As you know, many software products installed on computer systems tend to update automatically, without the knowledge of the user. And this does not always have a positive effect. Unfortunately, one of these applications can be called a popular program for communicating online in Skype video mode. Next, it is proposed to understand how to return the old version of Skype after the update, and for what it may be required. For the average user, you can offer two basic solutions (this is at least).
Why might you need to revert to a previous version of Skype?
Before starting to consider methods of returning to previous modifications of the program, let's see why many users try to do such things. The answer, in general, lies on the surface. The fact is that many do not like the updated application interface, which is considered too complicated and confusing.
Others have complaints about the operation of the most updated program (for example, login and password errors, not counting other violations), which, incidentally, can also cause critical failures in the operating system itself. In particular, this is seen in relation to Windows 7.
How to return the old version of "Skype" after the update: rollback the system
Let's start the questions of returning to previous modifications of the application from the simplest situation. Suppose that the program update occurred automatically and the user knows exactly when it happened. How to return the old version of "Skype"?
It is quite obvious that if other programs are not affected, this can be done through the usual system recovery, choosing as the control point that preceded the installation of updates for Skype. This method is both good and inconvenient at the same time, since the rollback point can be much earlier than when the program was updated. On the other hand, if such actions are not affected by other installed applications, then why not?
Skype has been updated: how to return the old version by reinstalling?
As already understood, the above technique may sometimes not work. Let's see how to return the old version of "Skype" after the update by reinstalling the program. Needless to say, an updated application modification will need to be removed. No way without it.
To uninstall, you can use the most common section of programs and components, go through the standard removal procedure, and then clean up the “tails” in the form of residual files or registry keys. Only after that it will be possible to reboot the system and run the installer of the previous Skype modification. In order not to deal with the manual removal of residues, you can use uninstaller programs like iObit Uninstaller, which clean the system automatically after the end of the main removal procedure. But here there are some nuances.
The nuances of using uninstall programs
The use of such programs is justified in versions of Windows below the tenth. Windows 10 has a preinstalled Skype for business applet, the keys and files of which can be recognized by uninstallers as remnants of the deleted version of another modification. How to return the old version of Skype after updating in this case?
The answer is simple: either do not use the uninstaller, but do manual cleaning of the system, or use the uninstaller to get rid of the updated version of Skype and all Skype for business components, without forgetting to also remove additional extensions (uninstallers can do this in two ways ) And only at the end of all the above steps, as in the simplest version, you can run the installer of the old version of the program, and at the end of the application settings, turn off automatic updates.