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Legacy Skype Name-created account) with your new Microsoft account by following the steps below: You can try updating your old Skype account ( given that this is a Skype, which means technically speaking, a user with a Microsoft account already has a Skype account ( under the same email without going through the account creation flow) which he can use to access the service. (Skype Name-created accounts) still need to fully update their accounts to enjoy the benefits of a full Microsoft account.īy default, a Microsoft account can be used to sign in directly to any Microsoft products and services including

Is the only way to close the old Skype account to create another Microsoft account to associate it with?Īll Skype accounts were migrated to basic Microsoft accounts over a year ago, although users with legacy accounts Ideally I'd like the old Skype account associated with the new Microsoft account but it's looking like that's not possible. My problem is if I try to associate the old Skype account with the new Microsoft account it states it's already in use and if I try to close the Skype account it wants me to log into the associated Microsoft account (of which there isn't one). New Microsoft account or close the old Skype account. My issue is I'd like to only have a single Skype account so would like to either associate the old Skype account with the However it seems that in creating that account a Skype account got created along with it (I don't recall doing it but probably did). When I started using a Windows mobile a few years back I created a Microsoft account for it (which I now use on all my devices running Windows variants). It's never been associated with a Microsoft account.

Hi, I have an old Skype account I've had for years.

How to update your skype account