

By default it is stored in the current user folder and is called “Skype”, e.g. Quit Skype (right-click on the Skype icon in the system tray and choose “Quit Skype” in the menu).Ĥ. Please remember the letter to always mount the volume to it since the Skype profile will be set to work with this volume letter (later you will set the encrypted volume to mount to this letter automatically). Enter the password and mount the encrypted volume to any free letter. Untick “Start Skype when I start Windows” in the “General settings” tab.Ģ. Go to the main menu “Tools” -> “Options” for Skype settings configuration window. First disable the automatic start up for Skype upon system start-up (later you will set Skype to launch automatically upon mounting the encrypted volume). So there is an encrypted volume (or container).ġ.
#How to change skype password how to#
This section tells how to move a Skype profile to an encrypted volume and all the options that “teach” Skype to work with the encrypted profile.
#How to change skype password portable#
If you are using a portable Skype version check the section: If there is no encrypted volume or container it is very easy to create one with the help Cryptic Disk. storing profile files on the encrypted volume or in the encrypted container. Here are some ideas on how to protect a Skype profile (including all the histories) by encrypting the profile, i.e. And the events history (who and when you talked to) is never deleted from the database. Besides even if you stop saving Skype history the program will still write all the messages to its database and will delete them only upon quitting. It is not always convenient to stop saving Skype histories as sometimes you might need to search for some important information there. It is quite easy to steal the history files and with the help of some special software one can view all the history without your Skype password. Skype stores openly all the history of your conversation on your computer.
