Deleting contracts from Skype

[howardhj]

I set Skype up on a new PC and amongst my usual contacts I have also found a lot of telephone contacts that I wish to remove. I can find any number of ways to add contacts but nothing guides me to deleting them. Any one know how?

[Ethel]

Open Skype, right click on the contact you wish to delete, and click 'delete from contacts'.

[howardhj]

Thanks for the suggestion, but it doesn't work for telephone contacts, only the with contacts you have set up yourself.

[Ethel]

You've confused me. I can remove all my Skype contacts and landline contacts in that way.

All the numbers in my contacts have been added by me.

How have yours got there?

[howardhj]

I've no idea how they got there. Just a few - 20 or so - and most are people I haven't contacted in months! Only names and phone numbers and this is only on one network computer. Nothing on my laptop. There are also 2 that have appeared that I only entered into Outlook contacts today.

[howardhj]

I can delete the normal Skype contacts in the way you said.

[howardhj]

I just found the answer to my question:

Go to Tools in Skype and if it is ticked click ' Show Outlook Contacts' . Tick goes, contacts vanish.
Easy!

[Ethel]

Oh. I don't use Outlook so have never come across that.

Thanks for letting us know