Deletion of a Skype account is very hectic now. And you must know that if the deletion of your Skype account is not done in the right way, it will continue to charge you with the Skype credits and subscription plans. Yes, it is right. So deletion of Skype in perfect way is required. But how? The lengthy process with so many complex formalities makes it problematic for all. If you are also one of them who is facing problem regarding to deletion or deactivation of your Skype account, then you must read the article.

In this article, we have provided information about how to delete a Skype account perfectly. In connection to that, we have included a brief detail about Skype and its premium features, and then steps to stop or disable them. So keep reading this article and follow the steps in which you are facing problem. Let’s get started with a brief description about Skype and its premium features.

About Skype

Skype is a free telecommunication as well as instant messaging app that provide free services with some premium options. It allows the users to call or video call to Skype, landlines, and mobiles too. Users can also enjoy the instant messaging features like texting, sending images, videos, GIFs, voicemails, documents, and lots more. But all the features are not free. Below we have enlisted the premium features and facilities of Skype.

• Free unlimited calls to landlines and mobiles, in which users can call to the landlines and mobiles of one selected country for free.
• Group video calling feature that allows the users to enjoy video calls with maximum 10 friends.
• Group screen sharing allows the users to share each other’s screen.
• Ad blocking feature for an ad-free user interface.
• Live customer care services via chatting from Skype.

How to Delete a Skype Account?

Creating a Skype account is easy, but deleting the same is quite hectic, because of the features and facilities provided by it. All of us use those features and facilities by giving permissions. So before deleting a Skype account, we have to look into those factors and have to stop the functions. Otherwise, users have to face some problem after requesting for deleting the account till the deactivation.

Here we have explained all the factors to look upon, and then the steps to stop them. So keep reading and follow the guidelines.

Important Factors to look upon before deleting a Skype Account

Before deleting a Skype account in right way, users have to look upon on the factors mentioned below. So the factors are:

• Look whether you have logged in to your Skype account with your Microsoft account or not? If logged in with Microsoft account, you have to unlink the account first.
• Check how many active subscriptions you have and deactivate them. Else you will be charged till the deactivation.
• You have to disable the recurring payments option and delete the payment details before proceeding to the deactivation process.
• If you have any Skype number, then you have to cancel the number before deleting the account.
• If you remain logged in from any other devices, then your account will not be deactivated. So sign out from all the devices.

These are the important points that you have to go through before deleting the account. Now follow the steps below to perform the activities mentioned above.

Steps to Remove Microsoft Account from Skype

• First of all, log in to the Skype account that you want to deactivate from web browser.
• After logging in, go to the Settings and Preferences option and click on account settings.
• Check whether your Microsoft account is connected or not? If it is connected, it will give “Unlink” option, else it will show “Not Linked”. Click the Unlink option on the right side of the Microsoft account option if it is connected.
• On clicking the Unlink option, a dialog box will appear. Click Continue to remove your Microsoft account from Skype.

Now you may be logged out automatically from your account. Logging automatically confirms that your Microsoft account is removed. Log in again to complete the next activities.

Sometimes Skype disallow removing Microsoft account. If you are facing the same problem, no need to worry. Just go to Skype Support (Help Home), fill up the form and request for the same. Your Microsoft account will be removed.

Steps to Deactivate Subscriptions

• To deactivate all the subscriptions, go to the Account Settings option under Settings and Preferences.
• On the left side, you will get the subscriptions you have activated. Click on the subscription(s) you want to deactivate.
• A confirmation message will arise, click on Cancel Subscription to proceed.
• Another message will come, click on the “Thanks but no thanks, I still want to cancel” option to deactivate the subscription permanently.

Do you know? Skype refunds the subscription charges for unused subscriptions. If there is any subscription plan that you have not used, then request a refund now. Click the hyperlinks and request a refund via Email or Live Chat.

Remember, Skype credits and active subscriptions are different things. So deactivating subscriptions is not going to stop recurring payments or the Auto recharge process. Here you have to disable the “AutoPay from your credit cards or bank account” option before requesting deactivation of your Skype account. Otherwise, you might be charged again and again till the expiry of the account. Follow the steps below to disable the recurring payments option.

Steps to Disable Recurring Payments (AutoPay)

• To disable the AutoPay or Auto Recharge option, go to the Account Details section.
• Now click on Billing & Payments settings.
• Here you will get to see all the details of enabled auto-recharge (s). Click on the “Disable” button on the right side.
• Your Auto Recharge option is disabled.

