How can I uninstall skype for business?
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I would like to keep "normal" Skype installed.
I have seen many options for "disabling" it such that it doesn't start online, but is there any way to simply uninstall it completely?
edit: thanks to The_IT_Guy_You_Don't_Like I have stopped it from auto-starting, but I will keep this question open as I would still like to be notified if anyone does come up with a solution for a full uninstall
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I would like to keep "normal" Skype installed.
I have seen many options for "disabling" it such that it doesn't start online, but is there any way to simply uninstall it completely?
edit: thanks to The_IT_Guy_You_Don't_Like I have stopped it from auto-starting, but I will keep this question open as I would still like to be notified if anyone does come up with a solution for a full uninstall
windows-10 microsoft-office skype office365 skype-for-business
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up vote
10
down vote
favorite
up vote
10
down vote
favorite
I would like to keep "normal" Skype installed.
I have seen many options for "disabling" it such that it doesn't start online, but is there any way to simply uninstall it completely?
edit: thanks to The_IT_Guy_You_Don't_Like I have stopped it from auto-starting, but I will keep this question open as I would still like to be notified if anyone does come up with a solution for a full uninstall
windows-10 microsoft-office skype office365 skype-for-business
I would like to keep "normal" Skype installed.
I have seen many options for "disabling" it such that it doesn't start online, but is there any way to simply uninstall it completely?
edit: thanks to The_IT_Guy_You_Don't_Like I have stopped it from auto-starting, but I will keep this question open as I would still like to be notified if anyone does come up with a solution for a full uninstall
windows-10 microsoft-office skype office365 skype-for-business
windows-10 microsoft-office skype office365 skype-for-business
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Just adding that it is possible to delete/uninstall Skype using the ODT tool.
(source: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_otherapps-mso_win10-msoversion_other/uninstall-skype-for-business-win-10-office-2016/9dc59f38-b63b-4532-8cff-5a9f9e67cc08?auth=1] )
Download the Office 2016 Deployment Tool from this link.
Run the downloaded .exe executable file.
Select a local folder (for example C:ODT2016) and extract the files to that folder.
You will get two files, setup.exe and configuration.xml.
Open "configuration.xml" in a text editor (like notepad).
Replace the complete content of the configuration.xml with the following lines:
<Configuration>
<Add SourcePath="C:ODT2016" OfficeClientEdition="32">
<Product ID="O365ProPlusRetail">
<Language ID="en-us" />
<ExcludeApp ID="Lync" />
</Product>
</Add>
<Display Level="Full" AcceptEULA="TRUE" />
</Configuration>
Change
OfficeClientEdition="32"
toOfficeClientEdition="64"
if you are on a 64-bit system.
Save the changes and close your text editor.
Open a 'Command Prompt window' as administrator.
At the command prompt, type: (assuming that you extracted the files to "C:ODT2016")
cd c:ODT2016
Next, enter the following command:
setup.exe /download configuration.xml
Wait for the prompt to return. (Note that It may take a while for this command to complete).
Enter the following command:
setup.exe /configure configuration.xml
Confirm to close 'Skype for Business' when asked.
Wait for the setup to finish.
Close the 'Command Prompt window'.
Remove the folder where you extracted the files.
Restart your computer to test the result.
For me this worked like a charm and Skype for Business was finally gone from my system.
Also worth noting is that all of the remaining Office applications still work just fine. The procedure has had no impact of any of their settings.
I didn't get two files, I got four files of which three XML files:configuration-Office365-x64.xml
,configuration-Office365-x86.xml
andconfiguration-Office2019Enterprise.xml
. Which one should I use?
– Donald Duck
Nov 27 at 12:48
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up vote
16
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Skype for Business (Lync) is a part of MS Office now.
You can only remove it if you have installed a MSI based Office,
with Click-to-Run version installed, all you can do is disable.
If you have MSI based Office installed, go to appwiz.cpl & choose to change to remove Skype For Business.
If you have Click-to-Run based Office installed, you can only disable it from auto-starting by unchecking "Automatically start the app when I log on to Windows" or using advanced tools like Autoruns for Windows from sysinternals
Source 1 & Source 2
2
Well darn, I had a "click to run" version of 365
– user2813274
Dec 10 '15 at 1:02
I've had it disabled for some time now, saw it in months today after this question
– pun
Dec 10 '15 at 1:27
That did the job for me thanks.
