To show conversations that have previously been hidden, click the View menu, and then select Show Hidden Conversations from the drop-down menu. Right-click on a contact's name, and then click Hide Conversation. If you wait too long after sending a message, you will be unable to delete it.) To hide a Skype conversation:Ĭlick Recent to see your active conversations on Skype. (NOTE: You only have a limited amount of time to delete a single message. Quickly right-click on the message, and then left-click Remove Message in the menu that appears.Ī pop-up box will appear, asking if you really want to delete the message. This lesson will show you how to do all three of those things! To delete a Skype message: Or maybe you'd like to forget everything that you've said (or has been said to you) on Skype and start fresh. Or, perhaps you'd rather not talk to someone on Skype for a while, so you'd like to hide previous messages from them.

If you’re running Exchange Online, it may take a while for them to completely disappear after you delete them, but they WILL eventually be gone.We've all had those times where we send a message to someone on social media or over a messaging service like Skype, immediately regret it, and want to cancel the message. Likewise, if you delete all your Conversation History in Outlook, you’ll also clear out all your conversations in Skype. So, if you have a retention policy that deletes conversations after, say… 7 days, then your ability to recall Skype conversations will only go back that far. If you click on one of the entries, it will then open it back up in Skype instead of you having to go find it in Conversation History in Outlook:Ī couple things to keep in mind… Skype pulls its information from the Conversation History folder in Outlook. You will see all the conversations and calls you’ve been on. If you go into Skype and click the Clock icon, it will allow you to see tabs for telephone calls, missed calls and conversations, and ALL conversations and calls. This is far better than having to go check out Conversation History in Outlook.

She showed me how to re-display Skype conversations within Skype if I inadvertently close one. Sandra showed me a really cool tip last week that I didn’t know about (because I tend not to click on buttons I’ve never used before).

How to find old messages on web skype