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1. STOP SKYPE FROM RUNNING ON START UP WINDOWS 10 HOW TO
2. STOP SKYPE FROM RUNNING ON START UP WINDOWS 10 UPDATE

Uncheck that box, click “Save” on the bottom, quit Skype and you shouldn’t have it bother you next time you start up your computer. There it is, smack dab in the “General settings”: Start Skype when I start Windows. Now once you’re logged in, there are oodles of additional menu options and settings.įinally! In “Options…” you’ll find what you seek:

If you don’t, well, you’ll need to create one. Right click on Skype for business icon and click Exit. Now go to bottom right corner of your Windows machine and click on the arrow shown below. I suppose you could create one, set Skype to not launch automatically, then delete the account, but it’s a strange and quite frankly annoying option! Close Skype for business by clicking on X on the top right corner. The closest you get is this:Ĭhoose “Connection options…” though, and you’ll find that it offers some obscure settings, but nothing to disable that pesky autostart:Īnd now, the bad news: You can’t actually disable auto-start without having - and logging in - to your Skype account. Skype Preview is a built-in app that comes as a part of your Windows 10. Logically, it seems like one of the menus should offer up a “don’t launch on next restart” or similar, but there’s nothing like that. OR In the newer modern Skype Press click your profile picture or press control + i on your keyboard Click Sign out press Windows key + R Type: msconfig Hit Enter Select the tab, scroll through and uncheck Skype. Start up your system and here’s what’ll be staring at you: Click Tools > Options > General settings > uncheck Start Skype when I start Windows.

STOP SKYPE FROM RUNNING ON START UP WINDOWS 10 UPDATE

Head to Update & Security > Windows Security > Open Windows Security. Note: To stop Skype for Windows 10 (version 15) from automatically starting, you can. Here is how you can search for malware using Windows Defender: Right-click Start and select Security. You can use a third-party antivirus to scan your computer or a Windows built-in tool. Skype automatically starting up on Microsoft Windows 10. To fix it, you should scan your computer.

STOP SKYPE FROM RUNNING ON START UP WINDOWS 10 HOW TO

Any one program likely doesn’t have that much impact on your performance, but when you get 4, 5 or more starting up automatically, that’s going to have an impact on how your computer works. Unused programs keep starting up themselves during Windows startup Here's how to stop unnecessary programs from running at startup on Windows 10.

It stinks!Įven benign programs like Skype, a very helpful video chat application, can exhibit the same sort of behaviors, starting up even if you don’t have an account and sitting on the Taskbar on your new Windows 10 system even if you never want to use the program.

For some, it’s almost impossible to figure out what they do and some of those might well be malware of some sort of another. Worse, many of them are hidden behind-the-scenes, little “helper apps” that enable certain functions, listen for incoming queries, etc. Whether you’re on a Windows system or a Macintosh, there’s little more frustrating than the parade of apps that seem to start up every time you boot your computer.