How to Delete Your Account Details From the Skype Database

You can remove your account details from the Skype database, making it harder (or impossible in some areas) for others to locate you on the platform. Here’s how:

How to Disable Paid Skype Subscriptions

Although many of Skype’s features are free to use, you can purchase credits or subscriptions to use advanced functionality and services. If you fall into this category and no longer plan to use Skype, take the following steps to ensure you’re not billed in the future: Completely deleting your Skype account also means losing your Microsoft account, access to the Windows operating system, and other applications and services. However, you can remove your account details from the database, making it harder (or impossible in some areas) for others to locate you on Skype. Here’s how.

How to Delete a Skype for Business Account

Skype for Business accounts work differently from personal accounts. If you have a Skype for Business account you want to delete, reach out to your account administrator. Since these accounts are part of the Microsoft 365 administrator portal, the person or team in charge of Skype in your organization will handle the deletion process.