Skype

How to uninstall Skype from your PC

This web page contains complete information on how to uninstall Skype for Windows. The Windows release was developed by Your Company. More information on Your Company can be found here. You can get more details on Skype at http://www.yourcompany.com. The program is usually found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone directory (same installation drive as Windows). You can remove Skype by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone\uninstall.exe. Keep in mind that you might be prompted for administrator rights. Skype.exe is the Skype's main executable file and it takes around 16.94 MB (17762440 bytes) on disk.

Skype contains of the executables below. They take 18.22 MB (19104904 bytes) on disk.

• Skype.exe (16.94 MB)
• uninstall.exe (1.28 MB)

The information on this page is only about version 1.0 of Skype. Following the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Part_A few of these are shown below.

Folders left behind when you uninstall Skype:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone

The files below were left behind on your disk by Skype when you uninstall it:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone\lua5.1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone\Skype.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone\uninstall.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone\Uninstall\IRIMG1.JPG

Frequently the following registry keys will not be cleaned:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Handler\skype4com
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Skype4COM.CallChannel
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Skype4COM.Group
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Skype4COM.IEProtocolHandler

Additional values that are not removed:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Skype1.0\DisplayIcon
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Skype1.0\InstallLocation
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Skype1.0\UninstallString

How to erase Skype with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Skype is an application released by the software company Your Company. Sometimes, people decide to uninstall this application. This can be difficult because removing this by hand takes some knowledge related to removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best SIMPLE action to uninstall Skype is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general tool to take care of your PC.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the programs existing on the computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate Skype or simply click the Search feature and type in "Skype". If it exists on your system the Skype program will be found automatically. Notice that after you click Skype in the list of apps, some data about the program is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about Skype, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the app you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Skype:

• The web site of the program is: http://www.yourcompany.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone\uninstall.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will appear. Confirm the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Skype.


8. After uninstalling Skype, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items of Skype that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Skype using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall Skype by Your Company from your PC, nor are we saying that Skype by Your Company is not a good application for your computer. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Skype supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.