To access your settings in Skype:
- Select your profile picture.
- Select
Settings. - Choose from the following settings to make your changes:
Note: You can access your Skype settings from any platform or device, but not all settings are available to change on every platform.
Account & Profile - Control your profile picture visibility.
- View and manage your account information.
General - Change your language.
- Choose your startup and close options. (Not available in Skype for Web or mobile)
- View available Skype Accessibility Keyboard Shortcuts.
- Customize your Translation settings by selecting your Spoken language or Translation voice.
Appearance - Choose your color scheme, light or dark modes, and choose from light or dark high contrast accessible modes.
- Enable compact list mode and show user and conversation icons. (Not available on mobile)
Audio & Video (Desktop only) - Choose your camera and adjust the settings.
- Choose your background effect.
- Choose your microphone and adjust the input levels. Choose your speakers and adjust the output levels.
Calling - Set up caller ID, call forwarding, and voicemail.
- Turn on Call subtitles and other call settings.
Messaging - Turn read receipts on or off, change how emoticons appear, change your text size, and other IM settings.
- Control the ability to have images available when you view a message by controlling when to download it - never, using WiFi, or using WiFi and cellular data.
- Turn on or off the ability to paste copied messages as quotes, rather than as plain text.
- Customize file auto-download settings. (Not available in Skype for Web or mobile)
Notifications - Increase, reduce, or eliminate what events Skype alerts you to.
- Manage Do Not Disturb functions.
- Manage email notifications.
Contacts - Sync contacts. (Not available in Skype for Windows or Linux)
- Manage your blocked contacts.
- Manage your privacy settings for contacts.
Help & Feedback - Check your current Skype version.
- Find links to help content and check current Skype Status.
- Provide feedback and view additional information.
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