Skype has been operating for 15 years and provides its users with video calls anywhere in the world. However, sometimes users have problems with the application, and they don’t know how to restore their account on Skype. In fact, there is nothing complicated. The main thing is to figure it out.
Decide on your problem
Before you sound the alarm about the loss of the password, check the correctness of the entered data.
- The language layout on the keyboard.
- Included Caps Lock / Num Lock buttons.
- The keys are not locked.
To see the characters you enter, open Word, enter the code, copy it and paste it into the password string.
If this does not help, then choose one of the methods to restore your account: by account, via e-mail or by contacting Skype Support by automatically selecting keys.
Account recovery using an account
A PC will help you quickly recover your Microsoft account from Skype. Here you can easily switch between tabs, but on a smartphone such a procedure is quite difficult:
- Open the Skype application on the computer.
- In the window that appears, we drive in our nickname in Skype. Click on "Next".
- Under the panel where you are prompted to enter a password, click on "Forgot your password?".
- You will be offered 3 answers, select "I do not remember my password."
- Enter your Microsoft account and solve the captcha.
- In the menu where it is proposed to obtain a security code, click on "Letter: your mail address@mail.ru" (recovery by phone number is also possible).
- An email will be sent to the email address with a link, clicking on which you can make a new password. If several accounts are tied to the mail, then select the login to which you want to recover the password.
- Be sure to check the entered data.
- After the process is completed, go to Skype and make sure the password is restored.
- Enjoy the conversation!
This method will help you restore both your old Skype account and your new one. The main thing is to remember the login. In many versions, it is automatically saved.
Using the same algorithm, you can access the page even if your account is not connected with Microsoft.
How to restore Skype without a Microsoft account?
There are cases when a user forgets his login, but does not have an account.
- Open the well-known application.
- Click on "Can't login?" in the lower left corner.
- In the window that appears, clog your e-mail. A special key will come to it.
- Enter this code in the appropriate field.
Contact technical support
If you begin to suspect that your account has been hacked, it is worth urgently contacting Skype support. They will help restore your Skype account. For this:
- Run the utility.
- In the upper left corner, click on "Help", then on: "Help: answers and technical support."
- You will be redirected to the site. Scroll to the end and find the "Contact us" item.
- Carefully study each item of the main problems.
- If you have not found a solution, then select "Contact Skype Support."
- Select the privacy and security issue.
- Please note that applications are accepted from Monday to Friday from 14: 00-23: 00. On weekends, specialists do not work.
Auto Password
Sometimes users try to enter the account in a hacker way. Hacking programs should not be used, as this is punishable by law. But there are also situations where the secret code from the page is really needed, and only one of the ways to get there is utilities for selecting codes.
At the moment there is a utility Skype Password Recovery. The program selects a password (if the combination was not too complicated) and provides protection against subsequent hacks. SPR performance is difficult to establish. She really helped someone, but someone was disappointed.
How to recover a deleted account in Skype
When entering personal data, the program gives an error about a nonexistent login. What to do? Is the page deleted? To find your account, go to the Skype website and specify the mailbox or phone to which the account is linked. The phone number must not contain characters other than numbers (that is, no spaces, hyphens, etc.). After that, a window will pop up where accounts matching by number or e-mail will be visible. Select the page you need and click on "Login".
Create New Account
Sometimes it’s just impossible to restore your Skype account . Because of this, you have to create a new page. In this case, all dialogs, contacts will be lost.
- In the open application, select "Create account."
- Fill in the field "Phone" and create a password (you can use mail to create an account).
- A code will come to the phone, enter it.
- Fill out an account so friends can easily find it.
- Check your microphone, connection quality, video.
You can create a new page using Facebook. Simply log in to the FB via the Skype application.
Important! To use Skype, you must have a good Internet connection, otherwise the connection will be constantly lost.
In order not to lose contact details and messages in the future, back up your profile.
- In the open account, find the "Contacts" button, then - "Advanced".
- Select "Back up contacts" on the menu and follow the instructions.
Recommendations for storing passwords and logins
Get yourself a small notebook where you will write down all logins and passwords from various social networks. If you don’t like the option with paper, download the notes applications to your smartphone, and then put the password (graphic key, fingerprint) on it. In addition, special applications can help you here. However, they can fall under a hacker attack.
- Create such a code so that it is easy to remember, evokes any associations with events, people.
- Use numbers, symbols. The keys do not enter your date of birth or phone number.
- Alternate upper and lower case letters.
- Link each account to one mail / phone. For example, the pages of Skype, Instagram and YouTube will be tied to mail, and VKontakte and Twitter will be linked to a phone number. Always include valid mailboxes and telephones.
Recovering your Skype account is quite simple, without even remembering any data. Online technical support will always give you a lifeline.