{"id":36541,"date":"2013-02-28T19:21:14","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T17:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=36541"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:35:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:35:46","slug":"how-to-share-a-screen-in-skype","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-share-a-screen-in-skype\/","title":{"rendered":"How to share a screen in Skype"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-36783\" title=\"skype-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/skype-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\">Did you know that as well as make video calls, you can also share your screen with <a href=\"http:\/\/skype.en.softonic.com\/\"><strong>Skype<\/strong><\/a>? Screen sharing is particularly useful if you need a friend to help with some trouble shooting on your computer or if you&#8217;re having a business meeting. Screen sharing works fairly well on Skype although it does use more bandwidth. If you experience screen freezes or the screen sharing responds slowly, try deactivating video calling if you&#8217;re in a video call.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->To share a screen on Skype, just follow these steps:<\/p>\n<p>1. Select a contact from your contact list and click the &#8220;+&#8221; symbol<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36778\" title=\"share screen skype 1\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/share-screen-skype-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/share-screen-skype-1.png 752w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/share-screen-skype-1-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2. You&#8217;ll see the screen sharing option in the drop-down menu:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36779\" title=\"share screen skype 2\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/share-screen-skype-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/share-screen-skype-2.png 461w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/share-screen-skype-2-300x179.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/>3. However, you need to be in a call to share a screen and you&#8217;ll notice the &#8220;+&#8221; symbol moves to the bottom of the screen once you start a call.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36781\" title=\"share screen skype 3\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/share-screen-skype-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"487\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/share-screen-skype-3.jpg 487w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/share-screen-skype-3-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 487px) 100vw, 487px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Skype gives you the option to share your entire screen or just window:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36782\" title=\"share screen skype 4\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/share-screen-skype-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"414\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/share-screen-skype-4.png 414w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/share-screen-skype-4-300x161.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When you&#8217;ve finished the call, the screen sharing will automatically disconnect. However, if you&#8217;re still in the call, make sure you click &#8220;Stop sharing&#8221; if you don&#8217;t want the other person to see what you are doing on your screen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that as well as make video calls, you can also share your screen with Skype? Screen sharing is particularly useful if you need a friend to help with some trouble shooting on your computer or if you&#8217;re having a business meeting. Screen sharing works fairly well on Skype although it does use &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-share-a-screen-in-skype\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How to share a screen in Skype&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2009,"featured_media":178782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[2441],"tags":[2559],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-36541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionskype"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2009"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36541"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":333306,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36541\/revisions\/333306"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36541"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=36541"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=36541"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=36541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}