Skype shutting down: Your memories as Microsoft shuts down the video calling service

As Microsoft shuts it down, we’ve spoken to people whose lives were impacted by the tools.

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In the days before Zoom, WhatsApp and Teams, the video call service was once one of the world's most popular websites.

It allowed people to make computer-to-computer calls free, and then became the way users could make low cost calls to landlines and mobiles to people in other parts of the world.

In recent years though, Skype has been diminishing as its owner Microsoft focussed on Teams. Its services will close for good on 5 May, with the Skype for Business feature the only part to remain.

Here are just some of the many people whose lives were touched by Skype since it launched in 2003.