Uninstalling Skype 4.1 from 12.10

Question

I want to completely uninstall Skype 4.1 from the terminal. How do I do that. Also, do I have to delete anything else to make sure I have removed it completely?

sudo apt-get purge skype? – elclanrs Dec 04 '12 at 02:51 — elclanrs, Dec 04 '12 at 02:51

philshem · Answer 1 · 2012-12-04T03:07:31.497

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From the terminal, run:

sudo apt-get purge skype*
sudo apt-get autoremove

Then you can remove the config files:

rm -fr ~/.Skype

That should do it.

edited Dec 04 '12 at 03:07

answered Dec 04 '12 at 02:54

philshem

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I did this but now when I boot up a pop up window appears asking me to agree or disagree to the Skype terms of service. – XinJeisan Dec 04 '12 at 08:04
run cd / && find | sudo grep -i skype. this will take a while but will show all files that include the name "skype." You can choose to remove them if you want. You should also check your "Startup Applications" to make sure skype is deselected. – philshem Dec 04 '12 at 15:15

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 08 '15 at 04:42

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I tried

sudo apt-get purge skype*
sudo apt-get autoremove

rm -fr ~/.Skype

Nothing worked, only this did

sudo dpkg -r skype:i386

answered Apr 08 '15 at 04:42

Siddharth

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Aug 02 '13 at 08:49

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Yo can try also this:

wget -O skype http://download.skype.com/linux/skype-ubuntu_4.0.0.8-1_i386.deb 
sudo apt-get install libxss1
sudo dpkg -i skype
sudo apt-get -f install && sudo rm skype

This might work.

edited Aug 02 '13 at 08:49

Radu Rădeanu

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answered Aug 02 '13 at 07:31

Gru

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are you sure that you want to answer with "this MIGHT work"? – tony gil Sep 03 '14 at 13:24

score -1 · Answer 4 · edited Nov 28 '15 at 12:04

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This did for me

sudo apt-get purge skype-bin

edited Nov 28 '15 at 12:04

hg8

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answered Nov 27 '15 at 17:34

user268902

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score -2 · Answer 5 · edited Apr 08 '15 at 06:24

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Run:

sudo apt-get remove skype skype-bin

edited Apr 08 '15 at 06:24

Eliah Kagan

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answered Jun 28 '14 at 16:10

user298684

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purge, not remove. OP wants to remove it completely, remove keeps configuration files and possibly some other stuff. – Donarsson Jun 28 '14 at 16:40

Uninstalling Skype 4.1 from 12.10

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