Let voicemail pick up your Skype calls when you can’t, and listen to your messages next time you’re signed in to Skype. All for free.
To activate voicemail
You can activate voicemail manually from your account,
for free. After you’ve activated it, you’ll need to set
up your voicemail preferences. If you buy an unlimited
subscription or an
Online Number, voicemail
is activated automatically so you just need to set up
your preferences.
To activate voicemail:
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Sign in to your Skype account.
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Select the Voicemail tab.
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Click Activate my voicemail now.
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To set up your voicemail preferences
When you’ve activated voicemail, you can configure your settings to suit your preferences.
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In Skype, click Skype > Preferences….
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At the top, click Calls, and then click Set up Voicemail.
The Set up Voicemail box displays.
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To record your own voicemail greeting, click the Record button and speak into your computer’s microphone.
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When you’ve finished recording your message, click the Stop button.
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To listen to your greeting, click the Playback button.
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If you are happy with your voicemail greeting, click Done. Otherwise click the Record button to record another greeting.
After you click Done, the Calls preference panel is displayed.
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Next to Incoming Calls, select Send to voicemail.
When you are online in Skype, calls will ring and then divert to voicemail if you don’t answer. If you’re offline in Skype, calls will automatically go to voicemail.
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To listen to voicemail
If someone has recently left you a message, you will see a notification badge on the Skype icon in the dock, and in the Recent section in the sidebar.
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In the sidebar, go to the Recent section and click the contact's name.
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In the conversation window, click the Play button next to the message.
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If you can’t hear the message, try turning up the speaker volume on your computer.
After you have listened to a voicemail, it is stored locally on your computer (as a .DAT file in ~/Library/Application Support/Skype/<username>/voicemail). This means that you won’t be able to listen to it again if you sign in to Skype on a different computer. To delete a voicemail, you will need to delete the .DAT file.
To turn off voicemail
To turn your voicemail off, in Skype go to Skype > Preferences > Calls and then select Do nothing.
Having problems with your voicemail? These
tips can help.
Learn more about using voicemail on Skype.
