I can't uninstall skype completely

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I tried to uninstall skype from the terminal and i think I already did because it says it cannot locate the package however when i turn the wifi off and on my skype contacts who are online appears at the bottom right of the screen and whenever I get a message I am still notified. I tried to search skype from my files but I cannot even find it and when I try to purge or remove it, it says unable to locate package. Help me!!!!!

i installed it by following the steps here: http://www.wikihow.com/Install-Skype-Using-Terminal-on-Ubuntu then i uninstalled it by sudo apt-get purge skype.

http://www.wikihow.com/Install-Skype-Using-Terminal-on-Ubuntu i followed the steps here. — Zc Yhel, Jun 01 '15 at 17:04
Okay. And how did you try to uninstall it? What did you do exactly - commands? Kindly edit your question to include this info. — Parto, Jun 01 '15 at 17:07
Update Or Uninstall Skype In Ubuntu http://www.kvcodes.com/2017/03/update-skype-ubuntu/ — Kvvaradha, Mar 26 '17 at 04:40
Possible duplicate of How do I remove Skype 4.3 from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (32-bit) — David Foerster, Feb 07 '18 at 17:09

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 01 '15 at 17:32

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Try this, one command at a time:
Disclaimer: I don't have access to an Ubuntu machine and so can't test these out.

sudo apt-get purge skype

sudo apt-get autoremove
rm -rf ~/.skype

If that doesn't work, try this:

sudo dpkg --remove skype
sudo dpkg --remove getskype-*

answered Jun 01 '15 at 17:32

Parto

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i did that but it says unable to locate file. – Zc Yhel Jun 01 '15 at 17:36
@ZcYhel After which command? – Parto Jun 01 '15 at 17:37
after the first one it says unable to locate – Zc Yhel Jun 01 '15 at 17:57
That's expected since you already removed it, just continue with the others. – Parto Jun 01 '15 at 17:58
it doesn't work. – Zc Yhel Jun 01 '15 at 18:07
@ZcYhel Do the contacts and notifications still show? – Parto Jun 01 '15 at 18:12
@ZcYhel Kindly run this command and provide the result by editing your question sudo dpkg --list skype – Parto Jun 01 '15 at 18:21
it says no packages found matching skype. – Zc Yhel Jun 01 '15 at 18:25
@ZcYhel And the notifications still show? That's now weird.. – Parto Jun 01 '15 at 18:37
@ZcYhel: Please try this command: dpkg -l | grep skype – Gunnar Hjalmarsson Jun 01 '15 at 20:14
@Parto The first two commands should be sudo apt-get --purge remove skype & sudo apt autoremove. – Marco Roy Nov 06 '16 at 22:00
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04, so it might be different in previous versions. – Marco Roy Nov 08 '16 at 18:34
It works in Ubuntu 16.04 – Sadee May 12 '17 at 07:51

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 01 '19 at 08:10

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In Lubunt 18.06 this command completely uninstalled Skype:

$ sudo apt-get --purge remove skypeforlinux

answered Sep 01 '19 at 08:10

nightcod3r

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I can't uninstall skype completely

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