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You must not incorporate any of the Skype brand assets, or variations of them, into your own product features, product names, service names, trademarks, logos, company names, domain names, or social media accounts unless otherwise permitted by the Microsoft Trademark & Brand Guidelines. If you do not have a business owner contact, contact Skype brand help to get started.

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Such license must be initiated and approved by the Microsoft business owner who you are working with. If no agreement exists or if the proposed use doesnвЂ™t fall within the scope of your existing agreement, check if the use falls within the Microsoft Trademark Guidelines & Brand Guidelines.ДЇinally, if the use is not covered in any of the above or you are not sure, you may directly request a separate license from Microsoft. If there is any conflict between these guidelines and the terms of your agreement, then the terms of your agreement will govern, and you should follow those. If you have an existing agreement with Microsoft or Skype, check that first to determine if your desired use of our Skype brand assets is covered. By using any of the Skype brand assets, you expressly consent to be bound by these guidelines. We created the Skype Trademark & Brand Guidelines to have manage and protect the value of the brand.

This is pretty confusing because the built-in Store version of Skype and the modern desktop version are almost the same thing, but the desktop version of Skype offers more features.Thank you for your interest in using the Skype brand assets. That version of Skype works like the traditional Skype client youвЂ™re used to. The traditional Skype desktop application does have a вЂњQuit SkypeвЂќ option available when you right-click its notification area icon.

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If you have multiple Skype applications installed and you just want to remove the built-in Windows 10 version, look for the Skype shortcut marked as a вЂњTrusted Microsoft Store appвЂќ and remove it. Locate the Skype shortcut in your Start menu, right-click it, and select вЂњUninstall.вЂќ Windows 10 lets you uninstall many other built-in appsВ in this way, too. If you donвЂ™t want to use Skype at all, you can also uninstall it. Click the вЂњвЂ¦вЂќ menu in the Skype window and click вЂњSign OutвЂќ to do so. Note that people can still send you Skype messages if youвЂ™re signed in, even if Skype doesnвЂ™t appear in the notification area. SkypeвЂ™s notification area icon will vanish. Right-click the Skype icon in your notification area and click вЂњSettingsвЂќ or open the Skype window, click the вЂњвЂ¦вЂќ menu button, and click вЂњSettings.вЂќД¬lick the вЂњGeneralвЂќ category and disable the вЂњShow Skype in the Windows notification area (system tray)вЂќ option. However, you can hide the icon from SkypeвЂ™s settings window. MicrosoftвЂ™s modern Skype app doesnвЂ™t even appear in your list of startup programs, so you canвЂ™t disable it by managing your startup programs from the Settings appВ or Task Manager. With the older вЂњModernвЂќ Skype app, you canвЂ™t just right-click the Skype tray icon and close it like a traditional desktop app. If they donвЂ™t, follow the below instructions for the older version of Skype.

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Update: You likely have the newer Skype app installed on your PC by now, so the above instructions should work.

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How to Remove Skype From Your System Tray on Windows 10 Skype will continue running if itвЂ™s already open when you do this, but you can right-click the Skype icon in your taskbarвЂ™s notification area ( donвЂ™t call it a system tray!) and select вЂњQuit SkypeвЂќ to close it immediately. Look for вЂњSkypeвЂќ in the list, right-click it, and select вЂњDisable.вЂќ Windows wonвЂ™t open Skype automatically when you sign in anymore.