If you are talking about the folder located at .minecraft\assets\skins, that is just a cache of all player skins that have been downloaded, including your own skins (I only see a single skin, my own, in this folder, saved using an encoded name) and everybody else on multiplayer (so if you play online a lot it can get very large). Also, it is perfectly safe to delete the contents, and otherwise , Both of these include editors and communities to post your skins to. Minecraft: Skin Studio- Pay to use (?) Skinseed- Do not use community if you are afraid of your work being stolen. There is no moderation. Communities: Naturally the suggestion I am going to give you is what I know is the top website for sharing skins., Hi. I can't see skins. In singleplayer and in multiplayer. I see default skins (steve and alex) on all versions. I tried to reinstall game and java. I tried to delete .minecraft . Nothing. Mojang support is helpless., Oh great. This just keeps better and better. Not only I can't see other players skins but now i cant see my skin either. ._., You might try a site like Minecraft Skin Viewer, which appears to store previous skins (it says I have 1 skin in the database, suggesting it could have more than one although I've never changed my skin, it may also be like the Internet Archive, which takes snapshots of sites at random intervals, thus not capturing every change)., My .minecraft folder has been missing the skins folder, this has been around for a couple weeks. I tried countless things to try to fix it like; deleting malware, disabling antiviruses, reinstalling the launcher and deleting all .minecraft folder data..