How to uninstall or remove empathy-skype software package from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

You can uninstall or removes an installed empathy-skype package itself from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) through the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get remove empathy-skype

Uninstall empathy-skype including dependent package

If you would like to remove empathy-skype and it's dependent packages which are no longer needed from Ubuntu,

$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove empathy-skype

Use Purging empathy-skype

If you use with purge options to empathy-skype package all the configuration and dependent packages will be removed.

$ sudo apt-get purge empathy-skype

If you use purge options along with auto remove, will be removed everything regarding the package, It's really useful when you want to reinstall again.

$ sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove empathy-skype