Comments on: How To Delete Skype History

By: Nikolay (Admin of Chat4o)

Nikolay (Admin of Chat4o) — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 17:49:11 +0000

Hi.
I really can’t say… But keep in mind that chatsync is not the place where it is stored. I have described above in the article the folder that is used.
Last time I tested though, if we delete from there, Skype automatically pulled it from their servers and loaded it once more (or at least part of it). So it might be better to delete it from the settings page.
Also keep in mind that the history is stored on the other person you have chatted with.
Basically it is very complicated subject…

By: smartgirl

smartgirl — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 20:11:52 +0000

hi. can anyone can retrieved all my chat history even i already deleted it in privacy options?
and even in my drive c\chatsync folder.
can anyone can hack my account?

By: Nikolay (Admin of Chat4o)

Nikolay (Admin of Chat4o) — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 05:47:53 +0000

Hi. The deleting is only for some time, yes. I don’t know how exactly it is set up to work but I know that it is not forever.

By: question not answered

question not answered — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 01:00:15 +0000

when i type something and want to delete it 5 minutes later the option doesn’t pop up ???????????????????????

By: Nikolay (Admin of Chat4o)

Nikolay (Admin of Chat4o) — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 17:37:42 +0000

@Sergio
Hi. Yes, I agree. I even told them in an email to do this. Of course they cannot just do something, they will think for a long time and will consider all kinds of options I assume :)

By: Sergio

Sergio — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 12:53:05 +0000

I’m sure a “Clear history on server” button would be one of the easiest things to the Skype development team do.
Why don’t they?

By: Nikolay (Admin of Chat4o)

Nikolay (Admin of Chat4o) — Sun, 02 Feb 2014 08:11:06 +0000

Hi guys.

I want to talk about recent changes related to the history. Skype is starting to store chat history on the “cloud” (their servers) so when you go to a new device and sing in for the first time you get some of it (30 days worth) shown there.

Currently this is not activated with all people and they are still working on it. The bad thing is that after you delete the history files from your computer and sign in, this will happen as well.

I asked Skype about a way of deleting the data from the cloud and it seems there is no such option at the moment. There told me to fill an online form and send a support request and verify my account identity so they can delete it manually (I have not tested if this will work but remains the only option currently).

The other way of deleting the chat history is from the options of the program, but I does not clear all the data from all files, this is why it is not reliable. It does stop showing it in the chat window though.

So that is that. It is pretty much a mess. I hope they add the option to delete from the cloud or even to turn off the could.

Regards.

By: Nikolay (Admin of Chat4o)

Nikolay (Admin of Chat4o) — Sun, 13 Oct 2013 08:09:33 +0000

@Alex
Hi. Is is possible for the history to be on your flash drive? I am not sure if there are versions of Skype portable that saves it there.
And are you sure it loads all your history or just the most recent? I think that the most recent is stored on the Skype servers. I experimented with that once. I logged on a new computer and the history from like 2 days ago was loaded from the server somehow.
It could even be different now.

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 10:58:56 +0000

When using skype with on a usb flash drive, whenever i log into my skype it loads all the history.. is this somehow associated with my account and how to i remove history.
I do ind the path you listed, but it’s empty…still i have all my history, no matter which computer i log into.
How can i delete it?

By: Nikolay (Admin of Chat4o)

Nikolay (Admin of Chat4o) — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 07:56:55 +0000

@fred
Yes, there are other folders there with people that have logged in on the same computer. They can be deleted as well.