Windows 10: 2 Skype installs - version 7.9 and version 8.58

I had upgraded my ProStar laptop from WIN 7 to WIN 10 earlier this year, and all went well.

However, I recently noticed that in Control Panel - Programs and Features, it shows 2 Skype installs - version 7.9 and version 8.58. Since my understanding is that Skype is now included with WIN10, and when I launch it, it shows version 8.64 (or 8.63), I am guessing that it would be safe for me to uninstall the two earlier versions.

Since I am at best a semi-techie, I wanted to try to confirm this is okay to do before I do it. Skype seems to work fine, and space isn't an issue, so this is just a housekeeping thing.

If I've put this post in the wrong place, please feel free to let me know or move it to the right thread - but I figured others doing an upgrade from 7 to 10 might have similar questions so here goes.

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Skype versions

Hello. I had Windows 8 installed on my Samsung 370R when I bought it. I later updated to Windows 8.1, and so on Windows 10 in 2015.

I downloaded Skype in Windows 8 or 8.1. Later, I updated it to the desktop Version of Skype. I cannot remember whether I did this in Windows 8.1 or Windows 10.

In Windows 10, a new app to download and install Skype was installed on my computer. This app did not detect that I already had the Desktop Version of Skype.

Now, after updating to Windows 10, 1607, Skype Preview has been installed on my computer. Some time after I'd finished the update, an app called Skype Preview launched. I had not manually started Skype Preview. This means that I now have two versions of
Skype. They are both working fine.

I see that Skype Preview is not listed in Control Panel's list of programs, but it is in Settings app's list. In here, it says that Skype Preview is 10,9 MB. Is this just an addition to the Skype that I already had?

I am used to that Skype 7.28 is pretty slow and lags a lot. Skype Preview is not as slow, as far as I've used the program to now.

Which one of these shall I use? Should I deinstall the other one? If so, shall I deinstall it through "programs and functions" in Control Panel? Any other information I've missed?





Skype 7.28/Desktop version, which I installed in Windows 8 or 8.1





List of apps in Settings





Skype Preview, which I can find on Start's list of apps

Desktop version of Skype

 

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