How to prevent phone numbers to be converted into Skype links?

Question

On those Windows machines with Skype installed, it tends to convert all phone-formatted numbers to Skype links so you can click it in order to make a call on Skype.

Answer 1

The official solution is to add the following meta tag to the head section of your webpage. This will prevent skype from doing any reformatting on phone numbers.

<meta name="SKYPE_TOOLBAR" content="SKYPE_TOOLBAR_PARSER_COMPATIBLE" /> 

This is a vendor-specific tag. See Skype Toolbar meta tag

Answer 2

I just found that if you use the new HTML5 tel protocol it blocks the Skype junk from appearing:

<a href="tel:+18001234567">1 800 123 4567</a>