Skype: How to find your Skype ID

In Skype, every user has a personal ID. Since merging Skype with Microsoft’s own services, however, this has repeatedly caused confusion. We reveal what is behind the Skype ID and how you can find out.

Skype is a veteran of the countless now Messenger services. The concept of Skype ID dates back to the early days and long before Microsoft took over. The Skype ID is a personal identifier that Skype uses regardless of its own name. With this you can find users in Messenger quickly and easily.

All users who had an account before merging Skype and Microsoft’s own services have a separate ID. The same applies to account registrations with another email provider. But who is at Skype registered directly with a Microsoft account with which there is no really completely independent Skype ID. Instead, the name part of the Microsoft email address in front of the “@” is preceded by “live:” as the Skype ID. for example “live: max.mustermann”. You can easily find out which Skype ID is used in your case using the following method.

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