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.

The question is how do you prevent that to happen for a certain number on page?

Answer 1

Try not outputting the numbers as a single piece of text. Instead of

<span>888-555-1212</span>

try

<span>888-</span><span>555-1212</span>

and it will disable skype

Answer 2

Update

This answer is no longer accurate - see Daniel Byrne's answer for more information.

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Using CSS only, it can be removed by overriding the styles used by Skype. Try adding these two lines to your stylesheet:

span.skype_pnh_container {display:none !important;}
span.skype_pnh_print_container {display:inline !important;} 

Answer 3

Skype has taken to adding a randomly generated string of numbers to the end of their span tag, so the above response from Groo is not entirely accurate anymore. To correctly select all Skype tags on a page, use CSS3 wildcard selectors like such :

span[class^='skype_pnh_container'] {display:none !important;}
span[class^='skype_pnh_print_container'] {display:inline !important;}

the ^= operator causes an attribute selector to mach elements that have an class containing a value that STARTS WITH 'skype_pnh_container' and 'skype_pnh_print_container'