The Skype chat Gallery keeps all photos for the past 6 months in one place. Here’s how to access the Gallery: While in a conversation, click Gallery at the top in the Chat or Group header. Within the Gallery you can scroll to find any images, files, or links that have been shared.
Currently, photos are automatically downloaded to your Downloads directory. I am hearing the next question from some of you: “ How do I get to my downloads directory? ” Both of these methods will get you to the same place — the downloads directory where your Skype photos are hopefully stored. But what if they are not there?
Where are Skype downloads stored on Windows?
Besides, this is the normal behavior for Windows most applications. And yet, Microsoft wants to “trick” us a little more on this point, so the default folder for downloads of Skype is “hidden” somewhere in the user’s folders. Let’s see how to find this folder. Where are your received files someone sent you via Skype?
Where can I Find my Skype photos?
If you are on an i. Phone or Android, the instructions for finding photos on Skype is located here. People use to say that an easy way to view your Skype photos was to use the “Snapshots Gallery”, which could be found under the View menu as you see below:.
Note: The Gallery is not available on Skype for Android 4.0.4 – 5.1. How can I find older photos sent or received in Skype? The Gallery is a great place to find photos in a Skype chat from the past 6 months. However, you may need to locate photos in a chat that were sent or received longer than 6 months ago.
How do I save files in Skype?
With the latest updates, Skype no longer prompts the user to save a file somewhere, but immediately saves all files to a specially designated folder, and finding the folder to move files fr om it to another directory, or open them with an application other than that set by default, is sometimes a difficult task.
What can I do with a photo sent in a Skype chat?
You can right-click a photo, file, or link, in a conversation to choose from the available options in Skype for Web. What can I do with a photo, file, or link sent in a Skype chat on mobile? Tap and hold a photo, file, or link, in a conversation to choose from the available options in Skype on Android (6.0+), Android tablet, i. Phone, and i, and pad.