If for whatever reason you’d like to prevent people from finding you on Skype before 30 days have passed, consider changing your profile picture and mood message, setting your status to Offline or Invisible and removing other personal information from your Skype profile.
Your name will still appear in your friends’ contact lists unless they remove it, but they won’t be able to contact you. Microsoft says that it might take up to 30 days for your name to disappear from the Skype directory after the account is closed.Īfter 30 days, no one will be able to find you in Skype.
The consequences of closing Skype accountĭeleting the account permanently removes any data that was associated with it, including your Skype contacts, purchases and chat history. Keep in mind that you cannot request a refund for a cancelled Skype Number.ĩ) If you use recurring payments to have your Skype credit automatically topped up when the balance falls below a certain amount, disable the Auto-Recharge feature: in the Account Details section on the web click Billing & Payments, then hit Disable under the Auto-Recharge tab right next to Status.Īlthough both involve recurring payments, don’t confuse auto-recharging Skype Credit with having a Skype subscription.ġ0) Now that you’ve cancelled your Skype subscriptions and removed recurring payments, contact Skype Customer Service and tell them you’d like to close your account.
To renew your Skype Number subscription, click Skype Number in the Manage Features section, then Skype Number and finally Reactivate Settings next to the number you’d like to reactivate. “This means no one else but you can purchase this particular number during this period,” explains Microsoft. After it’s expired, Microsoft will reserve your Skype Number for 90 days. Your Skype Number subscription remains active until its expiry date, which is noted in the web interface. You can do this either in a live chat with Skype’s support staff or fill out the online Cancellation and Refund form.Ĩ) If you purchased a Skype Number where people can ring you, you should cancel it before closing the account: click Skype Number in the Manage Features section, then click Settings and finally hit the Cancel Skype Number option. Tip: Now may be a good time to request a refund for any Skype subscriptions that you haven’t used. In your Skype account settings on the web, click the subscription you want to cancel in the blue bar on the left.Ħ) Click Cancel Subscription to continue.ħ) Now click “Thanks but no thanks, I still want to cancel” to confirm subscription cancellation. If so, just sign in again at to proceed with the account deletion process.ĥ) You will now have to cancel any Skype subscription or recurring payments. Tip: Unlinking accounts may sign you out of your Skype account. Should you get a message saying you cannot unlink the two accounts, contact Skype Support using an online form. You can only unlink your accounts a limited number of times. Tip: If your Skype name in the interface shows as live: or outlook:, unlinking the accounts will cause you to lose all of your Skype contacts across Microsoft’s online properties like. Your Skype account should now be unlinked from your Microsoft account. If that’s the case, you can safely proceed to step 5.Ĥ) A confirmation message appears. Tip: If the option reads Not linked rather than Unlink, your Skype account has not been linked to your Microsoft account. 1) Sign in to your Skype account at in a web browser.Ģ) Go to your account settings: scroll down to the bottom of the webpage and click Account Settings under the Settings and Preferences heading.ģ) Next to your Microsoft account, click the Unlink option.