How to Mute Skype Conversations (Dark Humour Version)

Motivation

We've all had it, we've all been that person, who always has that one extra YouTube video, reaction GIF and/or Emoticon. All the other IM clients of our day have an easily accessible "Mute" button. That is, except for Skype. Skype is basically the inverse of Lync, it's constant "I'm installed you stupid human, like a crazy ex-girlfriend, I'm here to stay and ruin your computing experience" popups were the bane of my life. Life got better when I figured out how to turn off almost all Skype notifications. I wanted to mute some work related conversations that, I wasn't interested in, from triggering the icon appearing on my Windows 7 taskbar.

No longer are we forced to be the social butterfly that our mothers wanted us to be when they forced us to go outside, instead of playing computer games. Unlike our console unplugging mothers, we can ignore these Skype conversations. Enough with me revealing my horrible childhood memories of summers off from school and being forced to play outside. Although I enjoy the outdoors life now, it must've been ingrained into me from when my mother left me in the bog to turn all the turf one summer's day.

Find the Conversation

Lots of redacted information.

I can be really cranky when I'm pulling a sickie, but it's stressful keeping up appearances. Maybe in the future I'll write a blog post on how to pull a convincing sickie. Although it may not be a great post, as I don't pull sickies and rarely take a day off. Rule number one of being an ass kicker is "Ass kickers don't take days off". You should see my Google Calendar, constant events entitled "Kick Asses" and "Ensure Asses are kicked".

Disable its Notifications

Disable that mofo real good.

Johnny Knoxville could only dream of being this disabled when he starred in "The Ringer". Step 3 is to enjoy your life, knowing that you are not missing out on crappy Skype notifications.

Bonus: My Skype control panel's notification settings

How to make your Skype the equivalent of a Women's Rights under Taliban law*. 

*I'm not well versed in Taliban Law, but I'm pretty sure women have about as many rights as Skype notifications I see.


As per usual, if any of this dark humoured content offends you, please know that I have just kicked your ass through the medium of Blog Posting. NO DAYS OFF ASS KICKING!

Also I love my mother, and I had a great childhood.