How do I delete a story in Skype?

The history of messages is stored in your local Skype profile on a computer on whichthe program is installed. But to delete the story in Skype, you do not have to climb into this local profile - you can use the regular tools of the program itself.

For this, the menu Instruments select item Settings. Click the tab Security. Under the inscription Keep history you'll see a button Clear the history. Click this button, and in the confirmation window that appears, click the button Remove. If you do not want the history of your correspondence in Skype to be saved, in the drop-down list below the inscription Keep history select the option Do not save and click the Save the bottom of the window.

But a significant drawback of this method is that it Do not allow deleting the Skype history for a single contact: the history of correspondence with allcontacts. What if you need to delete the message history for a single contact, and leave the rest of the history intact? Here Skype's regular means will not work, we will have to turn to third-party programs.

Utility Skype chat helper, written by independent developers,allows you to delete the history of correspondence with a separate contact. First you need to download and install the program on your computer (note that the installation of Skype chat helper requires Microsoft. NET Framework 3.5).

Before deleting the history of correspondence, you need to copy or write down the name of the contact whose correspondence you want to delete, and close Skype. After this, you need create a backup of your local Skype profileso that you can easily restore information if something goes wrong.

To go to your local Skype profile, you need to go to the following address:

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  C: Documents and SettingsUsernameApplication DataSkypeSkype_username (for Windows XP)
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  C: UsersUsernameAppDataRoamingSkypeSkype_username (for Windows Vista or 7)

where Username is your user name on the system, and Skype_username is your Skype username.

Do not forget enable displaying hidden files and folders, otherwise you will not be able to find the desired folder. You can find the folder with your local Skype profile in a different way. Click Start, and then click Run (or use the Win + R shortcut). In the window that appears, enter% APPDATA% Skype and press OK.

Copy somewhere a folder with your profilethat in case of what it was possible to return it to its place intact and secure. After making a backup copy, you can run the Skype chat helper program.

In the program window, in the Username field, selectyour Skype login, and in the Contact field enter the Skype login of the user whose correspondence you need to delete. Click the Remove chat history button to start the deletion. When the deletion is complete, start Skype and check if you managed to delete the story in Skype. Note that the Skype chat helper program may not work on the Windows 7 operating system.

You can also try to delete the history in Skype using the program SkHistory. To run this program, you must firstinstall Adobe Air Runtime. By default the program is launched in English, to switch to Russian you need to select the corresponding option in the Language menu at the top of the program window.

In the program window there is several items. In the first paragraph, the application itself finds a folder with theyour local Skype profile. In the second, select your Skype account and click Select Account. You also need to click the Create backup button (especially if you did not do it manually).

In the third item, scroll to the contact list.contact and click the button at the bottom of the list. You will be shown the history of correspondence with the contact. You can delete all correspondence or only individual records, and also export logs in TXT or HTML files.