Standalone uninstall of Skype for Business yet leave rest of M365 suite installed

Question

We've just migrated to Teams-Only. Skype for Business is still installed as part of the M365 suite. I'd like to just uninstall Skype For Business without uninstalling the rest of the suite. Can that be done?

Could we do something like this?

<Configuration>
<Remove>
<Product ID="SkypeforBusinessRetail" >
<Language ID="en-us" />
</Product>
</Remove>
<Display Level="None" />
</Configuration>

Answer 1

Hi @Sprungl, Clifford W (Cliff) ,

If you are using Office 365 click-to-run version, Skype for Business client is part of Office application. You can't delete it from your computer without also uninstalling the rest of the Office suite. This because it's integrated with the other Office apps. Please refer to this article:

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/uninstall-skype-for-business-28c4a036-7f22-406c-b7f4-87894cbaf902

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