# Manage assets

> Upload images and video, find any file in your workspace, and rename or delete the ones you uploaded.

Source: https://docs.use-mark.com/docs/manage-assets

**Assets** lists every file in your workspace: your uploads, URL imports, and
files synced from Google Drive. Open it from the sidebar under **Library** >
**Assets**. The newest files are at the top, unless you're searching.

## Upload files

1. Open **Library** > **Assets**.
2. Drag images or video onto the box that says **Drop images or video here,
   or click to choose files**. Or select the box to pick files from your
   computer.

On a phone there's nothing to drag, so the page shows a **Choose files to
upload** button instead. Tap it to pick photos or videos from your phone.

Upload several files at once, up to 400 MB each. Each file shows a
progress bar while it uploads, and it appears at the top of the table when
it's done. The box takes images and video only. Other file types are
skipped.

## Read the table

Each row is one asset:

* A small preview. Images show a thumbnail. Video, audio, and documents show
  an icon for their kind. If an image preview can't load, the tile shows a
  crossed-out image icon instead of staying blank.
* **Name**: select it to open the asset's details.
* **Source**: **Google Drive**, **Upload**, or **URL import**.
* **Drive path**: the folder path in Google Drive, for synced files.
* **Added**: the date the asset came into Mark.

## Search, filter, and page through assets

A search box and two sets of filters sit above the table. Use them together
to narrow the list:

* Search: the **Search assets** box, which shows **Search by name or folder**.
* Source: **All**, **Google Drive**, **Upload**, or **URL import**.
* Kind: **All**, **Images**, **Video**, **Audio**, or **Documents**.

When there are more assets than fit on one page, select **Older** to go
further back and **Newer** to come forward again. Paging keeps your filters.
Changing a filter takes you back to the first page.

### Search by name or folder

1. Type part of the asset's name, or the name of any Google Drive folder it
   sits in, in the search box.
2. Press Enter.

The search matches a file's name or its Google Drive folders, never what's
inside the file. It finds names that start with what you typed, names and
folders that contain it, and close spellings too. Your Source and Kind filters still
apply, and changing a filter keeps your search. The search term goes in the
page address as `q`, so you can bookmark or share a search.

While a search is active, the table lists the best matches first instead of
the newest, and **Older** and **Newer** don't show. There are no pages, only
the top matches. If there are 50 or more, the page shows the first 50 and
asks you to type more of the name.

### When nothing matches

If a search finds nothing, the page says &#x2A;*No assets match "…".** with your
search term in the quotes. Select **Clear search** to drop the term and keep
your filters, or **Clear filters** to see everything again.

If you haven't searched and no assets match your filters, the page says &#x2A;*No
assets match these filters.** Select **Clear filters** to reset them.
That's different from an empty library, which says **No assets yet**
and points you to **Connections** if you want to sync files from Google
Drive.

## See an asset's details

Select an asset's name in the table. The detail page shows a preview and the
facts Mark stores about the file. A field only appears when it applies, so an
upload has no Drive path and a document has no dimensions.

* **Kind**: image, video, audio, or document.
* **MIME type**: the file's format, for example image/png.
* **Dimensions**: width and height in pixels, for images and video.
* **Duration**: for video and audio.
* **Size**
* **Source**
* **Source URL**: where Mark got the file, for URL imports and files synced
  from Google Drive.
* **Drive path** and **Drive modified**: for files synced from Google Drive.
* **Added**

Video and audio play in the preview. Nothing plays until you select play. If
your browser can't play a file, such as an iPhone video in a format it
doesn't support, the preview says "This file can't play here. Use Open file."

Select **Open file** to play or download the file in a new tab. Some files,
such as video, audio, and large files, open through a link that only works for
a short time. If you copy that link and open it later, it can stop working. Go
back to the asset and select **Open file** again for a fresh one.

Below the details, **Used in** lists where the asset is used. If it is your
brand logo, **Brand logo** comes first and opens your brand settings. Then come
the posts that attach it, newest edit first, each with its channel, status,
and the start of its text. A post in draft or changes requested opens in the
editor. Any other post opens its review page. Posts in every status count,
including scheduled and published ones. A post that attached the asset in an
earlier version but no longer does is not listed. Mark shows 20 posts and
counts the rest. If nothing uses the asset, it says "No posts use this
asset." This is the same check Mark runs before it lets you delete an asset.

## Rename an asset

1. In the table, open the actions menu at the end of the asset's row.
2. Select **Rename**.
3. In **Rename asset**, type the new name and select **Save**.

Renaming changes the name in Mark only. The file itself doesn't change. If
you clear the name and save, the dialog asks you to &#x2A;*Enter a name.**

## Delete assets

To delete one asset:

1. Open the actions menu at the end of the asset's row.
2. Select **Delete**.
3. Confirm with **Delete**. The file is gone from Mark for good.

To delete several at once, select the checkbox on each row you want, or the
checkbox in the header to select every asset on the page. A bar shows how
many are selected. Select **Delete** in that bar, then confirm.

Mark won't delete an asset that's still in use:

* If the asset is the brand logo or is attached to posts, the dialog says
  it's in use and nothing is deleted. It lists the brand logo and up to three
  posts that use it, with each post's channel and status, and a count of
  any more.
* When you delete one asset and only posts in draft or changes requested
  use it, the dialog offers a button with the post count, such as **Remove
  from 2 posts and delete** or **Remove from 1 post and delete**. Select it to
  take the asset off those posts and delete it in one step.
* If it's the brand logo, or a post in any other status uses it, that button
  doesn't show. Other statuses include in review, approved, scheduled, and
  published. Select the brand logo or each listed post to open it, remove
  the asset there, then try again.
* If anything using the asset changed after you opened the dialog, it says
  &#x2A;*Something changed since you opened this. Nothing was removed or
  deleted.** Try again.
* In a bulk delete, assets in use and files synced from Google Drive are
  skipped, and the rest are deleted. The dialog then shows how many were
  deleted and why each skipped asset stayed.

## Files synced from Google Drive

Mark can't rename or delete a synced file. Its actions menu says &#x2A;*Synced
from Google Drive. Rename or remove it in Drive.** Make the change in Google
Drive instead.
