How to Archive Skype Messages
Skype (skype.com) users to engage in a variety of types of communication with others including chat, video and/or audio calls, voicemails, SMS messages and file transfers. Skype also allows users to keep a complete history of all communications in an archive. Using Skype's privacy settings, users specify how long they would like to keep conversation logs archived. Users may select from a list of time frames ranging from never to forever. Once a user specifies a time frame, all conversations will remain archived for that amount of time, unless the user manually deletes them.
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Instructions
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Mac
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Sign into Skype.
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Click "Skype" and then "Preferences" from the top menu bar.
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Select the "Privacy" tab for Skype 5.0 and above, or the "Chats" tab for Skype 4.2 and below.
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Navigate to the section labeled "Save Conversation History" in Skype 5.0 and above, or the section labeled "Keep Chat History" in Skype 4.2 or below.
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Use the drop-down menu to indicate how long you would like to archive your Skype messages.
Windows
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Sign into Skype.
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Select "Skype" and then "Privacy" from the main menu.
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Navigate to the privacy settings and the "Keep History For" section.
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Use the drop-down menu to indicate how long you would like to archive your Skype messages.
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