"I was going to work in another city, and I have a few Skype conference in the next few days. I have to transfer Skype with settings and chatting history to the new laptop.
Do you know how to transfer and move the Skype app with its settings, chat history to a new computer? If you know the solution, help me please."
As its advertisement, Skype makes it easy for you to keep in touch with all your friends, families, colleagues, and clients anytime and anywhere. With its popular feature, Skype is a top-ranked app and wildly used by world users.
So the need for transferring Skype with settings, chat history, etc., to a new PC also increases. On this page, we'll guide you to effectively transfer Skype with settings, chat history to a new computer with the help of automated PC transfer software.
Follow on, and learn how to move Skype to your new PC with ease.
Here is a list of tools that you need to prepare for transferring Skype:
Qiling Disk Master enables users to transfer desired programs, software, files, and folders to another computer with ease.
With it, you can directly transfer programs and files to another computer via "PC to PC" or "Backup & Restore".
Here you can directly transfer Skype together with settings, chat history files to the new PC at one time with the "Backup & Restore" feature in Qiling Disk Master.
You can click the button here to get the Qiling Disk Master for unlimited transferring capacity now:
Before transferring, you need to locate the location where does Skype stores its settings, chat history on your PC.
Here are some important tips that you should know for Skype transferring:
1. Browse the default location to find Skype settings and chat history: C:\Users\User Name\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.SkypeApp
2. Back up Skype: Click Application to choose Skype app, and File to locate Skype settings, chat history folder.
Now, you can follow through the process on your two PCs to accomplish the transferring process:
Step 1. Create a backup file.
1. Connect your USB (flash) drive/external hard drive to your source computer. Launch Qiling Disk Master, click "Backup & Restore" on the main windows.
2. Select "File Backup" to move on.
3. Hover over "Applications", "Files" and "Accounts" columns to choose the specific data, applications, etc, and click "Proceed" to create a backup file.
Step 2. Recover via the created backup file.
1. Plugin your USB drive which stores the created backup file to the target PC and open Qiling Disk Master. Click "Backup & Restore > Recovery".
2. Click "Browse for recovery" to locate the Image file. Then, choose "Restore" and go to the next step.
3. Now, you can select Applications/Files/Accounts you want to restore.
Over on Applications, Files, or Accounts to choose the specific data you want transfer flexibly. Click "Proceed" to confirm. Besides, you can also click the "Migration Settings" icon to change the target path to recover and save the files.
When the transferring process finishes, go through the below tips to make transferred Skype with settings, chat history to work:
1. Save Skype settings, chat history folder to the right location
Check whether Skype settings, chat history folder have been saved to the default location: C:\Users\User Name\AppData\Local\Packages\
If the folder is empty, copy the Microsoft.SkypeApp folder and save it to this location.
2. Restart PC to keep all the changes.
3. Certify your Skype account.
If the transferred games and applications require certification, enter your Skype accounts with the password.