How to back up Skype data?

As Microsoft has announced that Skype will be retiring in May 2025. This will impact free and paid skype users but not Skype for Business users.

Link - Skype is retiring in May 2025: What you need to know - Microsoft Support

So, with the end of Skype, Microsoft is asking you to use Teams for free with same credentials. You can start working with Teams with login into skype and clicking start using team:

But for future safety, we should keep our back up of files. To download all your shared files in Skype, you can visit below link:

https://go.skype.com/export

It will open new page where you have 2 options:

1. Conversations
2. File

You can select files or both and click submit request. Based on your data size the export will be available in .tar file.




This was quick blog about data backup. If you need any other details, you can visit below FAQ page link:

How do I export or delete my Skype data? - Microsoft Support