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Robin Good's Master New Media: Edit And Remove Text Chat Messages In Skype

  • Juho Tunkelo · 1 year ago
    Excellent tip! You have to note though, that in order to get that choice you need to both be online at the moment. you can't do it if they exit for a moment or something. Even so, great tip, I had no idea.
  • RobinGood · 1 year ago
    Absolutely!

    I also don't know yet if it works and what's the access key combination on the Mac...
  • heni1022 · 1 year ago
    that would be "control click" - and yup it works fine!
  • Martin · 1 year ago
    It certainly does not work on 3.2.0.145 and I assume older versions too.
  • Hopele · 1 year ago
    I discovered this tip, BUT th message does not disappear for the other person. It just *looks like* it has from our side. When I tried it the other person couldn´t see where it said "This message has been removed"... instead they still saw the text!
  • RobinGood · 1 year ago
    The message does disappear from the other side as well, tested and tried. The point is that you need to have an updated version of Skype and both of you need to be online at the same time. Please confirm tat it works for you too.
  • Desperate · 1 year ago
    Is there any way to edit messages in skype`s history? Messages written days ago? And leave no marks like 'the msg was edited/deleted?
    Thank you in advance
  • Jeaneah Paik · 1 year ago
    Is there any way to get these instructions in print? For some reason the video or button to view it is not appearing in my browser.

    Thanks!
  • heni1022 · 1 year ago
    sorry about that.
    on a mac, if you'd like to edit, hold down control while clicking on your selection.
  • awesomedude · 4 months ago
    to change other people's messages make your own group chat then you become the CREATOR of the group - after that you write /set role username MASTER and then you've done it

    you can now change other peoples texts!!

    awesome, eh eh eh cya
  • bobbidunphy · 3 months ago
    Hello there,
    Can you edit a skype text chat message on a Mac? We've just tried to edit a message in a live skype text chat using the right click option but edit message does not come up. Any suggestions?
    thanks Robin
  • RobinGood · 3 months ago
    Absolutely yes Bobbi! Ctrl-click on a Mac, but as highlighted through other comments make sure that you are trying to do this while you have a text chat with someone else or before the go offline. Also, make sure you have a pretty recent version of Skype.
  • bobbidunphy · 3 months ago
    ok. thanks. I tested that out and it seemed to edit at my end (and even delete) but those edits did not appear at the other end (ie: my partner's computer) I'm running the latest version of skype. Any thoughts?
    thanks RobinGood
    Bobbi
  • RobinGood · 3 months ago
    Either the other end was not online when you edited, or they may have as well a very old version of Skype. I can confirm that it does work reliably and that in my team we use this on a daily basis.