2011
03.15

Hate the new Skype? Revert back.

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Like most people out there I love new updates on software, because for the most part they are usually improvements to an already great product. That being said, every once in a while there’s a company that doesn’t do ANY research or testing to see how people will like a complete version change. That’s what Skype has done with their new update to version 5.0.0.7994. If you’re like me and you hate the new version and want to revert back to the older version, then read on.

Here’s the steps in order you’ll need to take: This is only for Mac users sorry. PC should be as simple as uninstalling the new version and installing the old version downloaded.

1. Download the older version from this site - http://mac.oldapps.com/skype.php?old_skype=37

download-link

2. Close Skype
3. Go to your Finder, then Applications and Delete the existing version by right clicking and “Move to Trash”
4. Open your Finder in the dock, go to User, open Library folder, then open Cache folder and look in there for anything that says Skype and delete it. The string looks like this - user/library/cache.
5.  Then do the same as number 4 above for the Preferences folder - user/library/preferences.
6. Make sure the folder for Skype is deleted from the Library folder, but this is usually gone after you delete the program.
7. Empty your trash.

Voila… it should be gone.

Now simply re-install the old version DMG you downloaded and it will ask you to login. This is the steps that have worked for me, so if it didn’t work for you exactly this way, please leave a comment to help other users.

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  1. sorl said: 2011.03.17 02:38

    thanks for the tip. question: will this process delete all of my contacts?

    • Aaron Hemmelgarn said: 2011.03.31 23:06

      @sorl it has not deleted any of my contacts and actually has brought some old contacts back strangely. The only thing it does delete is your Groups, so you will need to recreate your groups and add the skypers back in from the ALL. Hope this helps, because I’m SO much happier now and have saved a ton of people with this blog post.