Give any page some personality, spice, and individualism with icons and cover art! If you use Notion as a team or company, this is a great way to bring in your logo and brand, too 🎨
Icons
Every page, whether it's a database or not, can have its own icon — either an emoji or an image you upload yourself (like your logo). It'll appear at the top left of your page and in the sidebar next to it. This helps make pages memorable and easy to find.
There are a few ways to add page icons:
- Hover over the top of any page and click
Add Icon.
- Click on any page icon in your sidebar.
- Both will bring up a menu that lets you search for or choose an emoji, upload a file of your own from your computer (like a logo), or paste in the URL of an image from the web.
- You can also click
Randomto cycle through randomly chosen emojis 'til you like one 😉
- To remove an icon, just click on it and choose
Remove.
- Note: Ideal icon images are 280 x 280 pixels.
Tip: You can also change a page's icon from your sidebar. Just click on the icon next to the page and the emoji picker will pop up.
Cover art
Cover art appears as a banner image at the top of any page, bringing some elegance, color, and style (even to databases) 🖌
To add a cover:
- Hover over the top of any page and click
Add Cover.
- Hover over the cover that appears and choose
Change Cover.
- A menu will pop up with a gallery of choices curated by Notion.
- Click
Uploadto add your own image from your computer, or clickLinkto paste in the URL of an image from the web.
- You can also search for and choose an image from Unsplash, a library of 1,000,000+ beautiful, usable stock photos.
Tip: You can make your cover pages appear as images on your board or gallery cards in a database. Click
Properties → Card Preview → Page Cover. Guide here.On mobile
- Tap the top of any page to see the option to
Add Icon. Tap the icon that appears to change or remove it. You'll have the same set of options as on desktop.
- Tap the top of any page to see the option to
Add Cover. Tap theChange Coverbutton to select something different or remove it.
FAQs
What's the ideal size and aspect ratio for cover images?
The cover images are dynamic depending on the width of your window, so there's no specific size that works best. That said, we recommend using images at least 1,500 pixels wide.
How can I insert an emoji in-line with my text 🤔?
Anywhere in your text, type
: followed by the name of the emoji you want to use, like :fire for 🔥 or :clapping for 👏You can also use your system emoji picker to include emojis in-line on a Notion page, or anywhere else on your computer!
Mac:
ctrl + cmd + spaceWindows 10:
windows key + . or windows key + ;Related guides
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? at the bottom right on desktop (or in your sidebar on mobile). Or email us at team@makenotion.com ✌️