How to Find Out Your Skype Password

Techwalla may earn compensation through affiliate links in this story. Learn more about our affiliate and product review process here.
Reset your Skype password to get back to chatting with contacts.

If you use Skype's automatic sign-in feature, you may not have used your password since you created it -- even if you use Skype daily. When you eventually need to enter your Skype password, you may find that you have no idea what it is. While Skype will not reveal your current password, it allows you to create a new one if you still have the email address you used when creating your Skype account. If you do not have this email address but have paid for a Skype feature in the past, you can still reset your password.

Advertisement

Using Your Email Address

Video of the Day

Step 1

Visit Skype's "Forgotten your password?" page. You can either navigate here via Skype's website or click the "Forgot your password?" link on Skype's sign-in screen.

Advertisement

Video of the Day

Step 2

Enter your email address into the space provided on this page, and then click the blue "Submit" button.

Step 3

Check the email address associated with the account. Within 30 minutes, you should receive an email from Skype.

Advertisement

Step 4

Click the "Temporary code" link within Skype's email within 6 hours. Select the Skype name for which you wish to change the password, if you have more than one account. Type your desired new password into the two boxes provided for this purpose.

Step 5

Click "Change password and sign me in" to finish the process. From now on, use this password to sign into your Skype account.

Advertisement

Using Your Payment Details

Step 1

Go to Skype's "Forgotten your password?" page if you do not remember the email address associated with your account but have made a payment to Skype in the past. Then click the "Forgotten your email address?" link.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Step 2

Enter your Skype name into the field that appears, and then click the blue "Submit" button.

Step 3

Provide your first and last name, your country and the payment history information of your choice, and then click "Submit."

Step 4

Create a new password and provide a valid email address for the account, and then click "Submit" again to finish the process.

Advertisement

Advertisement

references & resources

Report an Issue

screenshot of the current page

Screenshot loading...