Library images are real Confluence content

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Each library image is saved in Confluence as its own piece of content (a 'Capable Image Content' item). That means it is searchable, can't share a title with another image in the same place, and can sit under a space, page or blog post, with attachments and comments beneath it.

Library images also allow unlicensed and anonymous access. That is why a logged-out reader can still see an image you have referenced.

Update screen for a library image with title and description fields, a Global container label, a version history panel showing three versions, and an editing tool rail beside the photograph
Look at the left panel. Every image has a title, a description, a container and its own version history, because it is stored as Confluence content.

#Where you do it

Task

Where

Open the image library

Confluence space or global apps menu → 'Capable Images' (standalone) or 'Capable' (Suite)

Create a folder

Images library → Space images or Global images → new folder control

Rename or delete a folder

Folder context menu in the library navigation

#Settings that affect this

Setting

Where

What it does

Global settings → Capabilities

Confluence admin → Apps → Capable → Settings → Capabilities

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Global settings → Asset access (Permissi

Capable settings → Asset access

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Global settings → Egress

Capable settings → Egress

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#Worth knowing

  • Deleting a folder does not delete or move the images inside it, and you get no warning.

  • There is no images-only permission setting. All Capable global assets share one Confluence content type in one space, so the Asset access tab governs them together. To change who can edit global images, edit the CAPABLEASSETSTORE space permissions in Confluence. Capable can't change this for you.

  • The Global images section disappears if the CAPABLEASSETSTORE space is missing or unreadable. If Capable fails to create it, it won't try again until your next session.

  • The 'Attached images' list only covers jpg, jpeg, png, gif, bmp, svg, webp, tiff and tif files, and only attachments Confluence has already indexed. Avif, heic, ico and jfif attachments never appear. It also leaves out the CAPABLEASSETSTORE space, thumbnail files and Capable's own library images.

  • Attached images opened in the editor can be up to 3 MB. Larger files are resized first, and if one is still too big you'll see 'Image too large for editor (N MB). Max 3MB.'.

How it actually behaves.