Copy image out of note

[nema69]

Is there a way to download / copy an image that is embedded in a note? I often need the image somewhere else after only "saving" it in a note and if I select the image and ctrl+c it copies the image caption.
Thanks

[dosubot[bot]]

@nema69 When you Ctrl+C an image in a note, Trilium copies its internal reference rather than the actual image data — that's the current design since images are stored in an internal database [1].

To get the actual image onto your OS clipboard: double-click the image to open it in the attachment view, then right-click on it. You'll see two options — "Copy reference to clipboard" and "Copy image to clipboard". Choose the latter, and you can paste the image into any external app [1].

Another option mentioned by community members is the image-zoom-widget extension, which also adds a copy-to-clipboard capability [1].

There's ongoing discussion about making Ctrl+C copy both text and images together for pasting into external apps, but it's tricky because the same copy behavior is also used internally between notes where internal links are needed [1].

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[eliandoran]

@dosu we should already have this implementation, please dig for it.

@nema69 , what version are you running? Try copying a bit of the text before and after and you should be able to copy the entire image.

[dosubot[bot]]

Yes — this is already implemented. The PR #10198 merged for v0.105.0 makes text selections that include images embed those images as self-contained data: URIs on the clipboard, so pasting into an external app (email client, word processor, etc.) carries the actual picture instead of a broken internal reference. Copying within Trilium still stays reference-based, so no duplicate attachments are created. The v0.105.0 release notes confirm this under "Images & clipboard": "you can now paste text with images from Trilium into other apps without the image disappearing" [1].

The implementation consists of a ClipboardImageEmbed CKEditor plugin for the editable surface, plus an application-level copy/dragstart handler that covers read-only/rendered surfaces (e.g. long notes). It's controlled by a hidden synced option clipboardImageEmbedEnabled (on by default) [2].

@nema69, this landed in v0.105.0 (released Aug 19, 2026) — so if you're on that version or later, selecting the image along with a bit of surrounding text and copying should carry the actual image data. If you copy just the image alone with nothing else selected, that still goes through Trilium's own reference-based copy; in that case, double-clicking the image to open the attachment view and using "Copy image to clipboard" from the right-click menu is the way to get the raw image [3].

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[nema69]

Awesome thanks! I didn't know about the double click and I will update to the latest version. I was running v103.