Your Image Library

By the end of this page, you will know where your images are kept and how to reuse or delete them.

What the library is

Every image or file you upload to your site goes into one library. You never have to upload the same picture twice. Anywhere the editor asks for an image, you can pick one from the library or upload a new one.

Add an image to a block

1. Click an Image block.
2. In the Properties tab, click Browse Asset Library.
3. Click a picture to use it. Or upload a new file from the same window.

The same window appears for a section's background image, your site's sharing picture and icon (see SEO Settings), and a blog post's featured image.

Upload a new image

In the Choose an image window, use the file chooser at the bottom. The file is added to your library and used right away.

• Files up to 4 MB upload as they are.
• A larger photo (PNG, JPG, WebP, or AVIF) is shrunk for you automatically.
• A larger animated GIF or video is not shrunk. You will see a message that it's too big. Compress it first and try again.

Manage your library

1. Open Site Settings.
2. Click Manage assets.

You see every file with its name, size, and upload date. Click a picture to open it in a new tab.

Delete an image

1. Move your mouse over a picture and click the trash can.
2. Read the message. It lists where the image is used, if we can find it.
3. Click Delete to confirm.

Deleting is immediate. Any block still using the image will show a broken picture. We look in your pages, footer, menu, products, and collections, but we can't check everywhere. Swap the image in those places before you delete.

Edit an image in Canva

Hover over a picture in the library and click Edit in Canva. The edited copy is added as a new image, marked Edited in Canva with a link to the original. See Editing Images in Canva.

Good to know

• Alt text (the short description of a picture) belongs to each block, not the library. Picking the same image in two places never overwrites either description.
• Your original is never changed when you edit a copy elsewhere.
• Uploads are public. Anyone with the picture's web address can open it, so don't upload anything private.