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**Background image upload is no longer supported.** **Uploading images to use as the Background is no longer supported.**
_This change was made in nightTab 7.0.0_ _This change was made in nightTab 7.0.0_
Allowing a user to upload local images has its benefits but also many drawbacks and issues. Using local images as the background has its benefits but also many drawbacks and issues.
As a rule, nightTab does not store any user data on a remote database. As such any image file uploaded to use as background has to be stored on the client side in [local storage](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/localStorage) (in the browser cache). This [storage has a limit](https://github.com/zombieFox/nightTab/issues/93#issuecomment-679922767) (which varies between browsers) of about 5MB. As a rule, nightTab does not store any user data on a remote database. So any image file uploaded and used as a background has to be stored on the client side in [local storage](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/localStorage) (in the browser cache). Local storage [has a size limit](https://github.com/zombieFox/nightTab/issues/93#issuecomment-679922767) (which varies between browsers) of about 5MB.
Images can very easily exceed 5MB in size. Which is a problem when the same storage is used to save user settings: the layout, bookmarks and theme settings. When this happens the browser throws an error and nightTab can’t function as expected. Images can very easily exceed 5MB in size. Which is a problem when the same storage is used to save user settings: the layout, bookmarks and theme settings. In this scenario the browser can throw errors or prevent nightTab from functioning as expected.
[Other issues with image file support](https://github.com/zombieFox/nightTab/issues/69#issuecomment-522295606) continue to appear. Some images just fail to load. [Other issues with uploading images](https://github.com/zombieFox/nightTab/issues/69#issuecomment-522295606) continue to appear. Some images just fail to load.
For the reasons above the local image background controls have been dropped from the feature set. For the reasons above local image background upload controls have been dropped from the feature set.
nightTab still supports linking to image files via a URL. Just paste one or more URLs into the Theme Background input to change the background image. This method is the most reliable and uses the least amount of storage space. To use an image as a background you should link to the image using a URL. Just paste one or more URLs into the `Theme Background Image` input to change the background image. This method is the most reliable and uses the least amount of storage space.