Skype Journal: Changing Your User Name
January 28, 2005 01:30 PMA new user to Skype asks how to change their name. Maybe you would like to change yours too, or simply get smarter about the name field in Skype. This post tells you how to change your name and use it to better effect in Skype.
anyone know if you can change your skype name? if so how?
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To Change Your Name:
Log into Skype and select File/Log-in as new user --- a Log into Skype screen will apprear. Tab to New Users Create a Skype Account. Create a new name and password and you can log on. Now you can update and edit your new profile. Note your old profile will disappear from the search system over a number of days. Still you haven't lost it. It could be forgotten. You can log back on to it by using the same File command above.
Note currently it is not possible to associate two names with the same SkypeOut account. So if you had money on your old account you will have to use it to burn up the Euros.
To Change Your Profile Name:
Simply acess File/Your personal profile --- and update how you want. A useful way to use your "Full Name" field is: Say it is "John Skype" and you want to communication that you are travelling. Just make the field read "John Skype | in France" and your buddies will know where you are.
Note many people have more than one Skype Account, often keeping one for business and one for friends and family.
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I can't find any such option under "file". I logged into Skype with my current username. I want to create a new username.
I understand I will loose some change in this transaction. But I don't have the options stated in your post or in the "help" FAQ section.
Jim
Posted by: Jim Keller at June 12, 2006 6:11 PM
I cannot see the log-in screen from the File menu as sugggested? And hence cannot create another account.
What version? I am using the 2.5.0.113
I could uninstall, D/L skype and re-install, but that IS hassle :-(
Ideas please?
Andrew...
Posted by: Andrew at June 24, 2006 9:58 PM
I would like to know how to make a new user for logging in skype messanger.
Regards
Sajjad Ahmed
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Posted by: sajjad ahmed at August 21, 2006 12:49 AM