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description: Control who shares dashboard and lens images to prevent users or profiles from sharing sensitive images. By default, all users can share images of lenses, dashboard widgets, and whole dashboards that contain your org’s data.
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# Secure Image Sharing and Downloading

Control who shares dashboard and lens images to prevent users or profiles from sharing sensitive images. By default, all users can share images of lenses, dashboard widgets, and whole dashboards that contain your org’s data.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience.</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available for an extra cost in <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, and <strong>Unlimited</strong> Editions. Also available in: <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=bi_tutorials.htm&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank"><strong>Developer</strong> Edition</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

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              <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43139e54 ">To share CRM Analytics images:</td>
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To block image downloads and shares for everyone in your org, complete the following steps.

1. From Setup, enter Analytics in the Quick Find box, then select **Settings**.
2. Select Secure Image Sharing and Downloading.
3. Click **Save**.
    
    To grant image sharing to select users or profiles, complete the following steps.
    
    1. From Setup, enter Users in the Quick Find box, and then select **Permission Sets**.
    2. Select the CRM Analytics permission set where you want to add the permission, and click **Edit**.
    3. Select **System Permissions**.
    4. Select Share Analytics Images.
    5. Click **Save**.

With the Share Analytics Images user permission enabled, users can do the following actions with images of lenses, dashboard widgets, and whole dashboards.

- Download .png images
- Export images to Quip
- Post images to Chatter
- Include images in annotations
- Share images from conversational explorations and subscription previews
- Use the Analytics Download API

#### See Also

- [Share Dashboards, Widgets, and Lenses](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.bi_incorporate_share_viz.htm&type=5&language=en_US)
- [Converse with Your Data](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.bi_explore_conversations.htm&type=5&language=en_US)
- [Collaborate with Dashboard Annotations](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.bi_dashboard_annotations.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Annotate dashboard widgets with comments posted in the dashboard and in Chatter. With annotations, you can hold conversations about your data and how it’s visualized, with the dashboard right there for reference.")
- [Get Scheduled Updates with Email Subscriptions](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.bi_subscriptions.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Subscribe to lenses and dashboard widgets and receive a daily or weekly email with updates on your most important charts and metrics, and table data in .csv attachments.")