

In Windows 10, hit the Search Windows button.If you are running Office 2016, Skype for Business is installed as a standalone application, so the procedure is the same one as above. Uncheck the check boxes shown in the screenshot below:.

Hit the Options menu at the right hand side of your upper toolbar.That said, provided you do have the right permissions, you could as well disable Skype in a quite simple manner, so that even if installed, it won’t start automatically when logging on to Windows 7/10 or alternatively it would run only in the background and won’t interfere with your daily work. Therefore, the only feasible way to uninstall it would be to uninstall Office 365 altogether. Skype for Business is integrated into Office 365, and doesn’t appear as an independent entry in the Programs and Features list. The procedure has had no impact of any of their settings.Disable and Remove Skype for Business 365 / 2019 Restart your computer to test the result.įor me this worked like a charm and Skype for Business was finally gone from my system.Īlso worth noting is that all of the remaining Office applications still work just fine. Remove the folder where you extracted the files. (Note that It may take a while for this command to complete).Įnter the following command: setup.exe /configure configuration.xmlĬonfirm to close 'Skype for Business' when asked. Next, enter the following command: setup.exe /download configuration.xml Open a 'Command Prompt window' as administrator.Īt the command prompt, type: (assuming that you extracted the files to "C:\ODT2016") cd c:\ODT2016 Save the changes and close your text editor. Replace the complete content of the configuration.xml with the following lines: Ĭhange OfficeClientEdition="32" to OfficeClientEdition="64" if you are on a 64-bit system. Open "configuration.xml" in a text editor (like notepad). You will get two files, setup.exe and configuration.xml. Select a local folder (for example C:\ODT2016) and extract the files to that folder. Just adding that it is possible to delete/uninstall Skype using the ODT tool.ĭownload the Office 2016 Deployment Tool from this link.
