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How to clear Skype IM Chat and Call History?

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If you’re a frequent Skype user, you might have noticed that Skype keeps a record of all events including instant messages, calls, file transfers and SMS all stored and accessible from the Conversation tab by clicking on the Show History button.

Deleting the chat and call history in Skype is easy, but the Delete History option is buried inside Skype menus. All you need to do is choose Tools > Options, go to the Privacy tab and hit the ‘Clear History’ button.

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A dialog box will popup asking you for confirmation regarding deleting all previous text chats, voicemail, calls, file transfers and SMS messages. Hit Delete and you’re done. The Skype call and chat history has been deleted.

If you want to disable or turn off Skype history, just use the ‘No History’ option under ‘Keep History for’ in the Privacy tab.

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Written by Shankar Ganesh

June 4th, 2009 at 2:30 pm

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  • PatsyAnn

    THANKS! Exactly what I was looking for!

  • Urtypeofguy

    i did exactly the instructions and it clear the call history…but when you click the Account, it will bring you to the Account page – all the call history is still there, is there a way to clear those? Help please. Thanks

  • Ahmed_Yeh

    tanks

  • Sopha Ke

    thanks you! it very helpful

  • Priya

    Thanks exactly what I was looking for…

  • Kathylee218

    How do you erase the chat history completely? I mean from all computers and the other persons chat. I dont want to use Skype anymore. I didnt realize that anyone I chat with has those chats permanently. Is it possible to erase ALL history?

  • Jhinglo

    thanks a lot i did it .thanks for the very easy tip

  • JackM

    There’s a tool called Skypex that will allow you to delete specific messages, or entire conversations from your computer ( they may still show up if you login to your account from another computer).  You can find the beta version here: http://bryancockerham.com/skypex-delete-skype-messages.php.  I don’t think it works for mac yet, but it worked fine on my PC.  

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