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.

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.

Filter and page through assets

Two sets of filters sit above the table. Use them together to narrow the list:

• 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.

If no assets match your filters, the page says No assets match these filters. Select Clear filters to see everything again. 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

Select Open file to play or download the file in a new tab. Some files, such as video 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.

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 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 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 Synced from Google Drive. Rename or remove it in Drive. Make the change in Google Drive instead.