How to Share Airtable Images with People Who Aren’t Airtable Users

You’re working in Airtable and you have a field with images attached.

You want to share these images with clients, collaborators, or friends. But when you send them the links, they can’t access the files because they aren’t Airtable users.

This happens a lot. Maybe you’re sending images for feedback. Or maybe you’re sharing assets for a project.

Either way, it’s frustrating when links don’t work for people outside your base.

The problem is that Airtable doesn’t allow public access to attachments by default. Only people with access to your base can view or download files.

So how do you share images with anyone?

1. Create a public view

You can create a view that shows only the images you want to share.

To do this:

• Go to your table and create a new view.

• Filter the view to include only the records with images you want to share.

• Click “Share view” in the top-right corner.

• Turn on the option to create a public link.

Now anyone with the link can see and download the images in that view.

For a more user-friendly experience, use a gallery view. It displays images nicely, and people can scroll through and download them easily.

2. Host images on a third-party service

If you prefer not to use Airtable’s public views, you can upload images to a service like Box.com or Google Drive.

Once uploaded:

• Copy the shareable link for each image.

• Paste the link into a URL field in your Airtable base.

Now you can share just the image links and anyone can access the images without needing an Airtable account.

Public views are quick and built-in, while third-party hosting gives you more control over the links.