Skype 4.1: how to disable quotes during copy-paste ops

July 1, 2009 in Blog | 9 comments

Don’t like getting the text wrapped up in quotes when copy-pasting portion of a conversation in the Skype imskype_get_rid_of_quotes_when_copy_pasting box?

Here’s how to disable this behaviour, and have Skype copy-paste work as it used to prior to version 4.

In the main skype window, visit Menu Tools -> Options -> IM & SMS

Press the button “Advanced Settings”

Select “Paste Message as Plain Text”

Close the options dialog by pressing Save. Voila’, you’re done.

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  1. Richard’s avatar

    Richard on July 21, 2009 at 11:18 pm

    Thanks so much for this! I was getting so annoyed with Skype every time I would paste something.

  2. Janis’s avatar

    Janis on August 25, 2009 at 2:10 am

    The same here. Thanks for pointing out the option!

  3. Jose’s avatar

    Jose on August 31, 2009 at 7:42 am

    How can I do this in a mac? Os X

  4. Vaibhav’s avatar

    Vaibhav on September 7, 2009 at 8:17 pm

    Thanks a lot.

    I have no idea why skype would even do something like that. A lot of frustuation.

  5. Darren Lovelock’s avatar

    Darren Lovelock on September 9, 2009 at 11:08 am

    Option doesnt work for me and a lot of other users! Still adds the persons name when copying –
    http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=341871&st=0&gopid=1929401&#entry1929401

  6. Mike Herbes’s avatar

    Mike Herbes on October 24, 2009 at 5:24 pm

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  7. Joe’s avatar

    Joe on December 7, 2009 at 10:41 am

    Thanks a lot again- this makes things WAY easier. Would love an explanation from Skype as to why they chose to make Copy/Paste so difficult. I imagine about 5% of skype users actually get around to figuring out how to fix it, which leaves 95% unable to C/P.

  8. AndreiMH’s avatar

    AndreiMH on May 7, 2010 at 2:57 am

    It worked ONCE. The next day after restarting the computer it didn’t work anymore.
    Skype is just totally broken.

  9. Stoogie’s avatar

    Stoogie on June 13, 2010 at 7:16 am

    Copy/paste within Skype was incredibly annoying, and I salute you for finding the solution. Thank you!