How to Transfer Skype with Settings and Chat History to a New Computer

How do I move my Skype to another computer?

"I'm moving to another city and will be working from there. I have some Skype meetings scheduled for the next few days. How do I transfer my Skype with settings and chat history to my new laptop?"

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As its advertisements proclaim, Skype lets you easily stay in touch with all your friends, family, colleagues, and customers, anytime, anywhere. With its popular features, Skype has become a top application, used widely around the world.

As a result, the need to transfer Skype – along with its settings and chat history – to a new computer has also increased. On this page, we will guide you on how to effectively transfer Skype (with its settings and chat logs) to your new PC using an automated PC migration tool.

Read on to learn how you can easily transfer Skype to your new computer.

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Preparations

Here's a list of what you'll need to migrate your Skype:

1. Two computers – the source and new one. 2. An empty USB drive: Requires over 30 GB of free space. 3. Download and install the PC transfer software - Todo PCTrans tool on both the source and target computers.

With Todo PCTrans, users can easily transfer programs, software, files, and folders to another computer.

Supported: Windows 10/8.1/8/7/XP/Vista, Windows Server 2019/2016/2012/2008/2003. Supported: Skype, Skype Live Chat, Office, Outlook, Adobe, and more.

With it, you can transfer programs and files directly from “Computer to Computer” or via “Backup and Restore.”

With Todo PCTrans's “Backup and Restore” feature, you can transfer Skype along with its settings and chat history files in one go to your new computer.

Note: Transfer will only work if activation has been performed.

Click on the button here to get Todo PCTrans tool and enjoy unlimited transfer capabilities:

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Tutorial: Move Skype with your settings and chat history to a new computer

Before you can transfer them, you'll need to find where Skype stores its settings and chat logs on your computer.

Here are some important things to know about transferring your Skype:

1. Browse to the default location to find Skype settings and chat history: C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.SkypeApp

2. Back up Skype: Go to “Applications,” then choose the Skype app. Use “File” to locate the Skype settings and chat logs folder.

Next, repeat this process on both computers to complete the transfer.

Step 1: Create a backup file.

1. Connect the USB flash drive/external hard drive to the source computer. Launch Todo PCTrans, and on the main screen, click Backup & Restore > Start.

Transfer Files via Backup and Restore – Step 1

2. Tap "Data Backup" to continue.

Step 2: Transfer files via Backup and Restore

3. Click “Edit” to select specific data under Applications, User Accounts, and Files to create a backup.

Transfer files via Backup and Restore – Step 3

"Step 2: Restore from the backup file you just created"

1. Insert the USB drive with the backup files into the target computer and launch Todo PCTrans. Click on “Backup & Restore > Start > Data Restore.”

Transfer files from PC to PC via Backup and Restore – Step 1

2. Click “Browse” to locate the image file. Then, select “Recover” and proceed to the next step.

3. Now, you can select the application/file/account that you want to restore.

Alternatively, you can click on the “Edit” button to flexibly select the specific data to transfer. Click “Finish” to confirm. Also, you can click the Edit icon > “Commit” to change the target path of the recovered files.

Transfer Files via Picture - Step 3

Follow-up: Making transferred Skype, settings, and chat history work properly

After the transfer is complete, follow these steps to get your transferred Skype working with its settings and chat history:

1. Save your Skype settings and chat history folder in the right place

Make sure that the Skype settings and chat folder are saved in the default location: C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Packages\

If the folder is empty, copy the Microsoft.SkypeApp folder to this location and save it.

2. Restart your computer to apply the changes.

3. Verify your Skype account.

If the games and apps you're transferring require authentication, sign in with your Skype account and password.