Skype

How to uninstall Skype from your computer

Skype is a Windows application. Read more about how to uninstall it from your PC. It was created for Windows by Skype Technologies S.A.. Check out here for more details on Skype Technologies S.A.. The application is usually installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop folder. Keep in mind that this path can differ depending on the user's preference. The complete uninstall command line for Skype is C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\Uninstall.exe. The application's main executable file occupies 51.06 MB (53540200 bytes) on disk and is called Skype.exe.

The following executables are installed along with Skype. They take about 51.28 MB (53774341 bytes) on disk.

• Skype.exe (51.06 MB)
• Uninstall.exe (228.65 KB)

This web page is about Skype version 8.41.0.54 alone. Click on the links below for other Skype versions:

• 8.45.0.41
• 8.57.0.116
• 8.52.0.138
• 8.82.0.403
• 8.83.0.409
• 6.18.106
• 8.48.0.51
• 8.87.0.406
• 8.83.0.408
• 8.46.0.60
• 8.75.0.140
• 8.94.0.428
• 8.58.0.98
• 8.90.0.407
• 8.66.0.77
• 8.58.0.93
• 8.51.0.72
• 8.59
• 8.40.0.70
• 8.80.0.195
• 8.37.0.98
• 8.36.0.52
• 8.42.0.60
• 8.60.0.76
• 8.97.0.204
• 6.1
• 8.61.0.87
• 8.66.0.74
• 8.59.0.77
• 8.77.0.90
• 8.50.0.38
• 8.74.0.152
• 8.96.0.409
• 8.47.0.59
• 8.77.0.97
• 8.108.0.205
• 8.78.0.159
• 8.67.0.99
• 8.69.0.77
• 8.68.0.96
• Unknown
• 8.43.0.56
• 8.85.0.409
• 8.44.0.40
• 8.92.0.401
• 8.38.0.161
• 8.92.0.204
• 8.90.0.405
• 8.54.0.91
• 8.99.0.202
• 8.64.0.80
• 8.91.0.404
• 8.55.0.123
• 8.67.0.97
• 8.56.0.103
• 8.106.0.212
• 8.71.0.49
• 8.86.0.409
• 8.49.0.49
• 8.73.0.92
• 8.93.0.404
• 8.96.0.207
• 8.55.0.135
• 8.39.0.180
• 8.34.0.78
• 8.63.0.76
• 8.55.0.141
• 8.51.0.92
• 8.53.0.85
• 8.54.0.85
• 8.65.0.76
• 8.79.0.95
• 8.72.0.94
• 8.98.0.407
• 8.51.0.86

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If you are manually uninstalling Skype we recommend you to check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders left behind when you uninstall Skype:

• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\skype-preview Crashes
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Skype

Check for and delete the following files from your disk when you uninstall Skype:

• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\API-MS-Win-core-xstate-l2-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\blink_image_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\CodeSignSummary-ad66b9d5-4d69-4992-9c38-6ed978e7a20f.md
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\content_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\content_shell.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\icudtl.dat
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\libEGL.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\LICENSES.chromium.html
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\am.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\ar.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\bg.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\bn.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\ca.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\cs.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\da.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\de.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\el.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\es.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\et.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\fa.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\fake-bidi.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\fi.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\fil.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\fr.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\gu.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\he.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\hi.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\hr.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\hu.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\id.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\it.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\ja.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\kn.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\ko.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\lt.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\lv.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\ml.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\mr.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\ms.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\nb.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\nl.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\pl.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\ro.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\ru.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\sk.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\sl.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\sr.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\sv.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\sw.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\ta.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\te.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\th.pak

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\skype
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\WPPMediaPerApp\Skype
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\RADAR\HeapLeakDetection\DiagnosedApplications\Skype.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Skype_is1

Open regedit.exe in order to remove the following registry values:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\program files\microsoft\skype for desktop\skype.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{D7A36061-A430-4967-8A18-111854CCB75C}C:\program files\microsoft\skype for desktop\skype.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{74981DF2-BBE6-438F-8B6B-E898E352C144}C:\program files\microsoft\skype for desktop\skype.exe

A way to uninstall Skype from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Skype is a program by the software company Skype Technologies S.A.. Frequently, computer users try to remove it. Sometimes this is troublesome because removing this by hand requires some skill regarding Windows program uninstallation. The best EASY action to remove Skype is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your computer.

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• visit Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful PC management program.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the programs existing on the PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate Skype or simply click the Search field and type in "Skype". If it exists on your system the Skype program will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select Skype in the list of applications, some data about the program is available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about Skype, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the app you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

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


8. After removing Skype, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong Skype which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Skype with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your system.

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

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