How to get rid of multiple Messenger contacts with name “Q” in Skype desktop application

When you are an enthusiastic updater of Skype, then you might stuck in a situation, where you have a lot of contacts with the name Q in Skype:

When I log in from an another Messenger client (for example ebuddy.com), then contact are with normal names.

To get rid of this use following steps:

1. Close Skype from GUI or hit Win+R and type “tskill skype”.
2. Delete Skype user specific profile by hitting Win+R (Start, Run…), type %appdata% and press Enter. From the C:\Users\XXXX\AppData\Roaming\ folder remove or rename the folder with name Skype.
3. Start Skype again and log on with live account.

Of course you will lose all settings (font size, status notifications, automatic save location for received files, privacy settings etc).