Skype, the online video chat service, has removed some of its emoticons which have the “potential to offend”, according to its community managers.
Some of the icons include a smiley face showing its middle finger and a woman’s legs wearing high heels.
The changes happened more than a month ago, according to TechCrunch.
A number of Skype users have complained on the site’s forums about the update, which was brought in with the upgrade to version 6.14 in February.
The removed emoticons, which could be used during instant messaging conversations, were part of a hidden range of icons separate to the standard ones.
Other hidden emoticons are still available, including one of a smiley face smoking, another which is drunk and a third wearing boxing gloves.
Skype was first launched more than 10 years ago.
It was bought by Microsoft in 2011 which decided to phase out its Windows Live Messenger service in 2013 in favour of Skype’s instant messaging service.
Skype has a number of rivals, including Apple’s FaceTime, Viber and Google Hangouts.
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