How to Remove/Block Skype Ads? [Working]

If you're a regular Skype user who finds Skype chat window ads misleading, here's a clear way to disable ads and ad placeholders. The instructions apply to the Skype 7 desktop app for Windows.

Skype ads are fetched from the apps.skype.com server using a secure (https) connection. To block ads, you need to add this subdomain to the restricted site zone of Internet Explorer so that scripts cannot run from that site. The setting works for Internet Explorer as well as Skype.

How to remove ads on skype?

Here's how to remove Skype ads:

If Skype is on, turn it off. Check the notification area to check if Skype is hidden. If so, right-click on the Skype icon and click Exit.

Open Internet Explorer, click Tools (Alt + T) and open Internet Options.

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Select the Security tab, and click Site

Type the following website address, and click Add.

https://apps.skype.com

(Be sure to use the https: // prefix instead of http: //)

Block Skype ads on Windows

Click OK to turn off Internet Options.

Close Internet Explorer

Reopen Skype. No ads should be shown now, and the chat window should look like the following:

Block Skype ads on Windows

However, as you can see in the screenshot, a placeholder appears where the ads were displayed. This should not bother you, but if it does, you can edit the Skype config file and remove the empty placeholder.

Skype Home is also blocked

If the apps.skype.com subdomain is blocked, it also stops Skype Home from working. You will see the Skype Home unavailable message right now. Check again later ... which will appear briefly, and then follow an animated blue circle or progress indicator. However, you can click on a contact to start a chat instance.

Ads are a primary source of income for many app developers and website owners, and they help authors bring quality content. It is noteworthy, however, that some platforms target malware authors to distribute their stuff and infect users on a large scale. Here are some cases - See Malvertising via Skype Deliver Angler F-Secure, users report malicious ads on Skype | ThreatPost, and Skype are serving virus-loaded ads - the Skype community.

These ads mislead users into believing that they create a real dialog box with the relevant software - WMP and Flash, and a sense of urgency. Clicking on the ad, as reported by a Skype user, "will take you to a site that pretends to be Adobe and will try to download the virus to your machine."

Malvertising concerns are a good reason to block ads on Skype. Hopefully Skype will improve the quality of advertising and make its ad distribution system more robust, although malicious Skype ad campaigns may be rare.

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