Overview
What is ICQ?
With ICQ Instant Messenger you can video/audio chat, send email, SMS and wireless-pager messages, as well as transfer files and URLs.
In depth
A closer look at ICQ
With ICQ Instant Messenger you can video/audio chat, send email, SMS and wireless-pager messages, as well as transfer files and URLs. If you're away from your personal computer you can still chat with friends and contacts, even where the ICQ client is not installed, by using the web-based ICQ2Go that works from any computer. You can customize your ICQ to be exactly what you need and always up-to-date by adding shortcuts to your favorite features in order to launch them directly from your ICQ. This means that you can send your friends & contacts greeting cards and invitations to games, multi chats, video sessions, and more directly from your client and/or the message window. In the message window you can also choose to display your photo or one of ICQ's unique, animated devils.ICQ Open Xtraz are web based applications developed by ICQ users for enriching your ICQ experience. Now you can make, download, use and share with friends fun and useful applications such as music, games, gadgets and tools. Add as many as you like! You can find the list of Xtraz for download on the Xtraz Gallery.
Requirements
System requirements
Windows (All Versions)
Verdict
Should you download ICQ?
ICQ runs on
Windows 10/11
and is available under the
Freeware
license
— the installer is 38.62 MB.
We’ve catalogued it under
Chatting and IRC.
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At a glance
ICQ specifications
- Last updated
- Apr 28, 2026
- Requirements
- Windows (All Versions)
- License
- Freeware
- Operating system
- Windows 10/11
- File size
- 38.62 MB
- Price
- Free
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- 457
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