How to remove Share with Skype Context Menu item in Windows 10

One of the recent updates has added a new Share with Skype context menu item. Though keeping it wouldn’t harm your PC at all, you can remove it if you don’t use it. It’s a new feature of Skype and if you use Skype often for your work, you should probably keep this feature as you can now share the files to Skype directly from Explorer.

Remove Share with Skype from the context menu

There are two ways to get rid of the new feature- the first is by editing the  Registry key and the second is to uninstall Skype from your PC IF you do not use Skype. Since this is a built-in feature of Skype, you will get it back in the context file menu if you install Skype again.

1. Rename the Registry key
2. Use Easy context menu
3. Uninstall Skype

1] Rename the Registry Key

For Skype Desktop

If you are using Skype Desktop, open the Registry Editor, press Win+R and type Regedit. 

Find the following key. (Copy and paste it on the address bar of your Registry Editor)

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTPackagedComClassIndex{776DBC8D-7347-478C-8D71-791E12EF49D8}.

Now look for this folder in the left pane.

{776DBC8D-7347-478C-8D71-791E12EF49D8}

Rename it. You can add any symbol like a minus or a simple dot in front of ot to rename it.

That’s it! The Share with Skype item is gone.

If you ever feel like getting the feature back, you simply have to remove the sign you added and Rename that particular folder to {776DBC8D-7347-478C-8D71-791E12EF49D8} again and you are done.

Alternative Method for Skype UWP app

If you are using the Skype UWP app, open Registry Editor (Press Win+R and type Regedit)

Go to the key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesPackagedComPackage

Locate the folder

Microsoft.SkypeApp_15.68.96.0_x86__kzf8qxf38zg5c

Remember that the folder names and key names will be different for different versions of the Skype app installed on your PC.

Now Go to the following key

Class{776DBC8D-7347-478C-8D71-791E12EF49D8}

Go to DllPath in the right pane and double click.

Delete the value and click Ok.

2] Use Easy Context Menu

Easy Context Menu is a simple and lightweight freeware that lets you remove unwanted options from the file context menu. This freeware comes in a Zip file. To remove the Share with Skype feature from your file context menu, download Easy Context Menu, extract it all and launch it.

Use the short Ctrl+X to open the ContextMenu Cleaner. 

Locate Share with Skype and uncheck the box.

That’s it!

Apart from the Easy Context Menu, there are many other Context Menu Editors which you can use to add, remove, edit Context Menu items in Windows 10.

3] Uninstall Skype

If you do not use Skype, then you can uninstall it via Settings or Control Panel. You can easily download it from the Store if you anytime require it again.

Type Skype in the search box in your taskbar.

Right-click on the app and select Uninstall. 

So, if you are someone who likes to keep the file context menu cleaner and simpler, use these methods to get rid of the Share with Skype context menu item.