How to uninstall Skype from Win 8.1

wealdroam

It probably arrived on your machine via Windows Update.

https://www.404techsupport.com/2015/03/microsoft-pushing-skype-optional-windows-update-kb2876229/

Jivesinger

wealdroam wrote: »

It probably arrived on your machine via Windows Update.

https://www.404techsupport.com/2015/03/microsoft-pushing-skype-optional-windows-update-kb2876229/

That story is referring to regular Skype - the OP is referring to Skype for Business which is a different thing.

wealdroam

Jivesinger wrote: »

That story is referring to regular Skype - the OP is referring to Skype for Business which is a different thing.

Oops, sorry... my mistake.


This thread on the Skype forums may help the OP:

Completely-Uninstall-Skype-For-Business

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50Twuncle

I have a Win 10 laptop with Office 2013 installed and keep on getting LYNC/SKYPE pop up asking me to logon....
I have tried to uninstall Lync - using Add/Remove Progs - but Office does not contain this app !!
How do I remove Lync from my laptop - permanently ?
I previously disabled it - in Win 8.1 on the same laptop - But, now, some 5 months after upgrading to Win 10 - it is showing its ugly face again - WHY ?
I have tried REVO - but that didn't even see it !!
I tried the zipped SKYPE disable utility on http://community.skype.com/t5/Windows-desktop-client/Completely-Uninstall-Skype-For-Business/td-p/3961381 - but that failed to do anything !!

Consumerist

50Twuncle wrote: »

I have a Win 10 laptop with Office 2013 installed and keep on getting LYNC/SKYPE pop up asking me to logon....

If it only happens when Office is running then I think it is likely to be just a setting in the Office suite.

SailorSam

i've got 'Absolute Uninstaller' on my computer and whenever i'm trying to get rid of something i use that.

50Twuncle

SailorSam wrote: »

i've got 'Absolute Uninstaller' on my computer and whenever i'm trying to get rid of something i use that.

The problem with Skype is that it is tied in tightly to Office 2013 !!
But on Office set up - Skype is not mentioned

paulstar

Skype is a pain in the **** to get rid of. I uninstalled it but it never seemed to go away.

In the end I resorted to regedit, searched for skype, and deleted all mentions of it.

It's a bit like Japanese knotweed - it regrows if any fragment remains.

Consumerist

Windows is becoming less of an operating system and more of a store front end these days.

50Twuncle

Consumerist wrote: »

Windows is becoming less of an operating system and more of a store front end these days.

Has MS released an update that may have done this - since I managed to get rid of it on the previous OS (Win 8.1) and it stayed away when I updated to Win 10 - but only recently has it reappeared...