– Forivin
Dec 21 '15 at 16:43
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Just adding that it is possible to delete/uninstall Skype using the ODT tool.
(source: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_otherapps-mso_win10-msoversion_other/uninstall-skype-for-business-win-10-office-2016/9dc59f38-b63b-4532-8cff-5a9f9e67cc08?auth=1] )
Download the Office 2016 Deployment Tool from this link.
Run the downloaded .exe executable file.
Select a local folder (for example C:ODT2016) and extract the files to that folder.
You will get two files, setup.exe and configuration.xml.
Open "configuration.xml" in a text editor (like notepad).
Replace the complete content of the configuration.xml with the following lines:
<Configuration>
<Add SourcePath="C:ODT2016" OfficeClientEdition="32">
<Product ID="O365ProPlusRetail">
<Language ID="en-us" />
<ExcludeApp ID="Lync" />
</Product>
</Add>
<Display Level="Full" AcceptEULA="TRUE" />
</Configuration>
Change
OfficeClientEdition="32"
toOfficeClientEdition="64"
if you are on a 64-bit system.
Save the changes and close your text editor.
Open a 'Command Prompt window' as administrator.
At the command prompt, type: (assuming that you extracted the files to "C:ODT2016")
cd c:ODT2016
Next, enter the following command:
setup.exe /download configuration.xml
Wait for the prompt to return. (Note that It may take a while for this command to complete).
Enter the following command:
setup.exe /configure configuration.xml
Confirm to close 'Skype for Business' when asked.
Wait for the setup to finish.
Close the 'Command Prompt window'.
Remove the folder where you extracted the files.
Restart your computer to test the result.
For me this worked like a charm and Skype for Business was finally gone from my system.
Also worth noting is that all of the remaining Office applications still work just fine. The procedure has had no impact of any of their settings.
I didn't get two files, I got four files of which three XML files:configuration-Office365-x64.xml
,configuration-Office365-x86.xml
andconfiguration-Office2019Enterprise.xml
. Which one should I use?
– Donald Duck
Nov 27 at 12:48
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
Just adding that it is possible to delete/uninstall Skype using the ODT tool.
(source: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_otherapps-mso_win10-msoversion_other/uninstall-skype-for-business-win-10-office-2016/9dc59f38-b63b-4532-8cff-5a9f9e67cc08?auth=1] )
Download the Office 2016 Deployment Tool from this link.
Run the downloaded .exe executable file.
Select a local folder (for example C:ODT2016) and extract the files to that folder.
You will get two files, setup.exe and configuration.xml.
Open "configuration.xml" in a text editor (like notepad).
Replace the complete content of the configuration.xml with the following lines:
<Configuration>
<Add SourcePath="C:ODT2016" OfficeClientEdition="32">
<Product ID="O365ProPlusRetail">
<Language ID="en-us" />
<ExcludeApp ID="Lync" />
</Product>
</Add>
<Display Level="Full" AcceptEULA="TRUE" />
</Configuration>
Change
OfficeClientEdition="32"
toOfficeClientEdition="64"
if you are on a 64-bit system.
Save the changes and close your text editor.
Open a 'Command Prompt window' as administrator.
At the command prompt, type: (assuming that you extracted the files to "C:ODT2016")
cd c:ODT2016
Next, enter the following command:
setup.exe /download configuration.xml
Wait for the prompt to return. (Note that It may take a while for this command to complete).
Enter the following command:
setup.exe /configure configuration.xml
Confirm to close 'Skype for Business' when asked.
Wait for the setup to finish.
Close the 'Command Prompt window'.
Remove the folder where you extracted the files.
Restart your computer to test the result.
For me this worked like a charm and Skype for Business was finally gone from my system.
Also worth noting is that all of the remaining Office applications still work just fine. The procedure has had no impact of any of their settings.
I didn't get two files, I got four files of which three XML files:configuration-Office365-x64.xml
,configuration-Office365-x86.xml
andconfiguration-Office2019Enterprise.xml
. Which one should I use?
