Ubuntu – Delete skype history from windows account does not delete history from ubuntu account

I have this problem on 11.04 and 11.10.

As far as I can see, what happens is that PulseAudio dies, and then the next time Skype tries to play a sound (to notify about an incoming/outgoing message), it blocks. And then does nothing. The user interface is responsive, but the background thread that does the actual network communication (and plays sounds) is stopped and will not restart.

PulseAudio restarts automatically, but Skype isn't smart enough to notice that and reconnect to PulseAudio.

The only way to make it work is to killall -9 skype and restart.

The easiest way to identify the issue is to notice that the timestamp of your outgoing messages stops advancing and always shows the same second.

As a workaround I went to Skype's configuration and disabled all sound notifications. Now it never hangs. But I miss incoming calls if I'm not paying attention to the visual notifications.

I'm running Linux Mint 17, and was able to clear the chat history. But you won't like the answer.

First I tried expunging all of the data in the ./Skype directory. Didn't help, as everyone above has pointed out.

I have Windows XP installed in an Oracle VirtualBox VM. I installed Skype in the VM Windows, then went to Options -> Privacy and set "Keep chat history for.." to Disable History.

Anyway, after deleting the old chats using the Windows installation, I went back to Linux Mint, started Skype, and guess what, folks? --no chat history.