Minimize Skype To System Tray in Windows 8.1

Skype is the most popular communication tool to stay in touch with your friends, relatives, and colleagues, through video chatting. The latest version of the Skype also let you sign-in using your Facebook account. But unfortunately, the default behavior of the Skype is to stay in your Taskbar, either you are Signed In, or Log Out.

You can quit Skype if you are not using it, and it will be gone from your Taskbar. But what if you want to stay signed-in but don’t want to have it appear on the Taskbar.

You can minimize the Skype to the System Tray, when you are signed-in. To change this setting, you first need to sign-in to your Skype account. If you try to find the option without signing in to your account, then you will see a very few options in the menu bar. So sign-in first place, either using your Skype account or, connect your Facebook account.
Once you are logged in, click Tools, and then click Options. Click Advanced from the left side options pane, and uncheck “Keep skype in the taskbar while I am signed in”. Apply the new settings, and now close the Skype, and it will get automatically minimized to your System Tray.




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