Skype

A guide to uninstall Skype from your system

Skype is a Windows program. Read below about how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows version was developed by Skype Technologies S.A.. Go over here where you can get more info on Skype Technologies S.A.. More details about Skype can be seen at https://www.skype.com/. Skype is typically set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop directory, but this location can differ a lot depending on the user's option when installing the program. You can remove Skype by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\Uninstall.exe. Note that you might receive a notification for administrator rights. Skype's primary file takes around 51.16 MB (53646904 bytes) and is called Skype.exe.

The executable files below are installed alongside Skype. They take about 52.41 MB (54952951 bytes) on disk.

• Skype.exe (51.16 MB)
• unins000.exe (922.49 KB)
• Uninstall.exe (352.95 KB)

The information on this page is only about version 8.50.0.38 of Skype. 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
• 8.74.0.152
• 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
• 8.41.0.54
• 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 suggest you to check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Skype from your PC:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\API-MS-Win-core-xstate-l2-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\blink_image_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\CodeSignSummary-3a2a3fba-c9dd-44b0-92ea-da6ea3621044.md
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\content_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\content_shell.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\icudtl.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\libEGL.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\LICENSES.chromium.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\am.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\ar.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\bg.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\bn.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\ca.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\cs.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\da.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\de.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\el.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\es.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\et.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\fa.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\fake-bidi.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\fi.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\fil.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\fr.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\gu.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\he.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\hi.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\hr.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\hu.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\id.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\it.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\ja.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\kn.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\ko.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\lt.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\lv.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\ml.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\mr.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\ms.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\nb.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\nl.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\pl.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\ro.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\ru.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\sk.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\sl.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\sr.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\sv.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\sw.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\ta.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\te.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\locales\th.pak

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModel\PackageRepository\Extensions\windows.protocol\skype
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModel\PackageRepository\Packages\Microsoft.SkypeApp_14.35.152.0_x64__kzf8qxf38zg5c\Microsoft.SkypeApp_kzf8qxf38zg5c!App\windows.protocol\skype
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModel\PackageRepository\Packages\Microsoft.SkypeApp_14.52.138.0_x64__kzf8qxf38zg5c\Microsoft.SkypeApp_kzf8qxf38zg5c!App\windows.protocol\skype
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\skype
• HKEY_CURRENT_UserName\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\WPPMediaPerApp\Skype
• HKEY_CURRENT_UserName\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\TileDataModel\OldAUMIDs\Microsoft.SkypeApp_kzf8qxf38zg5c!Skype.AppId
• HKEY_CURRENT_UserName\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAssociations\skype
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Skype_is1

Registry values that are not removed from your PC:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModel\Repository\Packages\Microsoft.SkypeApp_14.35.152.0_x64__kzf8qxf38zg5c\App\Capabilities\URLAssociations\skype

A way to remove Skype from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Skype is an application marketed by Skype Technologies S.A.. Sometimes, people choose to uninstall this application. This is easier said than done because deleting this by hand takes some advanced knowledge regarding removing Windows applications by hand. The best EASY approach to uninstall Skype is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general utility to maximize the performance of your system.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows tool.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the applications installed on the PC will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find Skype or simply click the Search feature and type in "Skype". The Skype application will be found automatically. After you click Skype in the list of applications, some information regarding the application is available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have regarding Skype, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Skype:

• The web site of the application is: https://www.skype.com/
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\Uninstall.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. accept the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Skype.


8. After uninstalling Skype, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong Skype that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Skype with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall 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 page only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Skype supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.