TLDR; Install gnome-keyring If you are not using the default install of Ubuntu, you might not be using Gnome. This is the case for flavours such as: Kubuntu (KDE Plsama), Lubuntu (LXQt), Xubuntu (XFCE), and so on. And if you have installed Skype using snap, then you will likely find that it will always ask you to login upon loading, even if you have it configured to automatically run at login.