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. (Not available in Skype for Web or mobile)
- Customize your Translation settings by selecting your Spoken language or Translation voice.
Privacy - Turn Share location with Bing on or off. (Not available in Skype for Web)
- Turn Translation permissions on or off.
- Turn Only allow Skype calls from contacts to ring on this device on or off.
- Enable or disable Optional diagnostic data.
- Select Privacy and Cookies to view the Microsoft Privacy Statement.
Appearance - Choose your color scheme, light, dark, or system setting modes, and choose from light or dark high contrast accessible modes.
- Show the profile picture of who sent the last message in your group chat with last message author avatar on group chat.
- Enable compact list mode and show user and conversation avatars.
Note: Enabling compact list mode will disable last message author avatar on group chat. - Enable split view mode.
Audio & Video (Desktop and Web only) - Choose your camera and adjust the settings.
- Choose your background effect.
- Choose your microphone and adjust the input levels.
- Adjust your Noise cancellation settings.
- Choose your speakers and adjust the output levels.
- Make a test call.
Calling - Set up caller ID, call forwarding, and voicemail.
- Turn on Call subtitles and other call settings.
- Reduce data usage - Never, On cellular networks, Always. (Mobile only)
- Access advanced calling settings. (Desktop only)
Messaging - Turn read receipts on or off, change how emoticons appear, change your text size, and other IM settings.
- Turn web link previews on or off.
- Turn on or off the ability to paste copied messages as quotes, rather than as plain text.
- Customize file auto-download settings.
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, Web, 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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