#Stop skype from opening on startup for windows 10

#Stop skype from opening on startup for windows 10

Note: To stop Skype for Windows 10 (version 15) from automatically starting, you can sign. Skype//config.xml), but looking through them didn't yield anything. Automatically start Skype - Start Skype automatically when you sign. Turn off Automatically save my restartable apps when I sign out and restart them when I sign in. I did find a couple of files which looked promising (. If you don't want Microsoft Edge to start when you sign in to Windows, you can change this in Windows Settings.

Looking for anything similar in Skype support вЂ“ I didn't expect to find anything, and I didn't.

This works out in the older versions of Skype.

In Windows 10, you can disable programs in Start up tab.

This is the first weapon against this issue. While on the same note вЂ“ how is it possible for Skype to autostart without going through the normal Upstart route? Stop classic Skype Application for Windows from starting Automatically. Save for reinstalling, what else can I try? Disable Skype from opening on startup Right-click on any empty space in your taskbar. Uninstalling Skype with apt-get remove skype -purge and hoping that it removes all the settings as well вЂ“ it didn't.Using BUM to turn it off вЂ“ again, couldn't find it in the list.Considering my girlfriend is a Windows user, could it be that this is a setting that's available on the Windows client but not on the Linux one, and somehow got transferred?)

(I remember there was a similar Skype setting somewhere whenever I've used it on Windows. Checking for a relevant setting in Skype itself вЂ“ couldn't find anything of the sort.Removing it from the Settings Manager->Session and Startup->Application Autostart вЂ“ couldn't find it in the list.My girlfriend logged into her Skype account from my Xubuntu 12.10 netbook, and ever since then Skype starts automatically every time I boot.