Skype Backup: save contact list
Skype stores your contact list and your profile information on the servers of Skype. You don't have to necessarily be backed up separately. However, it is also desirable for the case to also store the contact list - for example, if you forget your access data, or create a new account.
- Start Skype and log in.
- Click above in the menu bar, click "contacts" and select "Advanced" to the point "contacts in a file from backup" (see image).
- Next, determine a location for the file and click on the "Save"Button.
- In the file all of your Skype contacts are. The function "contacts restore from file" you can import your contacts later, in Skype, or in a different Account to use.
Skype contacts backup
Skype Backup: settings, gradients, and other data secure
To save your settings, the Chat history, the configuration and log files and the received files (if stored there), it is sufficient to copy a folder:
- Press simultaneously the keys "Windows" and "R", so that "Run" will open.
- Enter into the input box "%appdata%" and click on the "OK"Button.
- It is a new window open scroll down to the folder "Skype" to open.
- In the, you can find all of the important data stored Skype on your Computer. Simply copy the entire folder to a safe place like a USB Stick or a CD. He is usually only a few MB in size.
- Should you need the Backup one day, to choose again the path, delete the folder "Skype", and paste the Backup folder.
- Perform an Update for Skype, you should also perform the Backup again. Especially if, for example, from Version 6 to Version 7 is updated, the folder structure change. An old Backup may cause problems.
Skype data backup
The practical tip is for Skype 6 for Windows. A Backup is worth it not only for Skype, but for the whole System. How the Windows works, read this practical tip.
