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Hi All.
I aslo cannot see the green button to ask a new question.
I have anew question and I'm not sure wether to post as new (if I could find it) or just list it here, and hope someone can help?
My question is I have a friend in my contacts who recently added me to a group by mistake. I know I can delete the the group but will my friend still stay in my contacts? I dont want to lose our history.
If I should start a new topic for this can someone let me know.
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Hi and welcome to the Skype Community,
You can leave a group chat any time without compromising any of the separate conversation history or 1-on-1 conversation with the contact who originally invited you to the group. Take a look at our article on group chats explaining its features:
https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA1005/how-do-i-start-a-group-instant-message-in-skype-for-windows-...
P.S.: Just out of curiosity: When you open the Windows discussion board do you see the big green "New Topic" button on top:
If not do you see any other button at that location?
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