If all is working as it should within Skype5, I think it is more of an issue of people not looking close enough through all app screens and settings. I just posted a solution that literally took me about 5 minutes to experiment and figure out without having read all messages on this topic. Please look for my previous post for details.
Joseph ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan Mosen" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2014 8:26 PM Subject: Re: Deleting Recent Chat/Call history in Skype It is a crazy decision to release the app with contact integration missing. It could cause their revenue from their landline calling segment to take a real hit. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org On 15/06/2014, at 3:13 pm, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jonathan and Donna, > > I did Google this and will have to do some more digging since yesterday I > didn't have so much time. But it does indeed appear as if this feature has > also been removed for now. I totally agree with you, Jonathan, that this > is really a vital feature and it should be considered essential. Even on > my PC I can opt to show all my Outlook contacts in Skype and I really hope > that a lot of other people will realize that it is no longer possible to > access one's iPhone contact list and raise a storm. Interestingly enough > if I go to Privacy and check which apps have access to my Contacts Skype > is still listed. Of course this might be the case because I upgraded, I > probably see what happens if I delete Skype and reinstall it. I will > report anything I find regarding this. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > From: [email protected][mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > OfDonna > Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2014 12:03 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Deleting Recent Chat/Call history in Skype > > Hi > > I'm wondering this as well. I'm new to Skype. I have searched the app, but > can't find a way to import my contacts. I have no time or patience to add > my contacts individually. > > Donna > > On Jun 14, 2014, at 2:23 PM, Jonathan Mosen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Sieghard, in your reading, have you found out whether integration with > the iPhone contacts has gone or is inaccessible? Not being able to call > your contacts from within Skype makes the app a lot less useful. > Jonathan Mosen > Mosen Consulting > Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training > http://Mosen.org > > On 14/06/2014, at 8:24 pm, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello List, > > I did a bit of checking on various Skype forums and there is currently > indeed no way to clear/delete chat history, recent calls and so on. In one > thread somebody from Skype replied to many rather unhappy messages that > they are looking to bring this back in a future update. > > One thing that works nicely is to swipe between People, Recents and > Favorites instead of finding the buttons at the top. You can double tap > and hold either on the left side of the phone and swipe across to the > right after the triple tone or double tap and hold on the right and swipe > across to the left. This will smoothly and seamlessly move between > screens, just touch the screen after to see if you are in People, Recents > or Favorites. > > For those who didn't see my previous post as to how you can remove > contacts, here it is again: > > 1. Double tap on the contact you want to remove > 2. Double tap on the "More" button at the bottom right > 3. Double tap on the "Block" button from the menu which pops up (the > other option is "Add to Favorites" > 4. In the next menu you have the options "Block", "Block and Remove" > and "No" (the latter is if you change your mind and want to do nothing). > > Regards, > Sieghard > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone > list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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