I’m having trouble getting SVG images to appear properly in Gmail messages. I’ve tried different approaches but nothing seems to work. The weird thing is that other email clients like Outlook handle SVG files just fine. Gmail just won’t show them at all. Has anyone figured out a workaround for this? I really need to include vector graphics in my emails and it’s frustrating that Gmail blocks them while other clients support them without issues.
totally get it! i had to switch mine to png as well, its super annoying! but like you said, that’s the only way to make them show up in gmail. hope it works out for ya!
Gmail blocks inline SVG for security reasons - that’s why your vector graphics aren’t showing up. I ran into this exact problem building email templates at my company. Best fix I found was converting SVGs to high-res PNGs to keep the quality decent. You could try embedding the SVG as a CSS background image, but Gmail’s CSS support sucks. Or host the SVG on a server and link to it like a normal image, though recipients need to allow external content. Bottom line - there’s no real way to keep the vector format working in Gmail.
Been fighting this for months in my marketing job. Gmail completely blocks SVG code for security reasons - that’s why your graphics disappear. Converting to PNG works like others said, but you lose the vector scaling benefits. Here’s what I did: made multiple PNG versions at different resolutions and used media queries to show the right one based on screen density. More work upfront, but images stay crisp on regular and retina screens. Watch your file sizes though - high-res PNGs can make emails huge, so compress them first.