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title: "Insert an image"
slug: "insert-an-image"
abstract: "You can insert various types of media, typically images, into an image field or a Rich Text field."
---
# Insert an image
In the Content Editor or the Experience Editor, you can insert various types of media, typically images, into an image field, or a Rich Text field. These media items can be images, animations, film clips, sound files, and so on.
Insert an image into an image field
To insert or change an image in an image field:
1. In the Content Editor or Experience Editor, navigate to the item or page that you want to edit:
- In the Content Editor, click the **Content** tab, locate the image field where you want to insert an image, and click **Browse**.
- In the Experience Editor, click the image field where you want to insert an image and in the floating toolbar that appears, click **Choose an Image** .
The **Select Media** dialog displays all the items from the Media Library that are available for the field you have chosen.
The items in the **Select Media** dialog box are not listed in any particular order, so use the search functionality or the predefined lists from the menu to find your image:
- In the **Media** menu, use the links to quickly get a complete list of All image files, All video files, My images, Recently uploaded images, and Recently uploaded videos.
- To filter the displayed media items according to specific metadata of the image, click the **Filter** drop-down arrow and select the required filters. The number in parenthesis indicates how many items are available for the filter.
- To search for a specific item, enter a search word in the **Search** field.
- To navigate through the content tree to find the image that you want to use, click **Tree View**  in the upper right corner. To go back to the list view, click **List view** .
2. Select the image that you want to use, click **Select Media**, and the new image is inserted into the image field.
> [!note]
> If the image that you want to use is not available, click Upload media to [upload a new image to the Media Library](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/users/105/sitecore-experience-platform/upload-a-file-to-the-media-library.html "Upload a file to the Media Library").
Insert an image into a text field in the Experience Editor
To insert an image into a text field directly on the page in the Experience Editor:
1. In the Experience Editor, navigate to the rich text field where you want to insert a media item.
2. Click the field and in the floating toolbar that appears, click **Insert Image** .
> [!note]
> If you do not see the Insert Image button in the floating toolbar, click the More drop-down arrow.
The **Select Media** dialog displays all the items from the Media Library that are available for the field you have chosen.
The items in the **Select Media** dialog are not listed in any particular order. Use the search functionality or the predefined lists to find your image:
- In the **Media** list, use the links to quickly get a complete list of **All image files**, **All video files**, **My images**, **Recently uploaded images**, and **Recently uploaded videos**.
- To filter the displayed media items according to specific image metadata, click the **Filters** drop-down list and select the required filters. The number in parenthesis indicates how many items are available to filter.
- To search for a specific item, enter a search word in the **Search** field.
- To navigate through the content tree to find the image that you want to use, click **Tree View**  in the upper right corner. To go back to the list view, click **List view** .
3. Select the image that you want to use, click **Select Media**, and the new image is inserted into the image field.
> [!note]
> If the image that you want to use is not available, click Upload media to [upload a new image to the Media Library](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/users/105/sitecore-experience-platform/upload-a-file-to-the-media-library.html "Upload a file to the Media Library").
Insert an image in the Rich Text Editor
To insert an image or other type of media item in the Rich Text Editor:
1. In the Content Editor or the Experience Editor, navigate to the text field where you want to insert a media item.
2. Open the Rich Text Editor and click **Insert Sitecore Media** .
The **Insert Media Item** dialog opens.
3. If the image is already in the Media Library, find and select the image that you want to insert and then click **Insert**. To locate the image you can navigate through the content tree on the **Media Library** tab, or you can search for the item on the **Search** tab.
4. If the image is not available in the Media Library, click **Upload**.
5. In the **Upload File** dialog, click **Browse** and then select the image file that you want to use.
6. In the **Open dialog**, click **Open** to upload the image file to the Media Library. The image file opens in the Content Editor.
7. To save the new image and return to the **Insert Media Item** dialog, click **Save/Close**.
8. To insert the image in the text field, click **Insert**.
> [!note]
> If you click Cancel, the **Insert Media Item** dialog closes, but the new item remains in the Media Library.