How to delete messages on VKontakte - the right way! How to clear message history on Skype

I'll show you how to clear correspondence on Skype on Windows, Android, iOS. It’s deleted a little differently on all devices; I’ll show you the whole process of clearing message history.

1. Clear message history in Skype on Windows.

Open Skype and click Tools > Settings.

Open Skype settings and click on Chats and SMS(it's on the bottom left).

Open Chats and SMS > Chat settings and click Open advanced settings.

All chat settings and correspondence in Skype will open. Here you can set to accept chats from anyone or only from my contacts. There is also a save history item, where you can set the settings for saving correspondence. Also here you can click clear history and then all your correspondence on Skype will be deleted.

There are also points here:

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When receiving, each time select a folder to save files or save all files in My Skype Received Files

After making changes, do not forget to click save.

Delete history? All records of previous communication, including instant messages, SMS chat, calls, voice messages and transferred files will be deleted from the history. This will also close all open chats.

Click delete to confirm deleting your Skype message history.

Also in the chat settings you can set “do not save” so that Skype correspondence is never saved at all, or set “2 weeks”, then the history of messages in Skype will be stored for only 2 weeks.

In Skype, you can simply hide a conversation, but the correspondence will not be deleted, but hidden. Right-click on the contact and select “hide conversation.”

Skype tells us that you can Show hidden conversations. To show hidden conversations in the list, from the main menu, select View > Show Hidden Conversations.

Click OK.

To show hidden conversations, click View > Show Hidden Conversations.

2. Clear message history in Skype on iOS.

To delete Skype conversations on an iPhone or iPad, open the Skype application on your iPhone or iPad. Next, open the recent tab by swiping your finger from left to right. The Latest tab displays all your recent conversations on Skype.

Press and hold your finger on the contact with whom you want to delete correspondence.

A menu will appear with the following options:

mark as unread
delete chat
cancel

Select delete chat to delete the conversation with the selected contact on Skype.

You can also delete correspondence with the selected contact in the contacts tab. Click on the contact with whom you want to delete correspondence.

In the conversation that opens, click on the 3 dots at the bottom right.

And select delete chat.

Deleting a chat. Are you sure you want to delete this chat?

Select delete.

3. Clear message history in Skype on Android.

To delete a conversation on Skype on Android, you need to open the settings of your smartphone or tablet. Then go to Application Manager. Find the Skype application there and click on it to open the application details.

In the Skype app details, tap Clear data.

Delete all application data? All data from this application will be permanently deleted. This includes all files, settings, accounts, databases, etc.

Click Yes. This will delete your correspondence in Skype with all contacts. When you open Skype, you will need to enter your username and password again. This is equivalent to deleting the application and installing it again.

Now all messages from the correspondence history are deleted. Your skype is like new.

You can also delete a contact and correspondence with it from the recent tab, but this will not delete your messages, it will only remove this contact from the recent ones.

Click on the contact and hold your finger until a menu appears with the actions add to favorites and remove from recent. Select remove from recent.

Are you sure you want to delete this chat from your recent chat?

Click OK.

4. Delete recent messages on Skype.

You can also delete recently sent messages in Skype. If you wrote and sent a message, then you have time to delete your message. To do this, press and hold your finger on your message in the conversation until the action menu appears. Actions will appear on iOS: copy, delete, edit.

By choosing to delete, you will delete your recent message that you sent, but changed your mind about sending it. It will also be displayed on the device of the interlocutor as “this message has been deleted” and he will not see it if he did not have time to read it before you deleted it.

If you press and hold your finger on your message on your Android device, a menu of actions will appear: copy message, quote message, edit message, delete message. On Android, as you can see, you can even edit the sent message and change it completely. Well, you can simply delete it as if you didn’t write anything.

Here is a video lesson on how to delete correspondence on Skype.

That's all. Now you can calmly flirt with everyone and your husband/wife/girlfriend/boyfriend won’t know anything. We continue to live in a lie.

All contacts can be deleted from the settings of the program itself or by deleting the main.db file from the user profile. It is not yet possible to delete the history of correspondence with one contact using Skype. You can try cleaning it with third-party utilities. For example Skype chat helper or SkHistory. The Skype chat helper utility refused to work for me. I’ll tell you about SkHistory in this article.

We make a backup copy of Skype history and clear it - main.db

Before deleting or cleaning anything, it is advisable to make a backup or backup copy. To make a backup copy of your Skype conversations, you can copy the entire profile or just the main.db file to a safe place.

Or you can go inside the profile and copy only main.db. This file contains our message history in Skype

It is advisable to close Skype before copying files. And not just close it, but get out of it. So that there is no icon in the notification area (usually the notification area is at the bottom right near the clock).

Once the main.db file has been copied to a safe place, you can delete it from your profile and launch Skype. The first time contacts may not load

You need to restart Skype and your contacts will be back in place, and your correspondence history will be cleared.

