Skype app: Always shown as online
If you are always shown as online with Skype, you have not logged out correctly on the PC or in the app. We'll show you how to fix it.
Skype app: always shown as online? It doesn't have to be ...
- Open Skype on your computer or on your smartphone and select any chat.
- Type the command "/ showplaces" in the input window (without quotation marks).
- Send the message, you will see all devices on which you are currently logged in.
- To close all sessions except the current one, type the command "/ remotelogout". Confirm here again with the "Send" button.
Skype app: log out correctly
If you close the Skype app, you are still online - even if you are not actively using the app. If you do not want to be permanently online, you should always log out:
- To do this, tap the button with the three dots at the top right (Android) or bottom right (iOS).
- Here you can then select the "Logout" option
- If you restart Skype at a later time, you have to log in again.