How do I remove Skype 4.3 from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (32-bit)

Question

I installed Skype on my nephew's new Ubuntu 14.04 LTS machine, and now we've decided to remove it. But I'm not able to locate it in my Installed programs section of Ubuntu Software Center. I'm able to call it up by opening the debian package, Software Center opens it up, but where I would normally see the "Remove" button, I have a "Reinstall" button. For the life of me, I can't figure out how to uninstall Skype. Any suggestions? In case you're wondering I used the version of Skype designed for 12.xx, as there was no option available for Ubuntu 14.xx.

Solution 1

To uninstall completely Skype from your system you just type the following line in Terminal:

sudo apt-get purge skype

And next time if you decide to install Skype again, follow How to install Skype 4.3

Solution 2

My case is something different, here i run two commands :-

dpkg --get-selections | grep 'skype'

output is :- skype-bin:i386 install

So, to remove i run :-

sudo apt-get --purge remove skype-bin:i386

and after that i remove ".Skype" from home directory

Solution 3

In my case:

sudo apt-get --purge remove skypeforlinux

Solution 4

Sometimes just doing :

sudo apt-get --purge remove skype

will not uninstall skype 4.3 version

Hence i would recommend doing :

sudo apt-get --purge remove skype:i386

and then going to home directory do "ctrl+H" and remove .skype folder...

Solution 5

This worked for me on Ubuntu 16.04.2 as of the date of this answer.

Remove package:

sudo apt remove skypeforlinux

Remove config:

rm -rf ~/.config/skypeforlinux

Remove repo:

sudo rm -v /etc/apt/sources.list.d/skype-*

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Comments

[Avinash Raj]

post the output of dpkg --get-selections | grep 'skype'

[Kvvaradha]

Update Or Uninstall Skype In Ubuntu kvcodes.com/2017/03/update-skype-ubuntu

[Karl Morrison]

skype:i386 did it even though I'm running a 64bit computer.

[Thanos]

As @harts12 recommends we need to apply after sudo apt-get autoremove. Which is correct, simply verify it by running sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y and you will see something like: The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: ... (list of packages)... Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.

[authentictech]

I think this will remove the latest Skype 5.x and not 4.3.

[Malachiasz]

sudo apt-get --purge remove skype-bin:i386 removed the old skype for me

[kostyabakay]

It is the best answer. I had saved config with bugs after reinstall and only this solution helped for me.

[Phil]

While the "skypeforlinux" answer was correct for my particular use case, this shows me how in general to find what I have installed as well as know how to remove it.

[Alexander Elgin]

This uninstalls the Skype that does not work in Ubuntu 16.04

[Alexander Elgin]

This uninstalls the Skype that works properly in Ubuntu 16.04

[Deepanshu Jain]

What problem you are facing?