Click on your Skype Name, present at top left corner in your desktop screenģ. Firstly launch the Skype application on your desktop by giving proper Skype credentials correctly. Now once all the above prerequisites checked, you may proceed to directly delete your Skype account from your desktop device in Windows/Mac OS.
#Can i close skype account how to#
How To Delete Skype Account Permanently in Your Desktop (Windows/Mac OS) ? go to the Account Details section on the web click Billing & Payments, then hit Disable under the Auto-Recharge tab right next to Status. If you have set the recurring payments option to have your Skype credit automatically topped up if the balance falls below a specific level, now you can disable the Auto-Recharge feature i.e. You can further cancel out the Skype number by clicking on the Cancel Skype Number in the managed features section. Note : After canceling the paid subscriptions, you may now ask the Skype support personal to delete the account, for this you have to fill some online form or directly ask them over live chat. Then finally click on “Thanks but no thanks, I still want to cancel” to confirm subscription cancellation. Then click on the option ‘Cancel Subscription’ to proceed with the cancellation. In the account settings section, search for the paid subscription you have in the left you want to cancel. Now once we have successfully unlinked the Skype account (in the previous section), its time to cancel the paid subscriptions and stop the recurring payment options (if any present). Skype Subscription and Recurring Payments Service Cancellation !! If so, just sign in again at to proceed with the account deletion process. Īlso, keep in mind that Unlinking accounts may sign you out of your Skype account. So now once we unlink the Microsoft id from Skype account, we can now enjoy uninterrupted services in other Microsoft services like the Onedrive, Xbox etc seamlessly. Note : If the option displayed as ‘ Not Linked‘ instead of ‘ Unlink‘, then your Skype account has not been linked to your Microsoft account, so you can quickly jump into the next section. Then in the final step, it will ask for some confirmations, click on the ‘Continue’ option to proceed further with your selection. It will eventually de-link the id from the Skype account. If it is linked, then go and click on the option ‘ Unlink‘ right away. Now search for your Microsoft id and also an option Unlink/Not linked adjacent to it. Then once you are into the Skype application, go down the page and search for the option ‘Account Settings’, which will be present under settings and preferences (in account details section).ģ. Go to your browser and enter, then sign in with your Skype credentials.Ģ. So let us understand the unlinking process first :ġ. So the first priority for us is to unlink the email id from the Skype account and proceed further into the deletion process. Remember that if you don’t want to completely delete your Microsoft account, then you need to first unlink the Microsoft email id that you use for logging into the Skype account, if you forget to do so, then you will lose all the data and accounts linked to that email id all together. Till then be patient and read through (or you can directly jump into this topic by skimming through the article quickly) How To Initiate the Skype Account removal Process ? (Skype Account unlinking process)
#Can i close skype account full#
Later in this post, we will explore each of these applications in full detail.
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Note : Skype removal process usually takes time and if offers around 60 days of the grace period.