# Deleting image files from media library

You can delete images from the media library in Qlik Sense.

You can open the media library in several ways:

* From the application details area. Do the following:

  1. In an application, click the application name in the navigation bar at the top of the screen.

  2. Click the More actions icon > Edit details.

  3. Click the Select image icon on the application thumbnail.

* When editing a sheet. For example:

  * Double-click a Text & image visualization on the sheet and click the Select image icon.

  * Click the title area on a sheet. Next, in the properties panel, click the Thumbnail icon under .

  * Follow the procedure for adding a background image to a chart or sheet, then click the Select image icon.

    Example, for bar chart: [Customizing the background](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense/May2026/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/Visualizations/Bar-Chart/bar-chart.htm#CustomBackground)

* In Storytelling view, click the Select image icon in the toolbar.

The Media library dialog opens and now you can delete images.

## Delete images

Do the following:

1. Select the file you want to delete.

2. Click the Delete icon .

   A confirmation dialog is displayed.

3. Click Delete.

Now you have deleted images from the media library.

Information note

For Qlik Sense: You need to use the Qlik Management Console to delete images from the default folder, or other folders that were created from the Qlik Management Console.

## Delete images using Qlik Sense Desktop

You can delete images from the default folder by removing the files from this location: <user>\Documents\Qlik\Sense\Content\Default.

The images in the In app folder are bundled images, saved in the qvf file together with the rest of the contents of the application. If a bundled image is no longer used in the application, the image will be deleted from the qvf file when saving the application.

## Learn more

* [Managing a Qlik Sense site: Uploading objects to content libraries](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-admin/May2026/Subsystems/DeployAdministerQSE/Content/Sense_DeployAdminister/QSEoW/Administer_QSEoW/Managing_QSEoW/upload-objects-to-content-libraries.htm)
* [Moving an application from a Qlik Sense Desktop installation](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense/May2026/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/Apps/move-app-dt.htm)
* [Changing the thumbnail of an application](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense/May2026/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/Apps/change-thumbnail-app.htm)
* [Adding an image](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense/May2026/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/Visualizations/TextAndImage/text-image.htm#Adding)
* [Adding images to a slide](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense/May2026/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/StoryTelling/Media/add-image-to-slide.htm)