Export Skype Contacts to CSV File – Complete Guide

Simon | July 18th, 2016 | Forensics

In this article the topic Export Skype Contacts to CSV file format would be discussed. As you know, upon creating a Skype account the first activity is to create a contact directory for that account.
You can search for contacts in Skype by providing one of these credentials: name, email address, Skype name and in case of android and blackberry smart phones, a phone number is required with country code.
In Skype, You can see the location for a contact on contact card. export skype contacts to csv - contact profile

Best Features of Skype Contacts

  • Send Contacts – A nice and probably underused feature of Skype which provides the facility to forward any contact from your contact list to other Skype users. When you forward Skype contacts, you have to choose which contacts you want to send.
  • Backup and Restore Contacts – It’s a good idea to backup your Skype contacts even though the list is maintained at Skype’s central repository. To backup the contacts just Run Skype and then navigate to Contacts which you can find at top. And then select Advanced then select Backup contacts to file and then select the desired location in your machine and hit save button for backup.

Some Software is Convenient to Export Skype Contacts into CSV File
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Follow below given procedure to export Skype contacts

STEP 1: Firstly, Download and install SQLite Forensics Explorer into your computer. Then follow the given steps to export Skype contacts to CSV.

STEP 2: Go to start menu, then click All programs and choose SQLite forensic explorerexport skype contacts to csv - start menu

STEP 3: Now, click on Add file option and then click on Add file button to upload a Skype contacts SQLite file. export skype contacts to csv - add file

STEP 4: When you click on Add file button, you will see a pop up window to browse and select the Skype contacts SQLite fileadd sqlite file - export skype contacts to csv

STEP 5: Now click on browse button and select the Skype contacts SQLite file. browse for file - export skype contacts to csv

STEP 6: Now click on Add button to start the scanning process of SQLite file. Add - export skype contacts to csv

STEP 7: You can also click on Tabular tab to see the preview of Skype contacts. tabular - export skype contacts to csv

STEP 8: You can also click on Hex tab to analyze the contacts in binary format and where you can see record bar which displays the complete chat reportHex - export skype contacts to csv

STEP 9: To analyze and categorize the data, software provides the color schema feature. Which differentiates among unallocated, Active, Deleted & secured datacategorize - tabular - export skype contacts to csv

STEP 10: Now click on Export button to export the Skype contacts into CSV file format. Export - tabular - export skype contacts to csv

STEP 11: After clicking on export button, you will see a pop up window which allow you to select Export option such as Active Records, Deleted Records, All Media files. Just select CSV format option. select options - tabular - export skype contacts to csv

STEP 12: Now browse the file and hit save button. Browse - tabular - export skype contacts to csv

STEP 13: After successful Export option you will see an Export successfully message. Export Successful - tabular - export skype contacts to csv

Conclusion

In this article we have discussed about how to export Skype contacts to CSV file format using SQLite Forensic Explorer. We exported all contacts into CSV file format because CSV file is easily accessible in Microsoft Excel and LibreOffice Calc applications.