How do I manage my Skype chat and call history?

Question

Is there a way to selectively remove some of the historic messages and calls? I'm looking to keep the history of my business calls and chat messages, but clear the private ones.

Answer 1

This should help: For 30 days, Skype keeps all of your text-based chats stored in the cloud. If you’d like to keep a longer archive of your chat history, you’ll have to make manual backups.
How to Back Up Your Skype Chat History

If using Windows, this will help with upgrade: Select Tools from the top tool bar. Select Export chat history from Skype. Follow the steps in the wizard.
Is my full conversation history transferred when I upgrade?
Delete a message:
For Mac history:
To change how long you keep your Skype history on your computer:
Select Skype > Preferences... and then select Privacy.
Next to Save chat history, choose from the drop-down Forever, 1 year, 3 months, 1 month or Never.

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