Messages
Write to your team, your employees and your candidates, share files and call them.
8 articles · Last updated Nov 2, 2026
Start a chatOpen Messages in the menu and click a name under Start a chat. Type your message and press Enter. The chat is listed under Direct messages from then on.Create a channel or a private groupIn Messages, click + next to Channels. Give it a name. Leave Private group unticked for a channel the whole team sees, or tick it and add the people of the group.Send messages, files and photosType in the box at the bottom of the conversation and press Enter. To send files, click the paper clip, paste them or drop them on the conversation: up to 10 files of 25 MB each.Reply to, react to or forward a messagePoint at a message to see its actions. Click an emoji to react, Reply to answer it with a quote, or Forward to send it to another conversation or person.Edit or delete a messagePoint at your message and click Edit or Delete. A deleted message is removed for everyone, with its files. Only the person who wrote a message can change it.Unread messages and read marksMessages in the menu shows how many messages you have not read. Under your last message, Sent becomes Seen with the time once the other person has read it.Search messages and shared filesOpen a conversation and click Search messages at the top. Search in this conversation or in all chats. Shared files and links lists the photos, files and links sent in a conversation.Make a voice or video callOpen a conversation in Messages and click Call or Video call at the top. The call opens in its own window and rings the others on any page of Skileo. Up to 8 people can join.