Your details
Information in your profile makes it easier for people to find and call you.
Your profile contains your personal information including your email address so other people on Skype can search for you. It also contains information that just your contacts can see such as your contact telephone numbers.
Let other people find you in the Skype directory.
Add additional email addresses you have.
Easy to update.
Information in your profile
You can enter as much, or as little information as you want. You can return at any time and update. Your profile is split into three specific content blocks.
- Details everyone will see
This includes your full name, location, language, date of birth, and additional information you may like to add such as a link to your website and a section to say a little about yourself. - Details only visible to your contacts
These include your home, office and cell phone number, your profile picture and if you want to show them your local time and how many contacts you have. - Private details
This is where you can insert your email addresses that your friends or co-workers will search for you by. You can add a number of email addresses. Your email addresses are not revealed to anyone, but people searching for you by your email address can find you like this.
Profile pictures
Show the world who you are by adding a picture to your profile. Your contacts will see the image you choose, so you can make them smile or just help them to match your face to your name. You can choose a picture from one of our many standard profile pictures. If you want interesting and funny pictures to represent you, you can upload one of your favorite photos or create a special self-portrait on the Personalize website.
If you are using the latest version of Skype you can also use video snapshot to take a photo of yourself with your webcam and use it as your profile picture.
Share information in your mood
Your mood is the place where you can share information and is very easy to update as often as you like. Type a message telling your friends how you are feeling, pull a face with an emoticon or add a flag to show where you are in the world. You can also add website addresses to your mood so that your friends can link straight to a site that interests you.
If you are using the latest version of Skype you can also add video to your mood. Your contacts can play the video directly from your mood, call you or start a chat to talk about it, or if they really like it, copy it and add it to their own mood.
Your mood is displayed next to your name in your friends’ contact list.
Got questions?
How friends can find you
Adding information to your profile makes it easier for your friends and family to find you as they can narrow down their search criteria. Adding contacts to your contact list is also very easy.
As a bonus, if you add your birthday your contacts will get an alert on the day so they can wish you a happy birthday – and have no excuse for forgetting…
Enter your contact telephone numbers so your friends can get in touch even if you aren’t online. In the latest version of Skype your contact numbers will only be visible to your contacts, not everyone on Skype.
