Remove Ads from Skype Chat Window
how to remove Ads from Skype Chat Window can be question being asked from everyone for the IT department after the release of Skype with Ads on the right side. Recently Skype has started showing video ads on chat windows. its really annoying, you are in the middle of the discussion and suddenly a video automatically starts playing with full volume. There is no way you can remove these ads from the options under tools menu. You can disable these ads by following under given instructions:
- Block the URL https://apps.skype.com in internet explorer. For this go to security tab and then go to restricted sites.
- Go to C:\users\[user name]\App Data\Roaming\Skype\[Skype username]. For this you need to unhide all the hidden files and folders.
- You should see a config.xml file in this directory.
- Right-click it and choose Edit (better take a backup of the file in case of any problem), then find (You can use Ctrl+F to find the line quickly.) the line with <AdvertPlaceholder> and delete the entire line.
- Make sure to save your changes to the file before exiting.
- Now restart the Skype and your ads will be gone
doesn’t work, skype changes the file back as soon as it’s reopened
Hi,
https://apps.skype.com
block the above URL in your internet explorer and follow the instructions given in the post to make the changes again. It will work!!!!
Can you please try under given instructions:
Don’t remove the line just replace 1 with 0 between the directives.
Right-click the config.xml after changing the line, and choose properties. Then check the box to make it read-only and click Apply.
Please don’t mark it read-only because it will stop the Skype to update it for new changes. You just need to block the URL using the internet explorer or use the hosts file.
Thanks a lot! It works but all the steps should be followed.
I am glad that it helped you. please share it with your friends on FaceBook
the latest version seems to keep restoring the config
add the skype URL in the restricted sites and the file will not be restored.
I tried removing the tag and setting it “0” and neither does work.
I restricted the site before that. Strange that Skype didn’t change the file.
Is it supposed to the space occupied by the ads vanish too?
you need to restrict the site and it will remove the ads and also the space will be available for the chat windows.