Click “OK” and restart Internet Explorer.Ģ. Select the plugin and click the “Disable” button at the bottom left.ģ. Then close and restart IE and phone numbers should no longer be underlined or linked.Ģ. Select the Skype plugin and hit the “Disable” button at the bottom right of the screen.Ĥ. In the list on the right side you should see the Skype plugin listed.ģ. On the left side you should have “Toolbars and Extensions” highlighted. Note the directions below may differ slightly based on your browser version, but the idea is the same:Ģ. Remember, removing the plugin from IE or Firefox will NOT uninstall Skype from your computer - just the Skype browser plugin. In order to remove the plugin it basically comes down to removing the plugin from your specific browser (e.g. The idea is that you click the link, and voilà, you are automagically using Skype to make the call. In order to “facilitate” this for you, Skype installs a web browser add-on which function to turn practically every phone number you see in your web browser into a link. One of the ways Skype makes money is by having you call land lines from your computer. Skype is awesome, but when you install Skype you sometimes also wind up installing the Skype browser plugin (sometimes also called “Add-ons”).
