Managing and reusing images

After you add images to your site, you can find and reuse the same images in other places using image search. This guide explains:

• How to reuse images across your site
• How to download stock images for use on other sites
• Where to purchase more licenses for Getty Images

If you haven't added any images to your site, visit Adding and resizing images.

Where you can reuse images

You can reuse images in most places where image search appears on your site, including:

• Banner images
• Blog posts, events, and page featured images
• Image blocks
• Gallery sections
• Gallery blocks
• Mobile fallback images for background videos
• Product images
• Site logos (version 7.1 only)
• Gallery pages (version 7.0 only)
• Cover pages (version 7.0 only)
• Site-wide background images (version 7.0 only)

In some areas, you can upload images, but the uploaded images can’t be reused, including:

• Email Campaigns
• Portfolio pages and sub-pages
• Product featured images
• Site logos (version 7.0 only)

Open image search

How you get to image search depends on which version of Squarespace your site is on.

Browse and add images in My Library

The My Library tab in image search shows images you've added, including:

• Images you uploaded to your site.
• Free and licensed stock images. For premium Getty Images, only your licensed images appear.
• Images from a connected Instagram account.

To add images to your site, find and choose the image you want to use. You may need to scroll to view more images. Check the images you'd like to add, then click Add.

Tip: You can quickly select or deselect all images by clicking # Selected in the bottom-left after selecting at least one image.

You can also view image details by hovering over the image and clicking the three dots. Image details include File Name, Type, date added, Dimensions, and Size. To learn about filtering and searching images, visit Searching and adding stock images.

Keep in mind:

• Unsplash and licensed Getty Images appear even after deleting all instances of the image. It's not possible to remove stock images from your image search.
• If you upload the same image to your site multiple times, multiple versions appear. To avoid confusion, delete duplicate images.
• If you add stock images, they only appear on the site where they were purchased. It’s not possible to move images between Squarespace sites.

Delete images from My Library

To delete images:

1. Open image search and find your image.
2. Check the image you’d like to delete.
3. Click Delete, then confirm to delete your image. If you delete images from My Library that are visible on your site, a broken file appears where your images used to appear.

Keep in mind:

• After you delete images, we immediately remove the URLs from your site.
• Our system automatically removes images that aren't in use on a site in eight to 38 days.
• Search engines may display your image’s static URL in search results for a period of time if they previously indexed your site’s images.
• With some search engines, like Google, you can request they re-index your site to remove deleted images from search results. This is outside Squarespace’s control.

Save your original images from My Library

While it's not possible to download all images from your site at one time, you can download the original file of individual images, one at a time, from the My Library tab in image search. To download images:

1. While logged into your site, go to a page where you added images and open image search.
2. In the My Library tab, hover over the image you want to download and click the three dots.
3. In the image preview pop-up, right-click the image and save it to your device.

Download and reuse Unsplash images

You can download, copy, modify, and distribute Unsplash images for free. When you download Unsplash images, you can reuse them across multiple sites by uploading them the same way you upload images you own.

It's not possible to download Unsplash images from My Library if you already added the image to your site. Instead, search Unsplash and download the image directly from their site.

To learn more about Unsplash's licensing, visit Unsplash and Squarespace.

License Getty Images for use outside Squarespace

Getty Image purchases through Squarespace are only licensed for use on your site. You can license more sizes and resolutions for print, social media, or commercials. To learn more about licensing, visit Getty Images and Squarespace.

To purchase more licenses, find where you added the licensed Getty Image and open the image editor. Follow the link to view the licensing options.

Note: Licensing links don't appear in gallery blocks.

Here's how this looks in image blocks:

Add images using the Squarespace app

In the Squarespace app, use the Home tab shortcut to add reusable images from your device.

1. In the Home tab, tap +, then tap Import images for your site. 
2. Tap all images you want to import, then tap Import. 
3. After the import is complete, tap I'm done, or tap Add more to import more images. 
4. When you're done, you'll return to the Home tab.

You can now reuse your imported images when you're logged into your site on a computer. You can also directly upload images from the app to an image block on the computer.

In the iOS Squarespace app, you can reuse images in the product editor.