How to change skype default browser

Question

I use Ubuntu 18.04 and I have the following problem.

When I try to open links via Skype it opens Mozilla firefox also I have set google chrome as my default browser.

I tried to find something in skype settings but I found nothing related to the application default browser

AboElnouR · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-02T21:54:57.157

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Installing packages from the Ubuntu software center using snap have some issues.

"snap", a new cross-OS package manager. Snap will be much better than APT one day, but right now it's in the beginning stages and experiencing growing pains.

I removed skype from the software center and I downloaded the .deb file from Official Skype website.

Then I installed it using dpkg which solved the problem.

Note: this answer inspired me.

edited Sep 02 '18 at 21:54

answered May 20 '18 at 10:02

AboElnouR

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This has been driving me mad for a while now. Overall the snap technology is quite bad. I really don't like it and it doesn't work as well as it should be. AppImage is far better at this and "package" size is considerably lower. – tftd May 24 '18 at 11:21
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Open a terminal and write snap remove skype to remove it. – MadMike Oct 04 '19 at 14:10
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snap does exactly what I need. Snap is a barrier for software that I don't like (Skype) to protect some pieces of my data on system. In this way it is much better than granting everything but it comes with costs. – langpavel Nov 15 '19 at 21:53

score 9 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 22 '20 at 18:55

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For me, the following command immediately fixed the issue:

ln -s ~/.config/mimeapps.list ~/snap/skype/common/.config/mimeapps.list

answered Jul 22 '20 at 18:55

Adam

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i kneel before you – user66081 Oct 26 '20 at 21:01
please, don't xD – Adam Nov 02 '20 at 22:46

score 6 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 09 '20 at 08:50

To make it work with snap do the following:

Quit skype
ln -s ~/.config/mimeapps.list ~/snap/skype/common/.config/mimeapps.list
rm -rf ~/snap/skype/common/.config/google-chrome
sudo ln -s ~/.config/google-chrome ~/snap/skype/common/.config/

score 3 · Answer 4 · edited Jul 13 '20 at 15:06

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I resolved the problem following below steps.

Uninstall Firefox and open any link in Skype (agree with the alert)
Delete (rename) ~ /snap/skype/common/.config/google-chrome

sudo ln -s /home/user/.config/google-chrome /home/user/snap/skype/common/.config/

edited Jul 13 '20 at 15:06

Kulfy

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answered Jul 13 '20 at 14:30

Andrei Kukareko

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