Microsoft still working on bringing usernames back to Skype

Skype usernames are still on the way, allowing you to customize how people see your name on Skype.



What you need to know


Skype usernames will return to Skype in the future.
A Skype Community Manager states that the feature is "in progress."
The same manager adds that there are technical and legal blockers in the way right now.


Skype usernames are on the way back, according to a Skype forum. Skype Community Manager, Petr, states that Microsoft is still working on bringing back usernames to Skype in a Skype forum. Petr responded to a piece of feedback from December 2018, so the feature has been in progress for a while.

Petr states that there are "many blockers for [the Skype team], both technical and legal but it is in progress."

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