How to Disable Ads (Advertisement) on Skype?
It is now difficult to imagine the life of a normal person without Skype. Many of them have jobs, business, important contacts or just chatting with friends, relatives, and acquaintances. This wonderful product is available to everyone, it is also free, but you have to pay for this dignity by displaying advertising. It annoys many people and simply prevents us from enjoying all the benefits of Skype. This article was designed to help solve the problem of how to disable advertising on Skype.
First, you need to check the program settings
To get rid of the banners in the messaging window, first of all, you have to go to “Tools” and select “Settings” on the menu. Next, you need to go to the “Security” tab, which is located on the left. Now remove the bird from the “Allow Microsoft to display targeted ads …” element. After that, don’t forget to save. This method will ease your fate slightly, but only slightly. So go to the next method.
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There, in Skype settings, open the “Warnings” tab and in it “Notifications and messages”. Here you need to remove the birds from “Guide and tips from Skype” and “Promotions”. As in the previous method, save the changes and you’re done. All the ads are gone, you will need to restart the application.
It may be that banners are loaded from the temporary file or cache folder, as it is called. In this case, you will need to clear the cache using a special CCleaner utility. In the program window, select the “Internet cache” entry in the “Clear:” list.
You can disable advertising in Skype by changing your Internet Explorer browser settings. Note that in the version of Internet Explorer, which is already integrated in the system, the necessary settings are missing, therefore it will be necessary to download the browser from the Microsoft website. After starting Internet Explorer, go to “Internet Options”, which are located in the “Service” tab. In the window that opens in the “Security” tab, click on the “Sites” button. Now you need to add two addresses to the list of dangerous sites:
- //rad.msn.com
- //apps.skype.com
Close the window and click “OK”. After restarting, Skype ads and banners should disappear. If this does not happen, add to the same list of dangerous sites other addresses to those you have already entered:
After that, all ads and banners should no longer appear.
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The next way to get rid of annoying Skype ads is to change the system host file. First, find this file on your computer. You can find it on the road:
C: \ Windows \ System32 \ drivers \ etc.
Once you find the “hosts” file, copy it and transfer it to another directory, in any, that is convenient for you. Then, open the file through the Notepad application and after the net (#) enter:
Close the file after saving the changes. If that fails, try saving the file as an administrator. This is done in the same place, through Notepad. Now transfer the modified “hosts” to the folder from which you copied it and confirm the replacement. After that, you can start Skype and make sure all the ads have disappeared from Skype. If suddenly this wasn’t enough, then add the lines to the same “hosts” file in the same way:
- 127.0.0.1 api.skype.com
- 127.0.0.1 static.skypeassets.com
- 127.0.0.1 adriver.ru
- 127.0.0.1 devads.skypeassets.net
- 127.0.0.1 devapps.skype.net
- 127.0.0.1 qawww.skypeassets.net
- 127.0.0.1 qaapi.skype.net
- 127.0.0.1 preads.skypeassets.net
- 127.0.0.1 preapps.skype.net
- 127.0.0.1 serving.plexop.net
- 127.0.0.1 preg.bforex.net
- 127.0.0.1 ads1.msads.net
- 127.0.0.1 flex.msn.net
It turns out like this:
It is advisable to select the “Read-only” item in the “host” properties. This action will prevent various malware from modifying the file. It is also worth noting that the method with editing the “hosts” file must be combined with the setting method in Internet Explorer. Otherwise, instead of a banner, you will see question marks in the same place, this is also not very nice and convenient.
Another way to remove banners from Skype is an excellent Adguard software product. This utility is perfectly suited to blocking any advertisement and is considered the best in its class. In addition to blocking advertising content, Adguard filters traffic protects against viruses and phishing sites, and also allows you to configure parental controls. In general, a good utility that will be useful for anyone to install for safety and comfortable browsing on the Internet. As soon as you start Adguard, select the “Filtered applications” item in the main menu and click “Add application”. Now select the Skype file and click “Open”. The program will be added to the list of filtered Adguards and the advertisement will disappear forever and will no longer disturb you.
With the help of these simple actions, you can completely remove ads from Skype. Write your opinion on this article in the comments and share your experience in eliminating these problems.
Sarah Johnson is a Microsoft Office Setup expert and I am working in the technology industry for the last 5 years. As a technical expert, I wrote technical blogs, white papers, and reviews for many websites such as www.office.com/setup, www.office.com/activate, office.com/setup, office setup
