Create drawings with Chrome Canvas

You can create your own designs with Chrome Canvas. When you sign in to your Google Account, your drawings are saved. You can access them from your Chrome browser or Chrome Canvas on your Chromebook. Learn how to access Chrome Canvas on your Chromebook.

What you need

  • You can use Chrome Canvas with Chromebooks, Chromebases, and Chromeboxes.
  • If you use Chromebook for work or school, you can’t sign in to Chrome Canvas with your Workspace account or sync drawings to your Google Account. For more info, contact your administrator.

If you’re an administrator, learn how to manage Google Account access to Chrome Canvas.

Create, view, share, save, or delete drawings

Create a drawing
  1. In the corner of your screen, select the Launcher and then Up arrow .
  2. Open Chrome Canvas .
  3. At the top left, choose what you want to draw on:
    • To draw on a blank canvas, select New drawing.
    • To draw on a background, select New from image.
Open your drawing
  1. At the bottom left, select Launcher and then Up arrow .
  2. Open Chrome Canvas .
    • The gallery displays all of your saved drawings.
  3. To open, select a drawing.
Tip: To access your other drawings while you create a new one, at the top left, select Gallery .
Share your drawing
  1. At the bottom left, select the Launcher and then Up arrow .
  2. Open Chrome Canvas .
  3. Select the drawing you want to share.
  4. At the top right, select More and then Share.
  5. To share:
    1. Select Quick Share.
    2. Select Copy.
    3. Paste your drawing where you want to share.
Save your drawing on your Chromebook

If you aren’t signed in to your Google Account, you can create drawings. Those drawings are saved locally to your Chromebook.

  1. At the bottom left, select Launcher and then Up arrow .
  2. Open Chrome Canvas .
  3. Select the drawing you want to save.
  4. At the top right, select More and then Save as image.
    • To open the drawing in your Downloads folder, select Show in folder.
Tip: To access drawings across all of your devices, sign in to your Google Account.
Sign in to save your drawing across devices

To save your drawings across all of your signed in devices, sign in to your Google Account.

  1. At the bottom left, select Launcher and then Up arrow .
  2. Open Chrome Canvas .
  3. At the top right, select Sign in.
  4. Review the pop up.
  5. To enter your Google Account login, select Sign in.
Delete your drawing
  1. At the bottom left, select Launcher and then Up arrow .
  2. Open Chrome Canvas .
  3. Select the drawing you want to delete.
  4. On the drawing, select Menu and then Delete.

Fix issues with Chrome Canvas

If you have trouble with Chrome Canvas and are redirected to the sign-in screen, check your settings and extensions to allow Google cookies on Chrome Canvas. Learn how to fix issues with Chrome Canvas.

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