Skype shut down in May. Here’s how to access some of the data from your old Skype account, if you weren't prepared for the migration to Microsoft Teams.

Skype users are scrambling to find an alternative after Microsoft shut down the pioneering internet phone service which let people make cheap long distance calls and chat with other users.

Skype has officially shut down. Microsoft, which owns the platform, confirmed that the video app was discontinued on May 5th, so today's news is no surprise. We reported Microsoft's plan to end ...

After 21 years, Microsoft shuts down Skype this week, with free and paid users instead invited to join Microsoft Teams for their video calling needs. The earlier announcement of Skype’s end as ...

Microsoft's Skype has finally shut down, concluding its 22-year tenure as the once-dominant internet calling and messaging service. Microsoft acquired Skype in 2011 for $8.5 billion in what was ...

Microsoft will shut down Skype on May 5, ending a significant era in digital communication. Users are encouraged to transition to Microsoft Teams, which integrates Skype features.

(NEXSTAR) – After a 21-year run, the once widely-used video chat app Skype is now officially a memory, as of May 5. “Rest in peace, Skype,” one person wrote on X. “You served us well ...

If users log in to Microsoft Teams Free by then, the Skype call and chat history will remain available to them. If the user does not take any action, the Skype data will be deleted in January 2026.

When Microsoft purchased Skype in May 2011, the deal represented its largest acquisition at the time. The platform played a key role in Microsoft’s early mobile strategy and was widely adopted ...

Skype, the pioneer video-calling site from the early 2000s, is shutting down on Monday after 23 years in business as rivals like Microsoft Teams and Zoom have squashed the platform’s userbase.

Skype will officially shut down on Monday, May 5. Microsoft had announced the old-time video-calling portal's retirement in February and said that its services will be replaced with Microsoft Teams.

Skype's once-loyal base began migrating elsewhere. Then Came The Pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, which forced the world indoors and online, should have been Skype's moment to shine.