Share your photos with the Photos app and Windows

Share your photos

When you have photos you love, it's only natural to share them. You can share in different ways from the Photos app.

Share with Mail

You can send photos in email from the Photos app
  • From the Photos app, select the photos you want to share.

  • Open the Share charm and tap or click Mail.

A new mail message will open. You can send the files as attachments, or you can use SkyDrive to share them. If you use SkyDrive, recipients will get an email with a preview of your photos. When they tap or click the preview, a slide show of all the photos will open on SkyDrive.com. Only people who receive the mail (or are forwarded the mail) will be able to view and download the full sizes of your photos from SkyDrive.

Share on your favorite sites

You can post photos to your favorite sites from the Photos app

You can use the Photos app to share your photos to your favorite websites like Facebook, YouTube, or Flickr. Here's how:

  • Select the photos you want to share, open the Share charm, and then click People.

If you haven't connected your favorite sites, you'll see a message to go take care of that in the People app. After you've connected your websites, you'll be able to post photos to them right from the Photos app.

Share in person

You can even send photos (or other files) to someone who's sitting next to you with Tap and Do. Just select the photos, and tap your PC against theirs.

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Share your photos without the huge attachments.

Show off photos and slide shows by streaming them to your TV.

Share your photos with people by tapping your PCs together.