Skype grew into one of the most widely used desktop calling apps of the 2000s and 2010s, and its Windows version used a small set of distinctive notification sounds for signing in, receiving messages, and logging out. The logout chime became familiar to regular users because it marked the exact moment a session ended. As Skype faded from everyday use, the sound survived on soundboards and in nostalgia edits, where creators reuse it as shorthand for leaving a call, closing a chat, or ending an online era.
About this sound
The Skype for Windows logout sound, a brief two-note chime from the desktop app, used in videos to mark someone signing out or ending a call.
This is the short sign-off chime that played when a user logged out of Skype for Windows, a clean two-note electronic tone that rises briefly and then settles, lasting just over two seconds. It is softer and more final than a message alert, with a rounded, slightly nostalgic digital quality that reads as the end of a conversation. In a video it works as a punctuation mark, telling the viewer that a chat has closed, a character has left, or a session is over, without needing any dialogue or explanation. The familiar Microsoft-era sound also carries a hint of early internet nostalgia for anyone who used desktop Skype.
