Removing a skype contact

[maninwhitecoat]

Does anyone know how to remove a skype contact? or if there is a patch that can do so?
i have a lot of skype contacts, some of whom i don't even talk to anymore and i don't want them cluttering up my contacts list. It says that skype contacts can't be removed from the phone, so where can they be removed from? i've tried removing them from my windows skype but they still appear as a skype contact in my phone and touchpad.
Thanks

[Sylo]

Anybody figure this out?

[vmiku914]

I believe you need to remove the contact from Skype.com and then re-sync the handset.

[PalmPixi_User23]

Originally Posted by maninwhitecoat

Does anyone know how to remove a skype contact? or if there is a patch that can do so?
i have a lot of skype contacts, some of whom i don't even talk to anymore and i don't want them cluttering up my contacts list. It says that skype contacts can't be removed from the phone, so where can they be removed from? i've tried removing them from my windows skype but they still appear as a skype contact in my phone and touchpad.
Thanks

Well, I'm guessing you are referring to removing a contact on your WebOS Skype, then its pretty simple to do that simple task. Just simply go to the WebOS message icon, you should see your Skype contacts there. Once you see the contacts you would like to remove then, just simply swipe across the name of the person and choose delete. A message will pop, saying if you like to remove this certain person from your contact list on Skype.

Let's hope that this helped.
John

[mattho88]

not too sure about the ramifications (i.e. i don't know if your contacts will disappear on skype when syncing with skype, but so far i haven't noticed anything) for doing this but its a nifty solution nonetheless..

1. Go to the "account-template.json" file located in /media/cryptofs/apps/usr/palm/accounts/com.palm.skype (note I am using an ATT Pre 3 2.2.4, may be different on other versions/models) using your program/CLI/etc. of your choice.

2. Find a line where it says

"readOnlyData": true,

and change it to (nothing too complicated..)

"readOnlyData": false,

3. Save and perform a luna restart.

4. You should now be able to delete the skype contact(s) in the Contacts app. (I'm not too sure about the swipe-to-delete capability in the Contacts app - you have to enter the contact details page and select "Delete Contact" from the appmenu)

This is also applicable for other contacts (Google, Yahoo, etc.) The path for the .json file is at /usr/palm/public/accounts/com.palm.[insert service] - again just change the relevant line in the .json file.

See if this helps - my two cents worth! Highly likely that this can be made into a patch but I do not have the knowledge of making said patches.. someone like to take that up?