Step 2: Remove Skype for Business from your computer Go to Control Panel Programs Programs and Features Uninstall or change a program. Choose Skype for Business Uninstall. At the Ready to uninstall? Box, choose Uninstall. When it's done uninstalling, choose Close.

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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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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:

Change OfficeClientEdition='32' to OfficeClientEdition='64' if you are on a 64-bit system.

Save the changes and close your text editor.

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Open a 'Command Prompt window' as administrator.

At the command prompt, type: (assuming that you extracted the files to 'C:ODT2016')

Next, enter the following command:

Wait for the prompt to return. (Note that It may take a while for this command to complete). Enter the following command:

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.

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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

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My Windows 10 computer doesn’t have connected any camera or microphone, and I only need to do some major contact management. Every time I copy a phone number in office Excel, Work, Edge or even Filemaker, the Skype would launch itself and I have to close it. It was very annoying with this real problem and I could not find a way to disable the feature. Within the installed programs list, I didn’t see it as WIndows app to uninstall. How can I resolve it?

You can install Skype either by store app or desktop software in Windows 10, while the Skype for business 2015 also be included as a preplacement once you have installed the office version of Lync.
It is not found on Control Panel and Task Manager, while lists from the start screen. Just open Settings app, go to SYSTEM > APPS & FEATURES, and then remove it from there. However, it still still in StartUp and always pop up on the taskbar after you do that.

How to disable or remove Skype for Business in Windows 10* Open the File Explorer, navigate to the location below:
C:Porgram DataMicrosoftWindowsStart MenuProgramsMicrosoft Office 2013
Right click the shortcut for Skype for Business 2015 and rename or delete it.
* You also need to make changes with Office version.
Within the Microsoft office 2013, go to its tools menu, there should be a shortcut of Skype for Business Recording Manager in the folder. Simply delete it to get rid of that completely.
Another method by using PowerShell to uninstall this built-in App
* Click the Start menu, type PowerShell into the search box, right-click the Windows PowerShell in the results, and select “Run as administrator.”.
* Input the command and press Enter to execute it.
Get-AppxPackage *skypeapp* Remove-AppxPackage
* If you need to get it back, run a single line of PowerShell code to reinstall it:
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)AppXManifest.xml”}