How to change skype default browser

18.04 skype default-browser

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Solution 1

Installing packages from the Ubuntu software center using snap have some issues.

"snap", a new cross-OS package manager. Snap will be much better than APT one day, but right now it's in the beginning stages and experiencing growing pains.

I removed skype from the software center and I downloaded the .deb file from Official Skype website.

Then I installed it using dpkg which solved the problem.

Note: this answer inspired me.

Solution 2

For me, the following command immediately fixed the issue:

ln -s ~/.config/mimeapps.list ~/snap/skype/common/.config/mimeapps.list

Solution 3

To make it work with snap do the following:

Quit skype
ln -s ~/.config/mimeapps.list ~/snap/skype/common/.config/mimeapps.list
rm -rf ~/snap/skype/common/.config/google-chrome
sudo ln -s ~/.config/google-chrome ~/snap/skype/common/.config/

Solution 4

I resolved the problem following below steps.

Uninstall Firefox and open any link in Skype (agree with the alert)
Delete (rename) ~ /snap/skype/common/.config/google-chrome

sudo ln -s /home/user/.config/google-chrome /home/user/snap/skype/common/.config/

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Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

AboElnouR almost 2 years

I use Ubuntu 18.04 and I have the following problem.

When I try to open links via Skype it opens Mozilla firefox also I have set google chrome as my default browser.

I tried to find something in skype settings but I found nothing related to the application default browser
tftd about 6 years

This has been driving me mad for a while now. Overall the snap technology is quite bad. I really don't like it and it doesn't work as well as it should be. AppImage is far better at this and "package" size is considerably lower.
MadMike over 4 years

Open a terminal and write snap remove skype to remove it.
langpavel over 4 years

snap does exactly what I need. Snap is a barrier for software that I don't like (Skype) to protect some pieces of my data on system. In this way it is much better than granting everything but it comes with costs.
user66081 over 3 years

i kneel before you
Adam over 3 years

please, don't xD
Keyur Chavda-kc1994 over 3 years

Worked, Thanks.