Troubleshooting Skype voice messaging

Important: Starting in May 2025, Skype will no longer be available. By logging in to Microsoft Teams Free with your Skype account, your chats and contacts will appear in the app so you can pick up where you left off. This capability will gradually roll out to Skype and Teams users on the latest app versions over the coming days. Alternatively, you can export your Skype data. Learn more about Skype retirement

Not sure how to set up voice messaging? Check out this handy guide.

If you are having problems with voice messaging, check the following issues.

Sign in to your account and, in the Manage features section, select Call forwarding and voicemail . Check that the status is Enabled . If it’s not, select the button to enable it.

Next, try signing out of Skype and signing back in again: in Skype, select your profile picture and select Sign Out , and then sign back in. Voice messaging should now be enabled.

Make sure you are signed into the same account for Skype that you enabled voicemail for.

Voice messages that are not listened to are stored on our servers for 30 days before they are deleted.

We’ve removed your outgoing voicemail message as custom greetings are no longer supported. Skype will use the default message for your app language.

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