Skype ID is a unique name associated with your Skype account. It appears as a string of numbers and letters starting with the word “live”. It is different from the display name which shows up at the top of the chat and can be customized according to your needs.
When you first sign up for an account with Skype, you’ll be given a unique ID, except for older users who were able to create their own unique username. Today’s Skype ID is a combination of random letters and numbers that help identify each user, and it’s easy to find out what yours is by looking at your profile.
Tap on your profile picture at the top of the screen. If you don’t have a profile picture for your account, you should see your initials inside of a gray circle. Tap on your profile picture or initials. This will open a pop-up. Tap on “Skype profile” under the “Manage” section. Open your Skype profile.
What’s my Skype name?
If you sign up using mobile number, your Skype Name is: live: alphanumeric or what we called lightweight account and if you sign up using email, your Skype Name is: live: email, but the domain will not be visible. I assure you that your mobile number and your complete email address will not be displayed publicly.
When we were researching we ran into the question “What is a Skype name?”.
A Skype name is a unique ID that is associated with a specific Skype user account. Although you can change the full name associated with the account, you cannot change your Skype user name.
As of this writing, there exist two different kinds of Skype accounts – Skype accounts that were created with a specific Skype ID, and Skype accounts created using Microsoft accounts (which, as a result, do not have Skype IDs at all).
What is the difference between Live ID and Skype ID?
For Skype users who created their accounts using their Microsoft accounts, their account IDs are the same as their Live IDs, but these IDs don’t show up anywhere on Skype and the email addresses for their Microsoft accounts are considered their Skype usernames instead.