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Where Stock Images are stored in SharePoint Online
karen_dredske Stock images used in page banner or in image web parts are not stored in site assets library.
These images are hosted on public CDN by Microsoft & displayed using CDN URL.
For example, the image highlighted below is displayed using CDN URL as below:
Images uploaded from your computer will be stored in Site Assets library.
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karen_dredske Stock images are browsed online & not stored anywhere in SharePoint tenant.
When you add any images on SharePoint pages, images will be stored in Site Assets >> Site Pages (folder) >> Page Name (folder) --> Images will be stored in this subfolder
Note: The page folder is not created until you upload at least one image on a page.
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- ganeshsanap I appreciate your response, but you didn't tell me anything I didn't already know. That image has to be stored somewhere for it to appear repeatedly over time on that web page. I would like to know where it is stored.
karen_dredske Stock images used in page banner or in image web parts are not stored in site assets library.
These images are hosted on public CDN by Microsoft & displayed using CDN URL.
For example, the image highlighted below is displayed using CDN URL as below:
Images uploaded from your computer will be stored in Site Assets library.
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- Thank you ganeshsanap. This is what I was looking for. The unfortunate part is that I can see from your image that one has to find the URL using developer tools in their browser - which is not a user friendly way for a business user to find it in order to use the image again in the future if the image they want doesn't appear when they enter a key word.
- Images used in modern SPO pages are stored in the Site Assets Document Library in the site
If you delete the page that had images you uploaded - will the corresponding site assets folder also be deleted (or after some period of time)? I have tested in SharePoint Online and I still see the corresponding site asset folder for that page though not sure if it will dump out later.
What is the risk of making a new folder in site assets for images that may be re-used on different pages at different times (such as leader images)?
Just because you delete a page, the corresponding folder in the Site Assets library is not deleted - ever. It will remain there unless you delete it yourself.
If you want to have a location that stores images that can be used across all SharePoint sites and and re-used. . . the best solution is to setup an Organization Assets site with a document library that is used for storing all images you want to make available. Instructions for how to set one up is here:
Create an organization assets library - SharePoint in Microsoft 365 | Microsoft Learn
When you do this, then when you go to add an image. . . you will now see an option in the Image screen that is called "Organization" and will display all the folders and files of images from there.
I'm not sure that the Site Assets library will allow you to create a new folder for storing images. That library is a customized document library which, as you know, automatically creates folders that are associated with each site page created in the site. It doesn't like it when you mess with how it is designed to work.As karen_dredske mentioned, folder inside the Site Assets library will not be deleted automatically when you delete the site page.
Also, if you are trying to setup a folder to store the images which will be used on multiple pages from the same site only, you can create a folder within Site Assets library manually and use it. If you have full control permissions on the site, the Site Assets library will allow you to create a new folder for storing images without any issues.
If you want to use the images accross multiple/different sites in SharePoint, create and use organization assets library.
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