---
title: "Upload a file to the Media Library"
slug: "upload-a-file-to-the-media-library"
abstract: "In the Media Library, there are different methods to upload your media files."
---
# Upload a file to the Media Library

In the Media Library, there are two different methods to upload your media files:

- [Upload file](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/users/93/sitecore-experience-platform/upload-a-file-to-the-media-library.html#UUID-bbabacd5-e351-9b63-e306-6caac1a54c69_id__Upload_files "Upload file") – use this option to upload a single file.
- [Upload files (advanced)](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/users/93/sitecore-experience-platform/upload-a-file-to-the-media-library.html#UUID-bbabacd5-e351-9b63-e306-6caac1a54c69_id__Upload_files_Advanced "Upload files (advanced)") – use this option to upload multiple files or to apply upload options. For example, you can upload a Zip archive or overwrite duplicates.

Media files that you upload to the Media Library are not versionable by default. If a media file is versionable, a new version of the media item is created automatically every time you edit it. This enables you to revert back to an older version of an item after you edit the item. To make a media file versionable, you can use the Upload files (advanced) option.

## Upload file

To upload a media file:

1. In the Media Library, in the content tree, select the folder that you want to upload your media file to.
2. In the editing pane, on the **Folder** tab, click **Upload file**.

    ![The content editor with a folder in the Media Library selected](https://doc.sitecore.com/api/markdown-image/xp/en/users/93/sitecore-experience-platform/images/Media_library_folder_tab.png)

3. In the **Upload file** dialog box, click **Browse**.
4. In the **File Upload** dialog box, browse and select the media file that you want to upload and click **Open**.
5. In the **Upload file** dialog box, click **Upload**.

## Upload files (advanced)

To upload multiple files or apply upload options:

1. In the Media Library, in the content tree, select the folder that you want to upload your media files to.
2. In the editing pane, on the **Folder** tab, click **Upload files (advanced)**.

    ![The content editor with a folder in the Media Library selected](https://doc.sitecore.com/api/markdown-image/xp/en/users/93/sitecore-experience-platform/images/Media_library_folder_tab.png)

3. In the **Batch Upload** dialog box, in the **Select file(s) to upload here** field, click **Browse**.

    ![The Batch Upload dialog box with one browse button](https://doc.sitecore.com/api/markdown-image/xp/en/users/93/sitecore-experience-platform/images/XMC_CE_Batch_upload.png)

4. In the **File Upload** dialog box, browse to an image you want to upload.
5. Click **Open**.

    The name of the selected file appears next to the **Browse** button, and a new **Browse** button appears below.

    ![The Batch Upload dialog box with two Browse buttons](https://doc.sitecore.com/api/markdown-image/xp/en/users/93/sitecore-experience-platform/images/XMC_CE_Batch_upload2.png)

6. To upload additional files, click the **Browse** button that has no file selected, select a file and click **Open**.
7. When you have added all the files you want to upload, in the **Batch Upload** dialog box, select the relevant options:
    - Unpack ZIP archives - Select this option to upload and extract a Zip archive to the Media Library. In the .zip file, you can include subfolders with files. The folder structure is re-created in the Media Library after the files are extracted.
    - Make uploaded media items versionable - Select this option to make the media file versionable. This creates the media file in the selected language only, and any other language version that you want you need to create manually.
    - Overwrite existing media items - Select this option to upload a file with the same name as a file that already exists in the Media Library, and want to overwrite the existing file. If you do not select this option, a duplicate file is created in the Media Library.
8. Click **Upload**. and the uploaded images are added to the selected folder in the Media Library.
9. When all of the images appear in the **Uploaded media items** section, click **Close**.

> [!note]
> A warning appears on an item If the Alt field is empty. To remove the warning, open the media item in the content editor and enter an alternate text in the Alt field.