To restore history (for example, on another computer), you need to close Skype and replace the main.db file in your profile with the one that we copied to a safe place.

Clear history in Skype settings

Open the menu Tools and choose Settings…

Go to the Security section and open additional settings

Click " Clear the history»

In the window that appears, click “Delete” and the entire history will be cleared.

If you do not have a backup copy of the profile or main.db file, this action is irreversible.

Clearing the history of correspondence with one user - SkHistory

We will use SkHistory. There is a risk here, since I couldn’t find the official website for this program, and you can use a utility you downloaded from somewhere unknown only in the most critical situations. So there will be no download link today.

The program requires Adobe AIR to run. You can see how to download and install it.

Let's launch SkHistory.air and click Install

Here we see that the program is for Skype 5 and we are warned that use we will have her at one's own risk. Click Continue

When starting the program, we are offered to download a more recent version. Click Download now

Installing a new version of SkHistory. Click Install now

After installation, the program will launch immediately. From the only menu Language choose Russian language

Select an account from the drop-down list and click Select account. If your account is not in this drop-down list, then go to the section above (Path to local Skype profile) and indicate the folder where your profile is located.

I strongly advise against using the SkHistory program to create backup copies. And even more so to recover from it. This killed Skype for me and I had to delete my profile and restore it from a backup.

In the next step, select the contact whose message history we want to delete and click Use selected contact

You can delete individual messages. To delete all correspondence, click delete everything

A pop-up window asks us if we are sure we want to delete all messages from the selected user. Click OK

A window appears indicating that the messages have been deleted. Click OK

Launch Skype and watch. Not all my messages have been deleted.

And it was also noticed that if you called a contact, the program will delete practically nothing. But if the correspondence was only text, then everything was deleted from me.

Conclusion

In this article we figured out how to clear history in Skype. I have never mocked my Skype like this before. It’s good that I had a copy of the entire profile at hand. If necessary, I will use clearing all Skype history from the program settings. After publishing this article (5 minutes later), I delete SkHistory and Adobe AIR. Think 10 times when using programs you downloaded from unknown sources.

You already know how to delete history; it’s time to remove advertising from Skype.

You sent a message in Skype chat and then noticed that the message was sent to the wrong person! Or, you sent a message to the right person, but you used the wrong words!
The situation needs to be corrected urgently! How to delete messages on Skype!?

How to delete messages that were sent recently

This is the best and easiest option. You are still in the chat. And, if you left, then come back to the chat.

Deleting a message on Skype

Place the cursor on the message you want to delete, right-click and, in the context menu that appears, select delete

Popup window: Delete?

A pop-up window will appear asking: Are you sure you want to delete this message? Click the Delete button

Skype - Message deleted

All! Skype tells us that the message has been deleted. The recipient did not have time to read the message and will now rack his brains - what was so interesting there? After all, he, too, will see the recording - the message has been deleted. But there’s nothing to be done - those who didn’t have time are late!

Note. Thus, you can only delete your own messages. You cannot delete messages sent to you.

How to delete a message on Skype on a smartphone

Deleting a message on Skype on a smartphone is not difficult. Click on the message and hold for a couple of seconds.

Delete Skype message on smartphone

A menu will appear in which you select: Delete.

Confirm message deletion

A window will appear asking: Are you sure you want to delete this message. Click the Delete button and your message will disappear.

How to delete (clear) all messages on Skype

Deleting messages one at a time is a long process. You can't delete old messages one at a time. But the messages from your interlocutors will remain - what to do with them?

For such cases, it is possible to clear all messages on Skype. To do this, go to Tools ==> Settings

Clear all messages, all correspondence completely

In Settings, in the left column, click Security (or, Chats and SMS). In the window that opens, there is a Save history field, which by default is Always. Or you can choose 3 months, 2 weeks, or not save at all. Then you wouldn’t have to clean it up!

Although, my chat history has been stored for years. It happens that you need to find a phone number, I remember a friend sent it to me, I opened the correspondence - I found the phone number! Therefore, why delete messages unnecessarily?

But, since you decide to delete it, then you have to! Therefore, click the link Clear the history.

Completely deleting communication history on Skype

You will be asked again: Delete history? Click the Delete button

Note. Please note that correspondence with individual contacts cannot be deleted! All records of previous communication with all interlocutors are deleted. Not only chat messages will disappear, but also voice messages, transferred files, and SMS. Therefore, before you click the Delete button, think about whether you need it!

The history of correspondence in Skype with all contacts can be deleted from the settings of the program itself or by deleting the main.db file from the user profile. It is not yet possible to delete the history of correspondence with one contact using Skype. You can try cleaning it with third-party utilities. For example Skype chat helper or SkHistory. The Skype chat helper utility refused to work for me. I’ll tell you about SkHistory in this article.

