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If you’ve using the new email builder, some of the steps in this article may not apply. To learn how to use images in the new builder, check out Use Image Content Blocks in the New Builder.
Mailchimp makes it easy to upload, add, and edit images in your email or landing page, so you can customize the look of your marketing content.
In this article, you'll learn how to upload, add, and edit images in your email or landing page.
When you upload an image, we save that file on our servers. The steps to upload images to your designs vary slightly, depending on the type of content block you're using.
The drag-and-drop editor offers a few types of image-based content blocks, including Image, Image Card, Image Group, and Image + Text. These instructions explain how to use images with any of these types.
To upload an image to one of these content blocks, follow these steps.
After you insert your image, you can customize the settings on your image content block, add alt text, go back to the content studio to edit the image, or replace or remove it.
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If your images are named and formatted correctly on your computer already, you can drag and drop them straight into Mailchimp.
Drag and drop a single image into an image content block, or open the content studio and drag a few images to upload in batches.
The campaign builder offers a few types of text-based content blocks, including Text, Boxed Text, and Footer content blocks. These instructions explain how to use images with any of these types.
To upload an image to a text content block, follow these steps.
If you need to make additional changes to the image settings later, double-click the image in the text block.
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If you have difficulty uploading an image or getting an uploaded image to display in your email or page, there are a few troubleshooting steps that you can take.
Sometimes, you may need to add one of your images in Mailchimp to a custom-coded email template. To do this, you'll grab the source URL from the content studio.
To copy an item URL, follow these steps.
The steps to insert images in the campaign builder vary slightly, depending on the type of content block you're using.
The campaign builder offers a few types of image-based content blocks, including Image, Image Card, Image Group, and Image + Text. These instructions explain how to use images with any of these types.
To insert an image into an image content block, follow these steps.
Mailchimp’s design tools offer a few types of text-based content blocks, including Text, Boxed Text, and Footer. These instructions explain how to use images with any of these block types.
To insert an image into a text content block, follow these steps.
Mailchimp's content studio includes a built-in photo editor with version history. The steps to edit an image may vary depending on the type of marketing content you’re creating.
To edit an image in your layout, follow these steps.
Nice work! We'll replace the image with the new, edited version.
The content studio saves versions of your images when you make edits. If you've edited and saved an image in the past and want to use another version of your image, you can!
To use another version of an image, follow these steps.
Here are some other helpful articles that outline other things you can do with images in Mailchimp.
Set a Default Logo
Add a Background Image to a Landing Page or Email
Troubleshooting Images in Campaigns
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