{"id":12,"date":"2015-11-23T18:44:12","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T18:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/?p=12"},"modified":"2018-10-22T13:50:53","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T13:50:53","slug":"permanently-erase-skype-conversations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/23\/permanently-erase-skype-conversations\/","title":{"rendered":"Permanently Erase Skype Conversations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Skype is one of the most popular VoIP services around. Millions of people use it for online meetings, instant messaging and video calls. Most importantly, it\u2019s compatible with both mobile platform and laptops.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Erasing chat histories is not enough. You need to eliminate web, system and Skype junk using an efficient system cleaner. One such utility you can rely on is the ST Cleaner, the download of which is protected by the Verisign digital certificate. Click on the button below to start downloading it:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/download\/ibx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-665 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/skype-junk.png\" alt=\"Remove Skype Junk Files\" width=\"464\" height=\"40\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/skype-junk.png 464w, https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/skype-junk-300x26.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><b>Changing Duration of Chat History<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your Skype conversation includes your chat history, logs of outgoing\/incoming Internet calls, files sent\/received from contacts and voice messages. Skype stores this on the cloud \u2014 the Skype servers. It does so on your hard disk as well, depending how the Skype is configured. However, it restricts you to save your history only for just one month. And then it automatically deletes it. That\u2019s sad. Now what you have to change duration of chat history?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Open the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Skype<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Options <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dialog box by selecting Tools | Options (or press Ctrl +). Now you\u2019ll have these options: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Choose forever; <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No history;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2 weeks;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1 month; and <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3 months option<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Change it the way you want. Save your changes and exit.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Clearing Entire Conversation History<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Several methods are available:<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">From the Program Settings<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click the \u201cClear History\u201d button in the same dialog you used for changing duration of the chat history.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Using One-Click Skype Cleaner<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><b>ST Cleaner for Windows<i> <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">can delete your Skype conversation, chat history (Beware! Hackers can track your chat history and your privacy is at risk.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is how ST Cleaner works. In the main user interface of ST Cleaner for Windows, click \u201cScan\u201d. And when it shows junks in your cache, software junks, web junks, social and multimedia junks, delete them all.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Cleaning Individual Contact Conversation<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Skype has its own drawbacks like other high-tech apps. As a Skype user, beware that it doesn\u2019t let you delete chat history of a single contact. But there\u2019s an option exist: You can delete chat conversation of all your contacts. However, using the right tools, you can delete the chat conversation of specific contacts. Here\u2019s how:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remember: Shut down your Skype before taking any action. Just right click its system tray icon, and select <\/span><b>Quit<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Download a small tool called <\/span><b>DB Browser for SQLite <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on your Windows PC, and then open the following Skype database file from <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Choose a Database File <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dialog using Ctrl + O keyboard shortcuts:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>C:\\Users\\&lt;Your_User_Name_Here&gt;\\AppData\\Roaming\\Skype\\&lt;Your_Skype_User_Name_Here&gt;\\Main.db<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image05.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image05-300x191.png\" alt=\"Change-Contact-Info\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image05-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image05-1024x652.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image05.png 1039w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image01.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image01-300x212.png\" alt=\"Database\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image01-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image01.png 669w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the file path isn\u2019t accessible, it is perhaps hidden. Try changing the hidden files settings from the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">View <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tab in the Ribbon interface of the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">File Explorer <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(previously known as, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Windows Explorer<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). Choose <\/span>view hidden files, folders<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image07.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image07-300x42.png\" alt=\"View-Tab\" width=\"300\" height=\"42\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image07-300x42.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image07.png 1009w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now you should see the Database Structure of the Main.db file in the main user interface of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DB Browser for SQLite <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tool.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image03.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image03-300x191.png\" alt=\"SQL-Tool\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image03-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image03-1024x652.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image03.png 1039w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click \u201cBrowse Data\u201d tab. It shows you individual Tables. Select \u201cConversations\u201d option from the \u201cTable\u201d drop down box. It shows all of your conversations in a contact-wise manner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image06.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-17\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image06-300x191.png\" alt=\"SQL\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image06-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image06-1024x652.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image06.png 1039w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In these database entries, you should see that each Skype user has been assigned its own User ID. There are several rows and different columns [ID, Is Permanent, Identity, Type, Live Host, and so on].<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image00.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-18\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image00-300x191.png\" alt=\"Browse-Data\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image00-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image00-1024x652.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image00.png 1039w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s how you can delete conversation of a specific contact. Just click that particular row (Example: ROW ID 3). Click \u201cDelete Record\u201d button at the top right corner of the table. Did not find your contact? Just go to another page by clicking &gt;&gt; (Next) arrow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image02.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-19\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image02-300x191.png\" alt=\"Delete-Record\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image02-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image02-1024x652.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image02.png 1039w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hey! Don\u2019t forget to save any changes you\u2019ve made in Main.db file. Load Skype.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Save-Project.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Save-Project-300x211.png\" alt=\"Save-Project\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Save-Project-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Save-Project.png 464w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skype is one of the most popular VoIP services around. Millions of people use it for online meetings, instant messaging and video calls. 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