1. Make a backup copy of Skype history and clear it - main.db

Open Explorer or another file manager and follow the path

C:\Users\Vladimir\AppData\Roaming\Skype

On this laptop the user is “Vladimir”. You log into your user. You can copy the entire profile folder. It is called the same as your Skype login

Or you can go inside the profile and copy only main.db. This file contains our message history in Skype

Once the main.db file has been copied to a safe place, you can delete it from your profile and launch Skype. The first time contacts may not load

You need to restart Skype and your contacts will be back in place, and your correspondence history will be cleared.

To restore history (for example, on another computer), you need to close Skype and replace the main.db file in your profile with the one that we copied to a safe place.

2.Clear history in Skype settings

Open the menu Tools and choose Settings…

Go to the Security section and open additional settings

Click " Clear the history»

In the window that appears, click “Delete” and the entire history will be cleared.

If you do not have a backup copy of the profile or main.db file, this action is irreversible.

3. Clearing the history of correspondence with one user - SkHistory

The program requires Adobe AIR to run.

Let's launch SkHistory.air and click Install

Here we see that the program is for Skype 5 and we are warned that use we will have her at one's own risk. Click Continue

When starting the program, we are offered to download a more recent version. Click Download now

Installing a new version of SkHistory. Click Install now

After installation, the program will launch immediately. From the only menu Language choose Russian language

In the next step, select the contact whose message history we want to delete and click Use selected contact

For a long time, Skype has maintained its position as a leader in the virtual communication application market. Today, this video chat program is available to work not only on a PC, but also on an iPad and iPhone, on a tablet or smartphone on Android and Windows Phone, as well as other modern devices, including smart TVs and game consoles with Internet access.

However, despite the widespread use of this application, very few users are able to use its functionality to the fullest. Not for nothing, one of the most frequently asked questions when working with the program is the following: how to delete correspondence on Skype?

We delete our messages during/immediately after communication

If during the conversation you suddenly decide to delete your message, you can do this by right-clicking on it and selecting “Delete” from the menu.

The result will look like this:

You can delete messages in this way only within an hour after sending them to the user. We also note that in this way you can only delete personally sent information (that which was written/sent by you).

How to delete all messages in all conversations?

To delete correspondence on Skype for the entire period of its use, you must:

Login to Skype.
On the top menu bar, go to the “Tools” tab.
In the list that appears, select “Settings”.

Select the “Security” tab in the menu on the left.
On it you need to select the “Security Settings” tab and click “Clear History”.

After these steps, a message will appear warning that all entries will be deleted. To confirm your intentions, click on the “Delete” button.

Please note that by using this method, you will delete all correspondence on Skype completely. It will be impossible to recover any important data deleted along with it.

If you want to clear your conversation history selectively, use the following method.

How to delete the history of one conversation?

Skype chat helper and SkHistory

Third-party utilities will help you clear the history of messages on Skype with one person, and not all contacts at once: Skype chat helper or SkHistory. The principle of their operation is the same.

Let's look at how to delete a conversation with an individual user on Skype, using the example of using Skype chat helper.

We remember (or better yet, write down) the name of the contact on Skype, the conversation history with which we will delete.
We create a backup copy of our Skype profile folder (to be able to restore it along with the history in case of unsuccessful manipulations).

To do this, depending on the system installed on your PC, you need to find the profile folder on the C:\ drive and copy it to another location. For example, on a flash drive or drive D:\.

The location of the profile folder can be found in the following path:

C:\Documents and Settings\<ваше_имя_пользователя_в_Windows>\Application Data\Skype\<ваш_логин_в_скайпе>\ (if you have Windows XP installed);
C:\Users\<ваше_имя_пользователя_в_Windows>\AppData\Roaming\Skype\<ваш_логин_в_скайпе>\ (if you have Windows 7 or Vista installed);
C:\Users\<ваше_имя_пользователя_в_Windows>\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.SkypeApp\Localstate\<ваш_логин_в_скайпе>\ (if you have Windows 8 installed).

Before installation and when working with the program, you need to make sure that Skype is closed. Download the utility and install it on your PC.
Delete history on Skype using this program is very simple: launch Skype chat helper. After launching it, a window will open, in the top line (Username) of which you need to enter your personal Skype login, in the bottom line (Contact) - the login of the person with whom you plan to delete the conversation.

Now in the same window you need to confirm your action by clicking “Remove chat history”. After this, correspondence with the individual from your contact list will be deleted.

In addition to the two utilities mentioned above, which, by the way, are free, there is the SkypeX program, with which it is possible not only to delete a chat with an individual contact on Skype, but also to selectively erase correspondence in the dialogue history.

To delete messages on Skype using this utility you will need:

Install it on your PC.
Run the program.
Enter your Skype login.

Select conversation history.
Using the mouse and the Shift key on the keyboard, mark unnecessary messages and click “Delete”.

Unlike Skype chat helper or SkHistory, the SkypeX interface is more understandable and convenient, even though it is in English. The only negative: the program is paid.

As of today, its beta version costs $4.99. Further, with the expansion of functionality and the release of the full version, the author plans to raise the price tag to $19.99.