Upload, tag, and reuse your media files

The media library keeps every image, GIF, and video you upload to Slides in one place, so you can find and reuse your media across all of your presentations. It opens automatically when you add an image or video block, and you can also open it any time with Media in the editor sidebar.

Supported formats

You can upload JPG, PNG, GIF, and SVG images, as well as all standard video formats.

Search your uploads

Use the search field in the library's left sidebar to find uploads by their label. Each upload is labeled with its original filename by default. To rename a label, hover over the media item.

Because labels start as filenames, you can find every file of a given type by searching for its extension, such as .png or .svg.

Search Unsplash and GIPHY

Select Search in the library header to find still images and animated GIFs from Unsplash and GIPHY.

Organize media with tags

Tags make a large library easier to navigate. Each item can have any number of tags, so you can group the same image in several ways.

To create a tag, select Create tag in the left sidebar. The number beside each tag shows how many items use it.

Select multiple items

Select several items to act on them at once. After you select one or more items, an action tray appears at the bottom of the library. You can also drag the selected items onto a tag.

Hold ⇧ to select every item between your previous selection and the item you select next.

Delete media

Select an item, then use the delete option in the toolbar at the bottom of the library.

Deleting an item permanently removes it from Slides. It will stop working in any presentation where it's currently used, so make sure you no longer need it before deleting.

Team media

If you're part of a Slides team, you also have access to a shared library of media for all team members. Everyone on the team can use team media, but only team admins can edit it. Open it from the tab in the library header.

Learn more about team media.