{"id":300755,"date":"2025-04-17T01:40:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T08:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=300755"},"modified":"2025-07-01T14:51:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T21:51:38","slug":"what-will-happen-to-your-money-now-that-microsoft-is-shutting-down-skype","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/what-will-happen-to-your-money-now-that-microsoft-is-shutting-down-skype\/","title":{"rendered":"What will happen to your money now that Microsoft is shutting down Skype?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As Skype approaches its&nbsp;<strong>permanent shutdown in May<\/strong>, users are starting to realize that Microsoft may not return the remaining balance in their accounts. For many, this is more than just a minor inconvenience\u2014<strong>it\u2019s about losing control over prepaid credit<\/strong>&nbsp;they assumed they could manage freely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Microsoft offers alternatives, but not refunds<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Microsoft has stated that\u00a0<strong>no refunds will be issued<\/strong>\u00a0for unused Skype credit. Instead, users can spend their remaining balance on\u00a0<strong>online calls or through Microsoft Teams<\/strong>, the company&#8217;s newer communication platform. This move is part of a broader strategy to shift users toward Teams, but\u00a0<strong>not everyone is willing to make the switch<\/strong>, especially those who don\u2019t need its advanced features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How To Delete Your Skype Account\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wl-igIfLZK4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Microsoft insists it has provided options, but&nbsp;<strong>forcing users into a different platform just to spend existing credit<\/strong>&nbsp;has sparked widespread dissatisfaction. If more users like Griffin continue to protest, Microsoft may be pressured to reconsider its position. For now, though, users must act fast\u2014<strong>the deadline to use Skype credit is May 5<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Skype approaches its&nbsp;permanent shutdown in May, users are starting to realize that Microsoft may not return the remaining balance in their accounts. For many, this is more than just a minor inconvenience\u2014it\u2019s about losing control over prepaid credit&nbsp;they assumed they could manage freely. Microsoft offers alternatives, but not refunds Microsoft has stated that\u00a0no refunds &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/what-will-happen-to-your-money-now-that-microsoft-is-shutting-down-skype\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What will happen to your money now that Microsoft is shutting down Skype?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9317,"featured_media":300756,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-300755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300755"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":307760,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300755\/revisions\/307760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300755"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=300755"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=300755"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=300755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}