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Send a photo or file in chat

Send a photo, PDF or document in any chat, with an optional caption, and view or delete photos in the photo viewer.

Where: Chat › open chat › Add a photo or fileFor Owners, admins, dispatchers, engineers

Step by step

  1. Open the chat.
  2. Press Add a photo or file (the button next to the message box) and choose a file.
  3. Optional: type in Add a caption (optional).
  4. Press Send. Press × (Remove file) to take the file off before sending.

The photo viewer

Click a photo to open it full screen. Use the arrows (or swipe) for the other photos in the chat, Download to save it, and × to close.

Delete in the viewer (your own photos; owners and admins any photo) asks “Delete this photo for everyone?”. It is removed from the chat and from storage; this cannot be undone.

Messages you may see

“That file is over 25 MB. Send a smaller one.”

“This kind of file can't be sent. Use a photo, PDF, Word, Excel or text file.”

“The file did not upload. Check your signal and try again.”