

Help the next person who has this issue by indicating if this reply solved your problem. Repeat this step for all frequent contacts you wish to delete. Try deleting the app (in windows Settings > apps & Features) and recreating it. If you have items or persons in Office Outlook (all versions applicable – Outlook 2000, Outlook XP, Outlook 2003, Outlook 2007, Outlook 2010, Outlook 2013, Outlook 2016 or newer included), these contacts will be added and shown directly in Skype contact list. Click the X to the right of the frequent contact in the list to delete it. These “come from nowhere” automatically added contacts in Skype contact list is actually Microsoft Outlook contacts.

And you cannot find “Remove from Contacts” option on right click context menu too to delete these contacts. Then click the Full Name or Email or another column header to sort the entries and see duplicates. Press View > Change View > Phone to display the contact list with all the data. These contacts use icon which resembles an “Address Book”, unlike the normal Skype “Online” or “Offline” icons. If there are few duplicate contacts, you can sort the contact list and remove duplicates: Select the folder that contains duplicate contacts. The contacts may be names or phone numbers that you familiar, but just that you have never added them to Skype VoIP and IM communication software.īeside, these auto added contacts also have a different icon from the rest the actual Skype contacts.

Do you ever notice there are mysterious contacts on Skype contact list? These unknown mystery Skype contacts are not added by anybody, but just suddenly appear.
