How to Toggle Opening Separate Chat Windows on Skype, Split View Mode

By default, Microsoft limits users to chatting on Skype with only one person on a single chat window. So if you want to open multiple windows to easily track content while chatting with multiple people at once, what should you do?

How to Open Separate Chat Windows on Skype

In this article, Mytour will guide you on activating Split View Mode to open separate chat windows on Skype.

How to Toggle Opening Separate Chat Windows on Skype

The Split view mode

or Split View feature started updating on Skype from version 8 onwards. Users of older Skype versions can download and install the latest Skype software for computers from the following link.

- Download Skype software here: Download Skype

After installing the latest Skype version, you open the software and log in as usual. To enable the feature of opening multiple separate chat windows on Skype, follow the provided instructions.

Step 1: On the main working screen of Skype, left-click on More Options represented by three horizontal dots at the top next to the username.

Step 2: In the new dropdown menu, select Enable split view mode.

Step 3: Now the software will automatically resize as illustrated below. Click on the conversations in the list, Skype will display each conversation in a separate window.

Similarly, to deactivate the individual chat window feature on Skype, users also need to click on the More options icon and select Disable split view mode.

So, Mytour has provided you with 3 simple steps to easily toggle the individual chat window feature on Skype. Now, you can conveniently manage multiple Skype chat windows to capture conversation content when chatting with multiple people simultaneously.