- Select your profile picture.
- Select
Settings. - Select
Notifications, then turn the listed notification types on or off.
- Chat Notifications: to mute chats only (calls will still come through).
- Contact comes online notification: to be notified when a contact is online.
- Reactions: to be notified when someone reacts to your messages.
- Notification sounds: to play sounds for new messages.
- Tips & Tricks: to show or hide in-app notifications about Skype features, though you will still see critical system notifications if this is turned off.
Note: if you turn off Tips & Tricks, you might not see birthday notifications in Skype.
- Scheduled call notifications: to be reminded for scheduled calls.
- Poll notifications: to be notified for polls in Skype.
- Do Not Disturb:
- Show chat notifications: to mute chats in Do Not Disturb mode.
- Show call notifications: to mute calls in Do Not Disturb mode.
- Email Notifications:
- Missed chat reminders: to receive email about chats you missed in the last 72 hours.
- Missed call reminders: to receive email about calls you missed in the last 72 hours.
Alternatively, from your profile, you can set your presence to Do Not Disturb to block chat notifications and let your contacts know you are currently unavailable. Calls will still come through, however, unless you turn off Show call notifications in Settings > Notifications. Learn how to control who you receive calls from.
Note: By default, with Notifications or Smart Notifications turned on, calls will ring through.
Note: Notification settings are not stored on your device when you sign out of Skype and select No when asked if you want to remember the account and application settings on the device.
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