Steps to Cancel Skype Number

• To cancel the subscribed Skype number, go to “Manage Feature”.
• Now click on the “Skype Number” and then the “Settings” option.
• Here you will get the “Cancel Skype Number” option. Click on it to request to cancel the number.

After requesting cancellation of the Skype number, the number remains active till the expiry of the account (90 days from the day of request). But it won’t charge further. Requesting a refund is not applicable for Skype number cancellation.

In these 90 days (between the day of the cancellation request and the day of expiry), you can renew the number if needed. Just go to Manage Features > Skype Number> choose the number and click Reactivate Settings. Your number will be reactivated.

Steps to Log Out from All Devices

Logging out of Skype from all devices is very easy. Just log in to your account from any device and type “/remote logout” (“remote log out” without space) on the chat window and enter. You will be logged out from other devices. After that, log out from your account on the device you are using. To log out, click on Files> and then “Sign out”.

After completion of these important steps, you can request for deactivation of your account. However, after requesting deactivation, it takes some time to deactivate. Till then, all your friends can search and watch your details on your account. So if you want no one to find you and try to contact you on the same day, then you must use the following tricks to hide yourself till deactivation.

• Change profile picture: try to remove the profile picture so that it shows a mugshot image, or upload a generic mugshot picture as the profile picture. Changing the profile picture will let the friends realize that the account is not being used by you.
• Update the mood message: Update the mood message from the original to any generic one. Or you can write something like “The account is under deactivation process” so that your friends can know that you have requested deactivation.
• Setting status to offline or invisible: remaining offline or invisible for a long time will help the friends to realize that you have left the account forever.
• Remove all the personal details: unavailability of information forces others to realize that the account is closed. So remove the details except for the email address. Otherwise, the Skype team will not recognize which account should they close or not.

Final Words

So this is how you can delete a Skype account perfectly by simply following these steps mentioned above. Here we have information about the Skype and its premium services and detailed steps to stop or deactivate them, including steps for unlinking Microsoft account, deactivating subscription plans, disabling auto recharge option from credit cards or bank accounts, cancelling Skype number, and logging out of Skype from all devices. All users may not have subscribed all the features. So do the steps that are required for your account and skip the rest. Thank you.

Are you tired of iMessage activation errors in your iPhone? Looking for some ways to fix this serious issue? Apple offers its users to enjoy a seamless iMessage experience but activating iMessage sometimes becomes a big task for some, as it doesn’t usually work out smoothly. Although iMessage works perfectly fine after getting activated, but activating is a very hectic step. Quite a lot of fixes have been recommended for using this service but sadly most of them don’t even work. While activating FaceTime and iMessage, you might encounter with some of the following frequent issues

• Activation unsuccessful.
• Error occurred during activation.
• Waiting for activation.
• Could not sign in please check your network connection.

Do not worry as we have come up with some of the tricks so that you will no longer face these issues and can experience iMessage service without any hurdles. Do read the article and follow the steps properly. Try out the methods described here and we are working hard to come up with some new solutions.

Before fixing iMessage “Waiting for Activation” error on iPhone running iOS 9, iOS 10 and iOS 11.

• You must put your phone number in the contact app of your phone. Place it on top of ‘Contacts,’ you should see your number listed. If it’s not there, you must do it and place it as soon as possible.

• Date & Time should be correct. If not then select option “Set Automatically” and make sure to correct the Time Zone before the phone holds the right time.

• iMessage activation may sometimes take about 24 hours. Wait for the time being and if it’s not done, do contact your carrier.

• Do check that your carrier permits to send international messages and you must have proper amount to send them.

How to Fix iMessage “Waiting for Activation” Error on iPhone?

●      Check Out Internet Connection

Both FaceTime and iMessage requires a steady, stable and very good internet connection to work properly. Hence, make sure your internet connection is up to the mark. Also, make sure that you are on an active working internet network. Sometimes Wifi issues can cause iMessage activation problems so have your cellular network enabled.

Open Settings > Wifi/Cellular > Switch it off > Reboot the device and then again turn on Wifi/Cellular network.

If nothing goes your way, reset all the network settings and everything will move to the default factory settings. To reset the network settings move ahead and perform the steps given below.

                         Settings → General → Reset → Reset Network Settings.

●      Turn Off/On iMessage and perform a hard reset

Open Settings > head to Messages > Turn off iMessage function.

Now, hold the home button and volume ON/OFF button together for about 10 seconds, the phone will be in hard reset mode.

After performing hard reset, the phone will be rebooted. When the device gets restarted, turn on the iMessage again.

●      Check your iPhone’s carrier settings and update it if required

Also do check out whether the Cellular or Wifi network is enabled and working fine on your device.

