Detect If Your Yahoo Messenger Chat Contact in Invisible Mode or Offline

Updated by: Alex George on June 29, 2009

Yahoo Messenger was once one of the most popular online chat platforms. Although Yahoo discontinued its public chat room feature, many users continued to use it.

In this article, I will discuss several tools that could determine the status of Yahoo Messenger contacts.

I will teach you to find whether they were online, offline, or in invisible mode.

How Do I Detect an Invisible Yahoo User?

Julia Sebastian, a regular reader of CoreNetworkz Tech Solutions, asked, "Hello Alex, is there any trick to find an invisible Yahoo user?"

The answer is yes.

When a user chooses invisible mode, Yahoo Messenger displays her as offline. However, specialized "invisible detector" tools could identify whether a contact was truly offline or appearing that way.

These tools helped users figure out if a contact was intentionally avoiding conversation.

Hannah Maria, a reporter at CoreNetworkZ Tech Solutions, told me, "I use these Yahoo status checker tools to find whether a person blocked me on Yahoo."

Hannah is right.

For instance, if a contact appeared offline in your messenger but one of these tools detects her as online, the person had likely blocked you.

Free Yahoo Invisible Status Checkers

Let me share some of my favorite tools for checking Yahoo user's online status. They are ydetector.com, imvisible.info, detectinvisible.com, who-is-invisible.co.cc, and ybuddy.info.

These platforms allowed users to check whether a Yahoo Chat contact was using invisible mode.

  1. Yahoo Messenger Invisible Detector (YDetector) – Check YM User Status

    YDetector is a free online tool that checks the status of a Yahoo Messenger (YM) user ID. If a contact is in invisible mode, the tool can detect and indicate that the user is not offline.

    Below is a screenshot demonstrating how the tool displays a status of 'offline' when a user is signed off.

    yahoo invisible

    If the user is truly signed out, the status will appear as Offline. Similarly, the tool can detect if a contact is 'Available' or in Busy mode.

    yahoo invisible detector

    Link to this tool: http://www.ydetector.com

  2. Check the Status of a YM User with Imvisible

    Imvisible is another free and widely used web-based tool that allows you to check the real-time status of any YM user ID. Like YDetector, it identifies whether a user is online, offline, or hidden in invisible mode.

    yahoo status checker

    Link to this tool: http://www.imvisible.info/

  3. Detect Yahoo Messenger Status with DetectInvisible

    DetectInvisible is another effective tool for verifying a Yahoo Messenger contact's status. It not only displays whether the user is online, offline, or invisible but also allows users to save the avatar of the checked Yahoo contact.

    Below is a screenshot example showing a user detected as Online.

    detector yahoo invisible messenger

    Link: http://detectinvisible.com/

William Brown, a client of CoreNetworkz Tech Solutions, mentioned, "It is helpful to determine whether a Yahoo Messenger contact is genuinely offline or simply using invisible mode."

I agree with William.

Some users might appear hidden because they are genuinely busy and unable to chat—while others may have chosen to block you from viewing their real status.

By analyzing the results returned by these detection tools, you can often infer whether a friend has deliberately hidden their availability or potentially blocked you altogether.

I recall your attention to what Hanna told me. She uses these tools to determine if a Yahoo user blocked her.

In addition to the tools previously mentioned, many other free utilities can help check the real-time status of Yahoo Messenger contacts. Some of these include:


  1. http://www.vizgin.com/

  2. http://www.ymland.com

  3. http://www.invisible.ir/

  4. http://www.invisible-scanner.com/

  5. http://www.statusdetect.com

  6. http://www.webxitin.net/

  7. http://yahoohunter.com (Updated )

  8. http://www.ymsgr.net (Updated )

  9. http://yscan.info(Updated )

  10. http://www.who-is-invisible.co.cc/

  11. http://invisibleim.com/

  12. http://www.ybuddy.info/

  13. http://www.yahoodetect.com

  14. http://www.spydetect.net/

  15. http://invisibleyahoo.net

  16. http://www.invizibil-ascuns.ro

Author: Alex George

Author

Alex George is the Chief Editor and founder of CoreNetworkZ Tech Solutions. He is a senior software developer with 20 years of experience.

You can contact him at alex.george@corenetworkz.com.

8 comments:

  1. To hunter and Anonymous.

    I have updated the list with http://www.ymsgr.net/,yahoohunter.com and http://yscan.info


    Thanks for your kind support.

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  2. Wendy Weinbaum4:58 AM

    Is there any sort of Yahoo ID cross-reference, to link together all the Yahoo Messenger ID's that a given user may have?

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  3. Anonymous11:32 PM

    Detect Yahoo Invisible users

    www.yahoodetect.com

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  4. Anonymous2:52 PM

    hi i cnt c any ov my frends whther dey r invisible or nt
    i tried evry link on my id making it invisible bt wen i chk it shws im offline
    wots dz???

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  5. Dennis4:26 AM

    The best Yahoo Invisible Detector http://www.detector-invisible.com scanner 100% accurate.

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  6. Anonymous4:28 AM

    http://www.SpyDetect.net is the best Yahoo Invisible Detector ! Quick and 100 % Real Status !

    -Send voice messages in English and Romanian ( NEW !!! )
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    Link here : http://www.SpyDetect.net : Spy Detect

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  7. Anonymous4:31 AM

    invisibleim working very nice 100% accurate

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  8. Another useful website http://www.ybuddy.info, it can:
    - Check the status: online, invisible, offline
    - View and download avatar
    - Add nick
    - Send the message
    - View the profile
    - 100% correct, never busy

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