You can delete your conversation history in Skype. This removes your entire history, which includes:
- Instant messages
- Calls
- Voicemails
- SMS messages
- Sent and received files.
Once your conversation history has been deleted, it cannot be restored. You will not be able to recover this information.
To delete your conversation history:
- Sign in to Skype.
- In the menu bar, click Skype > Preferences… then select the Privacy panel.
- Click Delete history. This may take a few minutes to delete.
You can also indicate how long you would like to save your history. In the Save conversation history area, select from:1 Month, 3 Months, 1 Year, or Never.
It is not possible to delete individual conversations or just certain sections of your history. However, you can remove all Recent conversations so they are not listed in the sidebar:
- In the main menu, go to Conversations > Clear Recent…
- A message box appears asking Clear all recent conversations? Click Clear Recent. Your Recent conversations are removed from the sidebar.
