The tech giant said Friday it will retire Skype in May and shift some of its services to Microsoft Teams, its flagship videoconferencing and team applications platform. Skype users will be able to use their existing accounts to log into Teams.

After years of dwindling relevance, Skype will finally shut down in May 2025. Microsoft is directing users to Microsoft Teams, although it remains unclear if Teams will provide all of Skype's calling features.

Skype, the video-calling service that had hundreds of millions of users, is closing in May, its owner Microsoft has said. It was once one of the world's most popular websites and allowed people to make voice calls via their computers to friends and family all over the globe for free.

This morning, Microsoft has confirmed to Ars that it's true. May 5, 2025, will mark the end of Skype's long run.

Existing Skype users will be able to log in to the Microsoft Teams app and have their message history, group chats, and contacts all automatically available without having to create another ...