– Donald Duck
Nov 27 at 12:48
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
Just adding that it is possible to delete/uninstall Skype using the ODT tool.
(source: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_otherapps-mso_win10-msoversion_other/uninstall-skype-for-business-win-10-office-2016/9dc59f38-b63b-4532-8cff-5a9f9e67cc08?auth=1] )
Download the Office 2016 Deployment Tool from this link.
Run the downloaded .exe executable file.
Select a local folder (for example C:ODT2016) and extract the files to that folder.
You will get two files, setup.exe and configuration.xml.
Open "configuration.xml" in a text editor (like notepad).
Replace the complete content of the configuration.xml with the following lines:
<Configuration>
<Add SourcePath="C:ODT2016" OfficeClientEdition="32">
<Product ID="O365ProPlusRetail">
<Language ID="en-us" />
<ExcludeApp ID="Lync" />
</Product>
</Add>
<Display Level="Full" AcceptEULA="TRUE" />
</Configuration>
Change
OfficeClientEdition="32"
toOfficeClientEdition="64"
if you are on a 64-bit system.
Save the changes and close your text editor.
Open a 'Command Prompt window' as administrator.
At the command prompt, type: (assuming that you extracted the files to "C:ODT2016")
cd c:ODT2016
Next, enter the following command:
setup.exe /download configuration.xml
Wait for the prompt to return. (Note that It may take a while for this command to complete).
Enter the following command:
setup.exe /configure configuration.xml
Confirm to close 'Skype for Business' when asked.
Wait for the setup to finish.
Close the 'Command Prompt window'.
Remove the folder where you extracted the files.
Restart your computer to test the result.
For me this worked like a charm and Skype for Business was finally gone from my system.
Also worth noting is that all of the remaining Office applications still work just fine. The procedure has had no impact of any of their settings.
Just adding that it is possible to delete/uninstall Skype using the ODT tool.
(source: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_otherapps-mso_win10-msoversion_other/uninstall-skype-for-business-win-10-office-2016/9dc59f38-b63b-4532-8cff-5a9f9e67cc08?auth=1] )
Download the Office 2016 Deployment Tool from this link.
Run the downloaded .exe executable file.
Select a local folder (for example C:ODT2016) and extract the files to that folder.
You will get two files, setup.exe and configuration.xml.
Open "configuration.xml" in a text editor (like notepad).
Replace the complete content of the configuration.xml with the following lines:
<Configuration>
<Add SourcePath="C:ODT2016" OfficeClientEdition="32">
<Product ID="O365ProPlusRetail">
<Language ID="en-us" />
<ExcludeApp ID="Lync" />
</Product>
</Add>
<Display Level="Full" AcceptEULA="TRUE" />
</Configuration>
Change
OfficeClientEdition="32"
toOfficeClientEdition="64"
if you are on a 64-bit system.
Save the changes and close your text editor.
Open a 'Command Prompt window' as administrator.
At the command prompt, type: (assuming that you extracted the files to "C:ODT2016")
cd c:ODT2016
Next, enter the following command:
setup.exe /download configuration.xml
Wait for the prompt to return. (Note that It may take a while for this command to complete).
Enter the following command:
setup.exe /configure configuration.xml
Confirm to close 'Skype for Business' when asked.
Wait for the setup to finish.
Close the 'Command Prompt window'.
Remove the folder where you extracted the files.
Restart your computer to test the result.
For me this worked like a charm and Skype for Business was finally gone from my system.
Also worth noting is that all of the remaining Office applications still work just fine. The procedure has had no impact of any of their settings.
edited Nov 27 at 13:31
Donald Duck
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answered Aug 23 at 19:13
Koen
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I didn't get two files, I got four files of which three XML files:configuration-Office365-x64.xml
,configuration-Office365-x86.xml
andconfiguration-Office2019Enterprise.xml
. Which one should I use?
– Donald Duck
Nov 27 at 12:48
add a comment |
I didn't get two files, I got four files of which three XML files:configuration-Office365-x64.xml
,configuration-Office365-x86.xml
andconfiguration-Office2019Enterprise.xml
. Which one should I use?
