We can add contacts into Skype accounts in two ways. One is by adding a phone number and another one is by searching the Skype directory to find existing contacts and add them to the account.
This article explains different ways to add contacts to Skype contacts list:
This article applies to:
- Skype 6.11
Step (1). Sign-in into Skype using your user credentials.
Step (2). Click on the “Add Contact” icon. Skype will display options in the left pane to allow you to choose either “save a phone number” or search in the Skype directory.
You can even select these options through the Skype menu.
- Select Contacts menu. It will display a Contacts menu.
- Select the “Add Contact” menu item from the Contacts menu. It will display the “Add Contact” sub-menu.
- From the “Add Contacts” sub-menu; choose either “Save a Phone Number…” or “Search Skype Directory…” options to add a contact to your Skype account’s contacts list.
Step (3). Click on the “save a phone number” link from the left side pane. Skype will display “Save a phone number” fields in the right pane.
- Provide the Name of the contact in the Name field.
- Add Phone number into Number field. To select the country code:
- Click on the Country flag. Skype will display the list of country codes in the drop-down list.
- Select the country code from the drop-down list.
- Select phone number type from the Type field.
- Click on the Type field. Skype will display a pull-down menu.
- Select either Mobile, Home, Office, or Other value from the pull-down menu.
- Click on Add number button.
Now, this contact will add to your Skype account’s contacts list.
Step (4). Search for existing contacts in the Skype directory by entering their names, Skype names, or emails in the Search box.
- Skype will display the matching results in the left side pane.
- Select the contact you want to add to your contacts. Once you selected the contact; the contact details will be displayed on the right side pane.
- From the right side pane, click on the “Add to Contacts” button to add the selected contact into your Skype account’s contacts list.
You can find the added contacts in your Skype account’s contacts list.