could Sign in again.
You could open Keychain Access and remove the Auth Token but this would also be recreated when they started Messages and re-signed in the iMessages account.
With the AIM, Jabber and Yahoo Accounts it is possible not to enter the password when creating the account and Unticking the "Save this Password to the Keychain" each time you sign those accounts in.
Much less possible with the iMessages account.
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