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To access your settings in Skype:

Select your profile picture.
Select Settings.
Choose from the following settings to make your changes:
Note: You can access your Skype settings from any platform or device, but not all settings are available to change on every platform.
- Account & Profile
  - Control your profile picture visibility.
  - View and manage your account information.
- General
  - Change your language.
  - Choose your startup and close options. (Not available in Skype for Web or mobile)
  - View available Skype Accessibility Keyboard Shortcuts. (Not available in Skype for Web or mobile)
  - Customize your Translation settings by selecting your Spoken language or Translation voice.
- Privacy
  - Turn Share location with Bing on or off. (Not available in Skype for Web)
  - Turn Translation permissions on or off.
  - Turn Only allow Skype calls from contacts to ring on this device on or off.
  - Enable or disable Optional diagnostic data.
  - Select Privacy and Cookies to view the Microsoft Privacy Statement.
- Appearance
  - Choose your color scheme, light, dark, or system setting modes, and choose from light or dark high contrast accessible modes.
  - Show the profile picture of who sent the last message in your group chat with last message author avatar on group chat.
  - Enable compact list mode and show user and conversation avatars.
    Note: Enabling compact list mode will disable last message author avatar on group chat.
- Audio & Video (Desktop and Web only)
  - Choose your camera and adjust the settings.
  - Choose your background effect.
  - Choose your microphone and adjust the input levels.
  - Adjust your Noise cancellation settings.
  - Choose your speakers and adjust the output levels.
- Calling
  - Set up caller ID, call forwarding, and voicemail.
  - Turn on Call subtitles and other call settings.
  - Reduce data usage - Never, On cellular networks, Always. (Mobile only)
- Messaging
  - Turn read receipts on or off, change how emoticons appear, change your text size, and other IM settings.
  - Turn web link previews on or off.
  - Control the ability to have images available when you view a message by controlling when to download it - Never, using WiFi, or using WiFi and cellular data. (iOS only)
  - Turn on or off the ability to paste copied messages as quotes, rather than as plain text.
  - Customize file auto-download settings. (Not available in Skype for Web or mobile)
- Notifications
  - Increase, reduce, or eliminate what events Skype alerts you to.
  - Manage Do Not Disturb functions.
  - Manage email notifications.
- Contacts
  - Sync contacts. (Not available in Skype for Windows, Web, or Linux)
  - Manage your blocked contacts.
  - Manage your privacy settings for contacts.
- Help & Feedback
  - Check your current Skype version.
  - Find links to help content and check current Skype Status.
  - Provide feedback and view additional information.

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