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What if your Skype chat history could be backed up to the cloud, searched online and restored from the cloud… Would you use it?

19th January 2012

Just imagine like Apple’s iCloud, if you could chat to anyone at home and then at work, and all that chat history got stored in the cloud. Then you could search it via the cloud and if one of either your home or work computer died, you could simply restore it from the cloud too. Now that would be cool. Just like all our calendar information and emails, it is not acceptable to be losing this critical information just because ...

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How do I recover or retrieve my lost Skype chat history?

14th January 2012

This is a very common question and one that is normally asked about the time your computer dies or you have just replaced your computer. It brings to light a prevailing misconception as to where exactly your Skype chat history is stored. Actually the Skype chat history gets stored on the computer you chatted from. It is not stored in the cloud (on Skype servers), although recent versions of Skype actually sync your Skype chat history across machines for the ...

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Private chatting here we come with Kudos Chat Search for Skype

09th January 2012

With so many people asking how can they delete their Skype chat history, isn’t it time to ask what these people actually want? Private chatting? There is a clear demand by people the world over, asking ‘how can I delete my Skype chat history?’. When you read their posts some people seem scared or even shocked that Skype by default records everything they instant message on that computer. Of course Skype offers the ability to delete it all, but frequently ...

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Delete specific Skype chat history with Kudos Chat Search for Skype

04th January 2012

How do I delete, erase or remove just part of my Skype chat history(Skype history / Skype conversation history)? … using Kudos Chat Search for Skype Kudos Chat Search for Skype now offers comprehensive delete functionality in version 2.2, which was released 27th February 2012. The version 2.2 release included: Delete specific parts or all of your Skype chat history Delete chat history based on a term, phrase, person, group or date What is Kudos Chat Search for Skype? Kudos ...

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How to delete all your Skype chat history using Skype, or delete parts of it with Kudos Chat Search

31st December 2011

This is a very common question and there are a number of ways of doing this depending on what you want to do. So let’s firstly break down this question into two parts: How do I delete, erase or remove all my Skype history, Skype chat history, Skype conversation history or history in Skype? How do I delete, erase or remove specific parts of my Skype history, Skype message history or history on Skype? 1. How do I clean, clear ...

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How can we monitor, log and audit Skype accounts and conversation history in an organisation?

26th December 2011

In this article we will firstly look at the benefits of using Skype for business. Then we will look at the problems and issues that companies face adopting it, and finally we will look at how Kudos Chat Search for Skype – Enterprise Edition, can satisfy those issues. What are the benefits of using Skype for business? Instant Messaging allows an employee to see if another user (employee/client/service provider/contractor) is available to communicate without actually communicating with that user Instant ...

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How do I export Skype chat history into plain text format or CSV format?

21st December 2011

The meaning of this question is two-fold. The first meaning is akin to asking how to backup your Skype chat history or export your Skype account in its entirety. If that is the question you are looking for please visit our article entitled: How do I backup my Skype chat history? The second meaning and the one to which this article refers, is how do you export specific Skype chat history or how do you export Skype chat history into ...

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Where is my Skype chat conversation history stored?

04th December 2011

Does Skype store my Skype chat conversation history? The default settings of the Skype application are set to store chat conversation history forever. This setting can be accessed by opening Skype on your machine and selecting ‘Tools’ -> ‘Options’ -> ‘IM & SMS’ -> ‘Show Advanced Options’ Does Skype store my chat conversations online? No, Skype does not. While Skype does store your contact list online, it does not store your chat messages on its servers. Where are my Skype ...

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