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\nThis article explains how to stop Skype from starting automatically in Windows 11, Windows 10, and Windows 8. The steps differ slightly depending on how you installed the program\u2014from the Microsoft Store<\/a> or through Skype.com<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n \nBy default, Skype opens automatically each time your computer starts and you log in to your user account. When you disable Skype on startup, you have to manually open it the first time you want to use it after starting your computer. Once it\u2019s open, it remains open like normal\u2014and messages and calls can come in\u2014until you sign out or close it down.\n<\/p>\n You can also promptly shut down the program in one step: Right-click the Skype icon from the right side of the Windows taskbar area, and choose Quit Skype<\/strong> to instantly shut it down.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \nSelect the three-dotted menu (it\u2019s located next to your name on the main page).\n<\/p>\n \nChoose Settings<\/strong>.\n<\/p>\n \nGo to General<\/strong>.\n<\/p>\n \nFor the standard program, toggle Automatically start Skype<\/strong> to the off position (the button will turn grey).<\/p>\n \nFor the Microsoft Store app, select Settings<\/strong> from that same screen, locate Skype<\/strong> from the list, and toggle the bottom to the Off<\/strong> position.\n<\/p>\n \nExit any remaining open settings screens.\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n \nThere are a couple ways to disable autorun for Skype on a Mac. The first and easiest method is to do so from the Dock.\n<\/p>\n \nGo to the Dock and right-click the Skype <\/strong>icon.\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n \nGo to Options<\/strong>.\n<\/p>\n \nSelect Open at Login<\/strong> to remove the checkmark.\n<\/p>\n \nThe other way is to remove it from the list of startup items in System Preferences.\n<\/p>\n \nOpen System Preferences<\/strong>.\n<\/p>\n \nSelect Users & Groups<\/strong>.\n<\/p>\n \nSelect your username.\n<\/p>\n \nGo to the Login Items<\/strong> tab.\n<\/p>\n \nSelect Skype<\/strong>.\n<\/p>\n \nSelect the minus\/remove button (it\u2019s located at the bottom of the screen).\n<\/p>\n What to Know In Windows, select the three-dot menu on the main page. Go to Settings > General. For the standard program, toggle the Automatically Start Skype switch to Off. For the Microsoft Store App, select Settings and toggle the Skype button to Off. This article explains how to stop Skype from starting automatically in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foldingfoldable.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foldingfoldable.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foldingfoldable.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foldingfoldable.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foldingfoldable.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foldingfoldable.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17765\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foldingfoldable.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foldingfoldable.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foldingfoldable.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} Windows: How to Disable Skype\u2019s Auto-Start Setting <\/span> <\/h2>\n
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