Important: These steps are for Microsoft Teams Free only. They won't work if you are using Teams with your work or school account.

In Microsoft Teams Free, you can share everything that’s important to you, like pictures, files, and links.

Share a photo within Microsoft Teams Free

  1. Go to the chat you want to share a photo in.

  2. Tap Actions and apps The Add button next to the Type a message window.

  3. Select Media Gallery button, where you can: 

    • Tap Camera Camera button in Microsoft Teams, mobile to use the Camera to take a new picture.

    • Tap Open photo library Camera button in Microsoft Teams, mobile to select images from your device.

      Note: If your Microsoft Teams Free photo library appears blank, select Native Gallery  Folder button  at the top to view your device's photos.

  4. Once you’ve selected the photo, you can edit the image before selecting Done.

  5. Type a message if you'd like, then tap Send The Send button in Teams.

Share a file within Microsoft Teams Free

  1. Go to the chat you want to share a file in.

  2. Tap Actions and apps The Add button next to the Type a message window.

  3. Select​​​​​​​ Attach Attach a file button, then select from the files on your device.

  4. Type a message if you'd like, then tap Send The Send button in Teams.

Share from your device

  1. To share a picture or file, find it on your device and tap Share The Share button.

  2. Select Teams from the list of applications.

    Note: If Teams isn’t listed in the sharing options, swipe left, select More More options button, then select Teams to add it to the sharing options.

  3. If you have more than one account signed into Teams, tap the down arrow by your profile picture and select which account you'd like to send from.

  4. Enter a message in the Type a message field if you'd like.

  5. You can Search people or groups search button in Chat for Windows 11, or you can choose from the Recent chats list.

  6. Tap Send The Send button in Teams.

You can also send a link to a OneDrive file in a chat. 

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For more help, contact support or ask a question in the Microsoft Teams Community.

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