How to Add Images to Smartsheet Cells
Smartsheet can display images directly inside cells — product photos, site inspection shots, logos — which beats burying them as row attachments nobody opens. Inserting one image is easy; the pain starts when you have forty. Here is both the built-in way and the bulk way.
Insert an image into a cell manually
To place a single image in a cell:
- Right-click the cell and choose Insert Image.
- Pick the image file from your computer.
- Optionally set alt text, which also becomes the text value the cell holds for searching and sorting.
- Click to confirm — the image renders in the cell, and the row grows taller to show it. Click the image any time to view it full size.
Why this breaks down in bulk
The dialog handles one cell and one file at a time. Forty product photos means forty rounds of right-click, browse, scroll to the right file, confirm — easily an hour of clicking, with plenty of chances to drop the wrong photo on the wrong row. There is no built-in multi-image upload into cells.
Embed dozens of images at once
Our Bulk Image Upload tool takes the whole batch in one go: drag and drop dozens of images, and it builds the workspace and embeds each image into its own cell automatically. What used to be an afternoon of cell-by-cell inserting becomes a single drag-and-drop.
Do it in one pass instead
Drag and drop dozens of images at once and embed them straight into Smartsheet cells. Skip the slow, cell-by-cell upload workflow.
Try Bulk Image Upload FreeFrequently asked questions
Can you put a picture in a Smartsheet cell?
Yes. Right-click the cell and choose Insert Image. The image displays inside the cell, the row height expands to show it, and clicking the image opens it full size.
Can I add multiple images to Smartsheet at once?
Not with the built-in dialog, which inserts one image into one cell at a time. A bulk upload tool lets you drag and drop dozens of images in one batch and embeds each into its own cell automatically.
What is the difference between a cell image and an attachment?
A cell image is visible right in the grid, so you can see it while scanning rows. An attachment hangs off the row and must be opened from the attachments panel to view.