
Click on Save button and then restart Skype to make the change effective. Untick or uncheck the check box for Use port 80 and 443 as an alternatives for incoming connections option. Click on Advanced tab, and go to Connection sub-tab. To turn off and disable Skype usage of and listening on port 80 and port 443, open the Skype window, then click on Tools menu and select Options. If Skype for Business is listed, select it, and then click - to remove it. Beside, leaving the port 80 and 443 opens and listening also has security risk where the port can be scanned by malicious virus or hacker to launch attack or infection. This is correct, but to clarify for macos Sierra - if you don't want Skype for Business to open automatically go to System Preferences > Users & Groups > Current User > Login Items. Skype which is listening, opening and occupying port 80 and port 443 (for SSL HTTP connection) can prevent other applications which require such port from working properly, as such the ability of Skype to use port 80 and port 443 has to be stopped, turned off and disabled. If you are not currently signed into Skype, sign in with the email address and password associated with your Skype or Microsoft account. Skype uses port 80 and 443 to allow Skype behind firewall to connect to peer or accept incoming connection from peers though NAT which otherwise won’t be able to connect through the blocking or restrictive firewall that doesn’t permit any other ports to be opened. It has a blue icon with a white 'S.' Click the Skype icon in the Windows Start menu on Windows, or the Applications folder on Mac to open Skype. Skype allows users to use port 80 and 443 as an alternatives for incoming connections. If you investigates to the root by identifying which application is using the port 80, the cause of the problem is due to Skype.

However, no web server such as Apache or IIS (Microsoft Internet Information Service) is currently installed or running on the system.

port 80 and port 443, there may be error message that saying the port 80 or 443 has been in used or occupied by another application.
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If you want to install a web server, or an application which requires web pages or console to be served via common HTTP or HTTPS ports, i.e.
