
Once you’re sure you want to continue, click on Next. You will be closing your entire Microsoft account, so there may be a few other accounts you might want to take care of before moving on.

After that, they will delete your Skype account permanently.

During this period you can still recover your account by signing in and it will still be discoverable in search directory. When you complete the process, Microsoft will initiate a 60-day grace period. This means that in order to delete your Skype account, you have to delete your entire Microsoft account. When Microsoft acquired Skype, it became an integral part of Microsoft accounts. But the good news is that it’s not impossible. Unfortunately, that’s sometimes easier said than done.įeeling like you can’t delete your Skype account? It’s because Microsoft has made it incredibly difficult to do so.

This, along with significant concerns about government surveillance and privacy, means that deleting your Skype account might be a good idea. Now that so many apps have built-in voice and video call functions, Skype is becoming less and less popular.
