AppData / Skype folder - why is it needed? Job secrets

Any application for PC after installation leaves some files on the hard drive. This is quite normal. Windows is designed so that all the basic settings of programs are stored in one place. This phenomenon greatly facilitates the work with software. Often, when solving any problems with programs, you have to contact the AppData folder. Skype often requires referring to this particular section in the operating system for crashes and malfunctions. But why is this folder needed ? What is in it? How to use the previously mentioned path in relation to Skype?

What is AppData?

First, let's see why the AppData folder is needed at all. What data does it store?

In simple terms, various small but important components of the program will be stored here. Settings, stories, saves, bookmarks and so on. The size of this folder increases over time. Initially, it is hidden. But its display is easy to enable.

AppData and Skype

AppData / Skype is the address that all modern Skype users go through quite often. The messenger stores important information for people here. Therefore, you will have to constantly contact the mentioned folder. Especially if there is a need to correct errors, as well as save correspondence.

In AppData / Skype you can find:

• program settings;
• folders with user names that have been authenticated on a PC in Skype;
• call history, correspondence, file transfer.

All this is very useful. But under certain circumstances. Novice users are unlikely to ever need to look for AppData / Skype.

Main application

Why might the previously mentioned folder be required? As we already found out, it contains basic information about Skype and the users who worked with the application on a specific device.

Using AppData / Skype you can:

• perform a complete reset of the application settings;
• clear the history of actions and messages in the messenger;
• save the history of communication;
• Move contact lists to a safe place
• remove a person’s login from the authorization log;
• hide data that work under Skype was performed under a specific name.

In fact, everything is very simple. In addition, a person will be able to find out by the specified folder under which logins worked on his computer. Sometimes this is extremely useful.

Delete settings

Now a little about the practical application of AppData / Skype. Apps - a section that almost no one looks into. It stores application data and some of its settings, but not the most important ones.

Let's start by deleting the Skype settings. This procedure may come in handy if the messenger does not start.

To reset the application, you must:

1. Start Windows and hold Win + R.
2. In the line that appears, write% appdata% \ skype.
3. Run the command.
4. Find shared.xml and select it.
5. Delete document.

Now you can restart Skype and resume working with the messenger. Most likely, the errors will be fixed.

Users and AppData / Skype

But that is not all. With the help of the folders mentioned above, a person can find out who logged in to Skype from his computer, as well as remove a person from the authorization log of the program.

To do this, follow a short instruction. It looks something like this:

1. Open the command line via "Start" or the previously specified key combination.
2. Write% appdata% \ skype.
3. Click on the "Run" button. You can simply press "Enter" on the keyboard.
4. In the window that appears, you can examine all users who have logged in to Skype on a PC.
5. To clear the login log, select the folder with the username whose profile you do not want to see.
6. Press Del on the keyboard.
7. Agree to the warning.

It is important to understand that after the actions taken, the entire history of the user's correspondence and his data will be deleted. Now it’s clear why you need an AppData / Skype address. This folder can be useful in many cases. Nothing complicated. Good luck