– Donald Duck
Nov 27 at 12:48
I didn't get two files, I got four files of which three XML files:
configuration-Office365-x64.xml
, configuration-Office365-x86.xml
and configuration-Office2019Enterprise.xml
. Which one should I use?– Donald Duck
Nov 27 at 12:48
I didn't get two files, I got four files of which three XML files:
configuration-Office365-x64.xml
, configuration-Office365-x86.xml
and configuration-Office2019Enterprise.xml
. Which one should I use?– Donald Duck
Nov 27 at 12:48
add a comment |
up vote
16
down vote
Skype for Business (Lync) is a part of MS Office now.
You can only remove it if you have installed a MSI based Office,
with Click-to-Run version installed, all you can do is disable.
If you have MSI based Office installed, go to appwiz.cpl & choose to change to remove Skype For Business.
If you have Click-to-Run based Office installed, you can only disable it from auto-starting by unchecking "Automatically start the app when I log on to Windows" or using advanced tools like Autoruns for Windows from sysinternals
Source 1 & Source 2
2
Well darn, I had a "click to run" version of 365
– user2813274
Dec 10 '15 at 1:02
I've had it disabled for some time now, saw it in months today after this question
– pun
Dec 10 '15 at 1:27
That did the job for me thanks.
– Forivin
Dec 21 '15 at 16:43
add a comment |
up vote
16
down vote
Skype for Business (Lync) is a part of MS Office now.
You can only remove it if you have installed a MSI based Office,
with Click-to-Run version installed, all you can do is disable.
If you have MSI based Office installed, go to appwiz.cpl & choose to change to remove Skype For Business.
If you have Click-to-Run based Office installed, you can only disable it from auto-starting by unchecking "Automatically start the app when I log on to Windows" or using advanced tools like Autoruns for Windows from sysinternals
Source 1 & Source 2
2
Well darn, I had a "click to run" version of 365
– user2813274
Dec 10 '15 at 1:02
I've had it disabled for some time now, saw it in months today after this question
– pun
Dec 10 '15 at 1:27
That did the job for me thanks.
– Forivin
Dec 21 '15 at 16:43
add a comment |
up vote
16
down vote
up vote
16
down vote
Skype for Business (Lync) is a part of MS Office now.
You can only remove it if you have installed a MSI based Office,
with Click-to-Run version installed, all you can do is disable.
If you have MSI based Office installed, go to appwiz.cpl & choose to change to remove Skype For Business.
If you have Click-to-Run based Office installed, you can only disable it from auto-starting by unchecking "Automatically start the app when I log on to Windows" or using advanced tools like Autoruns for Windows from sysinternals
Source 1 & Source 2
Skype for Business (Lync) is a part of MS Office now.
You can only remove it if you have installed a MSI based Office,
with Click-to-Run version installed, all you can do is disable.
If you have MSI based Office installed, go to appwiz.cpl & choose to change to remove Skype For Business.
If you have Click-to-Run based Office installed, you can only disable it from auto-starting by unchecking "Automatically start the app when I log on to Windows" or using advanced tools like Autoruns for Windows from sysinternals
Source 1 & Source 2
answered Dec 10 '15 at 0:10
pun
4,82581853
4,82581853
2
Well darn, I had a "click to run" version of 365
– user2813274
Dec 10 '15 at 1:02
I've had it disabled for some time now, saw it in months today after this question
– pun
Dec 10 '15 at 1:27
That did the job for me thanks.
– Forivin
Dec 21 '15 at 16:43
add a comment |
2
Well darn, I had a "click to run" version of 365
– user2813274
Dec 10 '15 at 1:02
I've had it disabled for some time now, saw it in months today after this question
– pun
Dec 10 '15 at 1:27
That did the job for me thanks.
– Forivin
Dec 21 '15 at 16:43
2
2
Well darn, I had a "click to run" version of 365
– user2813274
Dec 10 '15 at 1:02
Well darn, I had a "click to run" version of 365
– user2813274
Dec 10 '15 at 1:02
I've had it disabled for some time now, saw it in months today after this question
– pun
Dec 10 '15 at 1:27
I've had it disabled for some time now, saw it in months today after this question
– pun
Dec 10 '15 at 1:27
That did the job for me thanks.
– Forivin
Dec 21 '15 at 16:43
That did the job for me thanks.
– Forivin
Dec 21 '15 at 16:43
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