When was the last time you logged into Skype? For many, it's been years, possibly since the pandemic lockdowns. This might explain why Microsoft is rumored to be pulling the plug on the once-popular service.

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The tech giant said Friday it will retire Skype in May and shift some of its services to Microsoft Teams, its flagship videoconferencing and team applications platform. Skype users will be able to use their existing accounts to log into Teams.

For users, Skype will go offline on May 5, when Microsoft replaces it with a free version of Microsoft Teams. Teams has been Microsoft’s chosen successor for years, offering the same kinds of video calls and group meetings.

Microsoft will soon switch off Skype, a pioneering telecom and video call platform that emerged from the rubble of the dotcom era.

Skype was surpassed by smartphone-native communication apps and Zoom video calls. When Microsoft tried to stretch the Skype brand into the workplace, it lost out to Slack Technologies.

After more than two decades as a go-to platform for online communication, Skype is officially shutting down. Microsoft,