Note: You might be prompted to log into your Microsoft account on your browser if you haven’t previously signed in. You can also delete the account on the web by visiting Microsoft’s Account Closure page on your web browser. You can delete your Skype account directly within the Skype apps for Android, iOS, and PC. We’ll walk you through the process of deleting your Skype account so you can get a clearer picture of how it goes, intricacies involved, and decide if you want to proceed with the account deletion. Additionally, you will also lose stored data, files, unused credits, and subscriptions (Xbox gaming subscriptions, for example) you have on any of these Microsoft services. And when you do this (delete Skype/Microsoft account), you’ll consequently lose access to other services (Outlook, Hotmail, OneDrive, etc.) connected to your Microsoft account with the same email.
In the real sense of it, deleting your Skype account technically means you’re deleting your Microsoft account. And just like you cannot use Skype without owning a Microsoft account, you cannot delete your Skype account without deleting your Microsoft Account. Skype is one of the many services and products you have access to when you open a Microsoft account. So you cannot delete your Gmail account without deleting/deactivating your Google account. You only need a single Google account to access most of Google’s services. And this is because your Skype account is not a standalone service. Well, it isn’t exactly possible to delete a Skype account.