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I use Apple's Notes app on my Mac, iPhone and iPad. At times, I need to log into Notes for iCloud via a Web browser (using another Mac, PC or Linux box) using the web application to access my notes without the usual apps.

While I am easily able to add an image in Notes for iOS (by inserting) and Notes for macOS (by dragging), I couldn't find a way to add images to a note using Notes for iCloud Web interface.

Is it possible to add an image (using a desktop file explorer app) to Notes for iCloud web app?

To clarify, I am looking for a way to add image(s) from a public/non-personal computer where I don't have access to my iPhone, iPad or Mac. Only possible way to access notes in this case is via iCloud web site.

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As per the current implementation, it is not possible to attach images and any other file/media supported by Notes app on macOS/iOS via the iCloud Web client.

There is no control in the Notes Web app UI to attach images/supported files, neither does dragging and dropping image(s) work.

Although the lack of feature is not directly mentioned, the help document for Notes for iCloud Web (accessed by tapping the ? in the header area) makes a cursory remark about requiring macOS/iOS device for attaching items.

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    The year is 2021, and adding an image to a note from a web browser is still not possible. Great job Apple!
    – hrmncd
    Commented May 13, 2021 at 18:01
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    The year is 2022 and nothing has changed. This means this is an intended business decision to not allow pasting images from anywhere apart from an Apple device.
    – woj.sierak
    Commented Jun 7, 2022 at 8:59
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    Adding my +1 that in October 2022 we still can't paste images into icloud.com/notes. The iCloud browser apps might as well be read-only.
    – Brian Kelly
    Commented Oct 6, 2022 at 15:51
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    Adding +1 May 2023 and still an issue
    – RobbiewOnline
    Commented May 17, 2023 at 16:04
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    August 2023, nothing has changed.
    – Alireza Moradi
    Commented Aug 9, 2023 at 16:36
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It appears the only way to add images to a note from the web browser is copy and pasting from a different note.

I know this is a horrible answer but its the only thing that is seemingly possible.

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  • I log into iCloud for Web on a Windows PC. None of my other notes have an image. I do not have access to any of my devices. I have an image on my Desktop. How do I get that image into a note?
    – Nimesh Neema ♦
    Commented Aug 23, 2018 at 15:30
  • @NimeshNeema Yes I know. But I don't think it is possible. The only way is C&P. You can how ever create a "Note" in pages, which allows you to add image.s
    – user7886229
    Commented Aug 23, 2018 at 15:38
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    I have edited the question to add clarification.
    – Nimesh Neema ♦
    Commented Aug 28, 2018 at 12:08
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Not directly answer the question but if what you need is, like me, to copy an image from PC to Notes Web so that I can doodle/work with it on iPad, it seems Pages Web does support pasting whereas Notes Web does not.

So my workaround is to paste the image on a document on Pages Web, open the document on my iPad, and copy the image from there. Such a hassle but at least it works for me.

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  • While it doesn't exactly answer the question, this is the response I find most helpful. This gives a helpful workaround.
    – 0w3n
    Commented Jan 29 at 23:07
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Only way I do it (in my bootcamp partition-so same computer) is to save the clipping on a shared disk, make a marker in my note about the screenshot and when in MacOS I go to the shared disk and note and drag them in the note at the right place. Horrible workflow I know, but having to move on, it's the closest to a workflow I have found. Shame on Apple for not providing a better integration. I want to keep my notes (at the moment) in the notes app but might consider a cross platform (with synchronisation to iphone, mac, Ipad) if that should at all exist!

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