How do you edit product images in Shopify?

How do you edit a product image?

1. Go to Products and click the product.
2. In Media, click the image's thumbnail to open the editor.
3. Pick a crop, resize, draw or rotate tool and click Apply (Done in Resize). That doesn't save the file.
4. Click Save, or Save as new from the Save menu.

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• Crop and transform changes the shape.
• Resize changes the actual size; for a new aspect ratio it might distort the image.
• Rotate, also in Crop and transform, fixes a photo that displays wrongly after upload.
• Draw adds lines or highlights.
• Color background, Generate and Extend use AI, at no additional cost "for a limited time" per media generation help on November 6, 2026. Background removal has its own answer.
• Alt text: the editor might suggest it for images without one.

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Will saving an edit overwrite your original photo?

Save as new keeps your original: it's how Help says to edit "without overwriting an existing file." The Help pages we read on November 6, 2026 don't state outright what plain Save does to a crop, resize, draw or rotate on desktop: use Save as new when the original matters.

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Edits on the Files page apply everywhere that file is used. On mobile, the editor currently edits image files only, and saving a crop there creates a new copy.

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When isn't the media editor the right tool?

• Many photos at once. The media editor, product media, Files and bulk actions pages we read on November 6, 2026 describe no way to edit several images together; for selected files, they describe deleting and, in Files, moving. Examples, not ranked: Edit Product Images in Bulk and Bulk Image Background Removal.
• Images in descriptions or blog posts. The media editor can't edit them; the rich text editor has its own size and alignment settings.
• An edit no tool covers. Download the file, edit it in your own software and upload it again to Files.

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2. Files

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