                                             Open Settings → General

Click on About option to look for any updates. If any update is available, you will get the option to update it. Whenever you opt for a new SIM card on your phone, you always need to download the new carrier setting in your iPhone.

●      Sign-out, Sign-in your Apple ID

In most of the cases, you need to sign out of your Apple ID and then need to sign in again.

Step 1. First of all you will need to go to the Settings > move to Message and look for the options ‘Send & Receive’ and scroll down to tap on it.

Step 2. Sign out of your Apple ID and log out.

Step 3. Turn off iMessage now.

Step 4. Then wait for few moments, turn off and on the Wi-Fi connection and then again switch on iMessage.

Step 5. And finally enter your Apple ID details again to sign in and then try re-activating iMessage.

●      Turn airplane mode on and off

Sometimes iMessage activation issues occurs due to some small dumb hiccup in the system itself. Hence before heading out for any serious solution and before turning the Airplane Mode on, wait for a few moments and then turn it off again. You might get away with the problem quickly.

●      Turn off FaceTime and iMessage, then restart your device

Apparently, this is a useful trick that helps many people and might help you too.

Open Settings > go to Messages > and turn off iMessage.

After that in Settings > go to FaceTime > and turn off FaceTime. Later on reboot your device and activate both the options again from the settings.

●      Do make sure your cell plan must receive SMS

When you will be trying to activate iMessage and FaceTime on your iPhone, Apple will try to send you an SMS as confirmation and is a part of the activation process. Apple does this in order to verify your phone’s status although you will not be able to view the message.

Apple might not be able to authorize and verify your device and activate iMessage and FaceTime in your phone if you fail to receive messages. In this case, check your carrier whether you are facilitated to receive sms and text messages.

●      Always check and fill your empty credit if you’re a prepaid user

While you are on any prepaid plan, you must have enough credit to receive and send messages. In this case you might not be able to receive messages if you do not have sufficient credits in your prepaid account. During troubleshooting iMessage activation issue, you might feel the need to add credits to your prepaid account so that you can receive the activation messages easily.

●      Reset network settings

As we already came to know about it that Apple requires some SMS tricks to activate iMessage and FaceTime on an iPhone, hence you must have an active working cellular or Wifi connection. But if you are having any network issues, Apple won’t be able to activate iMessage for your device. To troubleshoot issues regarding your network connectivity perform the following steps properly.

                     Open Settings > go to General section > then Reset Network Settings.

Once you are done with the reset enter your Wifi password again and check if it is working fine.

●      Put your SIM card in a different iPhone, then reset that phone using your SIM card

Pop out the SIM card and place it in any other spare iPhone you can find. Then rest that iPhone with your SIM card in it. Follow the steps to perform a reset.

Open Settings > head to the General section > Tap on Reset > Click Reset All Content and Settings > then reboot the phone

After that put back the SIM card back in your main iPhone and wait for the iMessage to get activated. Well we are not so sure about this trick whether it will work out or not. But some users claimed to have worked out, we hope this does the same for you as well.

●      Update to the latest version of iOS

 Well this issue also occurs if you are running an older version of the OS. Hence, before heading out to find some solutions for the cause, it will be a good idea to check and update to the latest version of iOS. To update to the latest iOS version follow the following steps.

Open Settings > move to the General section > check for Software Update > if any update available, update your phone instantly.

We hope this will definitely solve your problem and your iMessage will get activated soon after the update.

If you are done with most of the solutions, consider some of the other points discussed below which might help you out.

Still not activated after a day?

Sometimes Apple take up to 24 hours to activate FaceTime and iMessage. However, if the problem persists even after 24 hours, follow these steps.

• Do make sure that your device has been update to the the latest version of iOS. Head to the settings and look for the software update availability and update the phone instantly.

• Try to contact your carrier to make sure that you are facilitated to receive SMS and text messages. First of all ask your carrier if they support iMessage or not. Verify with them if there is any limited condition or any Imessage blocks and text message filters.

• If nothing goes your way after trying out all the solutions, try to contact Apple Support which we think will be the best possible way to get your hands on iMessage.

• Send a mail to the email address of faceTime and iMessage stating your activation issues.

Final Words

When you are opting for a new phone or switching carrier or cell numbers, sometimes you might encounter FaceTime and iMessage activation issues. In this article, we have tried to pick out the issues as well as solutions to them and discussed everything in details. We hope you are now aware about how to fix “waiting for activation” errors in iMessage and FaceTime. Do let us know which method worked for you and also share your experiences with us. We will get back to you with new problems and solutions too. Till then keep texting!