Earlier I was playing around with my Skype profile and I realized there wasn’t a link that was obvious to view my own Skype profile. I wanted to make sure profile items that I was allowing only contacts to see were only seen by contacts.
Finally I thought of a way to view the profile without the link actually being provided. While you cannot add the contact your are signed in with to your contact list you can actually still search for that user and view the profile. First lets make any necessary modifications to your personal Skype profile.
Edit Skype Profile:
- Open Skype: First launch your Skype application and login if you do not have the Skype application set to automatically login in.
- Edit Skype Profile: Click the Personalize button located right above the list of contacts in your Skype interface. This will open a drop down navigation menu, as shown below, so select “Edit Your Profile…” from the options.
- Make Profile Changes: After clicking on the “Edit Your Profile..” option in the drop down menu your entire Profile will appear in a new configuration window. In this configuration window there are three types of profile options which include “Details that all people on Skype will see”, “Details that only my contacts will see”, and “Private details”. Each type of option is pretty self explanatory as are the actual options located in each type. One item that you can configure here however you will not be able to see without viewing your profile as an outside user is the “Show how many contacts I have”.
- Update Skype Profile: Now click the “Update” button located at the bottom right of the Profile configuration window to save the changes/additions you have made to your Skype Profile.
View Your Skype Profile As Others See Your Skype Profile:
- Open Search Skype Users: Select Contacts from the top navigation menu and then select “Search For Skype Users..” from the drop down menu. This will open the “Search for people on Skype” window as shown below.
- Search For Personal Skype User: Now type in your Skype username in the search field, which in my case is narfonix, and click the Find button.
- Open Personal Profile: Your username will show in the list below after clicking the find button. The last column will be a round blue button in the Profile column which can be clicked to show your personal profile as shown below.
The above will allow you to see what others see when they view your Skype profile including the total number of contacts in your Skype contact list.
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Hi! I am a member and I wanted to see my profile to edit but I wasn’t able to see that page. Please help me and send me the step by step procedure to edit it. Thanks for your reply.
Hello Lolita,
The article is step by step instructions on how to edit your Skype profile. We don’t send steps to people as we already go above and beyond by documenting our procedures and providing them for no cost on the Internet.
Thanks.
alex
I AM FED UP WITH SKYPE I HAVE BEEN BROWSING SKYPE FOR THE LAST 3hrs just
TO MAKE A PHONE CALL MY ICON HAS GONE SO I WANT TO CANCEL BOTH ACCOUNTS
FROM TODAY DENNIS SHAW
Hello Dennis,
Sorry to hear about your experience. Skype has been flawless for us and we prefer it as a way to make calls via our computers. Hope you find a solution that better fits your needs!
Thanks.
alex
I CAN’T CALL ANYONE BECAUSE THE PAGE OR POP UP THAT SAYS “CONTACTS”
DOES NOT APPEAR. HAVE SPENT SEVERAL HOURS TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT.
THANK YOU FOR ANY
SUGGESTIONS. Sonja
P S
I’VE ALSO DOWNLOADED VARIED INSTRUCTION PAGES, BUT ALL LEADS TO NOWHERE.
Hello Sonja,
I think your caps lock key is stuck… you should get that looked at.
As for the contacts page not appearing that is outside the scope of this article.
Thanks.
alex
for months now I try to see my contacts, so I can make a call overseas. Contact numbers and my Skype friends do not come up anymore so I cannot call and they cannot call me! I see my account infos but no contacts…..! What’s up????
Hello vasiliki.kalkani.
Unfortunately its the new Skype user interface which is horrible. I would suggest looking into how to downgrade to Skype 4.X from Skype 5.X.
Thanks.
alex
Seems something changed in Skype, because I can’t find the option “Edit Your profile”, only “Change Your profile” is present.
I found it, sorry, image too small and I was seen not where should.
Nice