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Silicon radicals play important roles in diverse areas of organic synthesis and material science. With the rapid development of photocatalysis over the past decades, photochemistry may potentially serve as an appealing approach for the generation of silyl radicals. This Minireview will focus on recent photo‐mediated generation of silyl radicals in the area of organic synthesis. Make and do: Silicon radicals are key species in diverse areas of organic synthesis and materials science. This Minireview focuses on recent reports on silyl radical generation via photo‐promoted single‐electron transfer or hydrogen atom transfer. The application of silyl radicals in organic synthetic methodology development, including in flow chemistry, is also summarized. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]