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Animated GIFs

Zulip makes it easy to find animated GIFs and use them in your messages, if the GIF picker is enabled in your organization.

You can customize how animated images are played in messages you receive. Administrators can configure the size of GIFs and other images in the message feed.

Insert a GIF

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  1. Click the add GIF () icon at the bottom of the compose box.
  2. Find a GIF you’d like to use.
  3. Click on an image to insert it in the compose box.

If previews of linked images are disabled in your organization, the GIF will appear as a link, rather than an image.

Configure maximum GIFs rating

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You can configure the maximum rating of GIFs shown in the GIF picker, which by default is set to GIFs rated G (General audience).

  1. Go to Organization settings.
  2. Under Compose settings, select a rating for GIF picker.
  3. Click Save changes.

Disable the GIF picker

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Disabling the GIF picker removes it from the compose box.

  1. Go to Organization settings.
  2. Under Compose settings, set GIF picker to Disabled.
  3. Click Save changes.

Privacy

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Zulip’s GIF picker uses a third-party service to provide GIFs (Tenor for Zulip Cloud). Any text you enter into the GIF search box will be sent from your browser directly to the corresponding service’s API. Because these requests are made client-side, the service you are querying (Tenor or GIPHY) will be able to see your IP address and may use that data for tracking, similar to if you visited their website and performed the same search there.

Zulip proxies all external images in messages through the server, including GIFs. This prevents images from being used to track recipients.

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