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Can people find me with my phone number in Skype?

ByCorporate Guider Home, Skype

Signing up or signing in to Skype with a phone number, or uploading a phone number to your Skype Profile, allows people to look you up and chat with you.

Using your Skype phone number for searchability

Changing your phone number to unsearchable is a simple process that you can do at any time.

Search functionality on phones should be disabled

  1. Choose your profile picture.
  2. Click on Settings.
  3. Then select Privacy from the Contacts menu.
  4. The phone number next to yours should be disabled. This option can be re-enabled at any time.


Note: The phone number associated with your Microsoft account can be changed or removed, but removing it if it’s your primary alias requires additional steps. Your Microsoft account’s email address and phone number can be changed here.

In your Skype profile, you can include a phone number for searchability

You can remove your Skype profile phone number at any time if you prefer.

Your Skype profile should be updated without the phone number

  1. You can access your Skype profile by logging in.
  2. You can edit your profile by scrolling down to Contact details.
  3. Select Save after removing the phone number.

Searches on Skype can be turned off

It is also possible to opt out of appearing in Skype search results if you prefer to remain completely unsearchable. Remember that if you turn off search, you won’t be able to be found by anyone you haven’t spoken to before unless you contact them directly. Here’s what happens when you turn off Skype search.

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Frequently Asked Questions

There is a possibility that people might search for you with that phone number if you use it to sign up or sign in to Skype, or if you have it listed in your Skype Profile, which will allow them to get in touch with you and begin chatting with you. There is no need to worry about your phone number being searchable at all times if you do not want it to be. You can choose the picture that you want to use as your profile picture.
 
How do I find new contacts in Skype?
  1. On the top of your Skype window, you will see a selection box. …
  2. In the search field, type the name of the person you want to chat with, their Skype name, their email address, or their phone number. …
  3. Once you click on your friend’s name from the search results, a conversation window will open for you to converse with your friend.
  4. Select the type of message you would like to send.
The caller identification settings page is found under the Manage features section. If the link does not appear on this page, please go back to the caller identification settings page to ensure that the link is visible. The number will not appear when you call mobile or landlines from Skype as long as you deactivate the caller ID.

There are two ways to trace your IP address in Windows

The person you are calling can track your computer even if you have supplied Skype with false credentials when you are calling another Skype user. There is a maintenance command in the Windows command prompt that you can use to find out the IP address of Skype callers by using the Windows command prompt.

 
Email addresses are not displayed on Skype when you are on a call. When someone looks at your profile, they will not be able to see it. You can only be searched for by friends who already know your email address and who already know how to find you using it.
Your Skype profile (which is only used in Skype) can have different contact details from your Microsoft account (which can be used with Microsoft products such as Outlook, Xbox, and Skype) as well as your Skype profile (which will be used with Skype only). Depending on how you use some of these contact details, such as your email address or phone number, Skype uses them in a different way.
To make a call to someone who you do not already know, you can search for his or her Skype name or email address in Skype and click the call button to make the call. In the event that the person you would like to call wishes for you to call their landline or mobile number, simply click the dial pad, dial the number, and then hit the call button to connect.
 
There are no traceable records of Skype calls as far as online conversations are concerned, because Skype calls are encrypted.
As long as you have a Skype Number, you will be able to receive SMS text messages in Skype. SMS messages can only be received by Skype Numbers in the US at the moment. The two-way SMS text messaging feature of Skype on Android 4.0 does not support two-way SMS text messaging.
 
How do I opt out of being visible in Skype search results?
  1. Select the profile picture you would like to display from Chats.
  2. Select. Settings, then select. Contacts.
  3. Choose the Privacy option from the drop-down menu.
  4. It is possible to turn off Appear in search results in the settings. The option to make yourself discoverable again can be turned back on at any time if you wish to make yourself discoverable again.

It is possible to hide the location of your device

The following steps can be taken to hide this information from others: In the Skype for Business main window, click the Set Your Location menu under your name. It is recommended that you clear the check box next to the Show Others My Location option.

In the event that you delete the account, all the data associated with it will be permanently removed, including Skype contacts, purchases, and chat histories, as well as all the data on your device. There is a possibility that your name may remain on the Skype directory for up to 30 days after your account has been closed by Microsoft.
 
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All images and contents credit goes to support.skype.com

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