How to Make Someone an Admin of a Skype Group on Android

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Last Updated: May 31, 2022 Tested

This wikiHow teaches you how to use Skype's command lines to change a chat member's role to admin in a group chat, using Android.

1

Open a moderated Skype group chat.

Tap a conversation on your chats list to open it. As long as you are a moderator or admin of the chat, you can assign the admin role to another chat member.^{[1]
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2

Enter the /setrole command.

Type /setrole <username> Admin in the message field and tap Send. Replace "<username>" with the new admin's Skype username. Instead of sending a chat message, this will process your command line, and change a chat member's role to admin.
- You can also use /setrole <username> Master to change a member's role to admin. The two commands are the same.
- If you want to change a chat admin's role to member, use the /setrole <username> Member.

3

View the current members and roles.

Type /showmembers in the message field and press Send. This command will show you a list of all chat participants and their roles as members or admins. You can use this list to check who's a member and who's an admin in your group chat.

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Warnings

Depending on your device and current software, the /showmembers command may not work on your Android device, but /setrole <username> Admin will always work.

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References

↑ https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA34932/what-are-moderated-groups-and-how-do-i-use-them?platform=android

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1. Open the Skype app.
2. Tap a group chat.
3. Tap the message field.
4. Type a forward slash followed by "setrole username Admin" in the message field.
5. Replace "username" with the new admin's username.
6. Tap Send.

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