Removing Skype from Windows 10

Hi Frank,

To remove skype application from Windows 10, please follow the below steps.

1. Press Windows key+ X key> Control panel (set view by as small icons).

2. Control Panel> Programs and feature> select skype>uninstall.

Please let us know if the issue is resolved or you need any further assistance.

Thank you.

Have a good day!

Doesn't work for me... it's not listed as an installed program - although it's certainly there.. hogging the CPU from time to time.

How can it be tamed in Windows 10 since it is integrated into W10 somehow... and I do want to use it from time to time.. so I don't really want to completely get rid of it... but I don't like it hogging the CPU... which it does a lot sometimes.  On both desktop PC and on my laptop.

Thanks

M

Hi Mike,

As you mentioned that you do not want to uninstall Skype and that it takes most of the CPU resources, please try to run a clean boot and check if it helps.

Putting your system inClean Boot state helps in identifying if any third party applications or startup items are causing the issue. You need to follow the steps from the article mentioned below to perform a Clean Boot.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/929135

DISCLAIMER: After troubleshooting, refer to this section "How to reset the computer to start normally after clean boot troubleshooting".

Please let us know if the issue is resolved or you need any further assistance.

Thank you.

Have a good day!

Hi Frank,

To remove skype application from Windows 10, please follow the below steps.

1. Press Windows key+ X key> Control panel (set view by as small icons).

2. Control Panel> Programs and feature> select skype>uninstall.

Please let us know if the issue is resolved or you need any further assistance.

Thank you.

Have a good day!

Welcome, 

I don't see any Skyp's in : Control Panel> Programs and feature> select skype>uninstall but I see it in the tsk manager - skype 32 nd 64 bits

Didn't help.  And given the volume of complaints about this all over the web, I'm not surprised.

However, I've now upgraded to W10 Anniversary release, which is supposed to have fixed this egregious fault.  We'll see.

Thanks

M

I don't know version of Skype you are running but I had the misfortune of test driving Skype for Windows 10.  It doesn't uninstall the conventional way.  

To uninstall Skype for Windows 10

1. Click the start window icon on your taskbar

2. Type powershell.  Watch it will find the link before you get too far into typing.

3. Right-click on the Powershell start menu and select "Run as administrator"

4 enter this command:  get-appxpackage *skype* | remove-appxpackage

Good luck

E

1. On far right of task bar click on Notifcations icon.

2. Click on All Settings.

3. Click on Apps.

4. Scroll down to Skype.

5. One left-click on Skype (will display buttons in a drop-down.)

6. Click Uninstall button.

Skype is now gone.

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