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All the files held in the Skype folder in your Program files appear.In the Run window that appears, type %appdata%skype and click OK.In the blank field that appears, type run. In the system tray at the bottom-right of the screen, right-click the Skype icon and select Quit. Then you need to delete supporting files of Skype in Library folder. Open Finder > Applications folder and choose Skype in the folder. Otherwise, you may be unable to move Skype to Trash because the app is still running. Delete the folder named after the Skype Name you wish to remove from the sign-in screen. Here is how to uninstall Skype completely: Click Skype > Quit Skype.All the files held in the Skype folder in your Program files appear. Type %appdata%skype into the Run window and click OK.In the system tray at the bottom right of your screen, right-click the Skype icon and select Quit. You will then need to enter your password and click on the Deactivate my account button.

According to Skype, a username / account cannot be deleted from the system, they will just terminate accounts that have not been used in a certain period of time, however I didn’t even want to see my old usernames. To deactivate your account, go to Settings and select Account. I could not find an easy way to delete these names. While looking at my log-in screen today I noticed Skype usernames from companies I haven’t worked for in 5 years. Select Skype from the Merchant list and hit Cancel on Status.Over the years I have accumulated many Skype handles to manage personal and professional contacts. There are all billing agreements that third-party sites have made for you with Paypal. My account > Profile > My Money > My preapproved payments > Update Well after a little here and there, here it is: walk through the menus as follows: But, where is that choice to cancel the Skype-Paypal agreement? Login to Paypal and work things out there.
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I opened the appropriate webpage only to find out that Skype cannot cancel the billing agreement with Paypal. Nevertheless, I decided to delete my billing data, just in case… I noticed that I (thankfully) had provided a Paypal account for Skype charges, which I suppose is better than giving Skype my credit card details. So in order to protect myself against similar attacks I logged in my Skype account to check my settings and my subscriptions. You don’t have to log out and log back in you can sign into as many Skype accounts as you want via the web, Windows, Mac, or Linux Skype applications. Please get in touch with Skype Customer Service.Ĭheck last section “Your card has been used fraudulently” Skype doesn’t offer an obvious way to use multiple accounts at the same time. Skype people respond to such queries with answers like: Recently I heard a lot of people complaining getting charged for Skype calls to a UK number +44870835190.

When something that should be obvious is not so obvious after all.
