# Can i upload to vector store image file?

**URL:** <https://community.openai.com/t/can-i-upload-to-vector-store-image-file/1302137>\
**Category:** API\
**Tags:** assistants-api\
**Created:** [June 29, 2025, 11:18am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/can-i-upload-to-vector-store-image-file/1302137 "2025-06-29T11:18:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![061albert](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/061albert/32/536427_2.png) [@061albert](https://community.openai.com/u/061albert)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 11:18am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/can-i-upload-to-vector-store-image-file/1302137/1 "2025-06-29T11:18:35Z")

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I uploaded image file into vector store , when i run query on it , it said that info not found  
what is the correct process to run it ?

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**Author:** ![Innovatix](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/innovatix/32/193579_2.png) [@Innovatix](https://community.openai.com/u/Innovatix)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/can-i-upload-to-vector-store-image-file/1302137/2 "2025-06-29T14:55:35Z")

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Hi @061albert!

Currently, image files (like `.png` or `.jpg`) are **not supported** by OpenAI’s vector stores.

Vector stores power file search by **chunking and embedding text** — only formats such as `.pdf`, `.txt`, `.docx`, `.json`, etc., are supported.

Here’s the [official list of supported formats](https://platform.openai.com/docs/assistants/tools/file-search#supported-files) from OpenAI’s documentation.

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**Author:** ![061albert](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/061albert/32/536427_2.png) [@061albert](https://community.openai.com/u/061albert)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/can-i-upload-to-vector-store-image-file/1302137/3 "2025-06-29T15:45:15Z")

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the issue is that the image was saved in file pdf format , inside its image

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**Author:** ![Innovatix](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/innovatix/32/193579_2.png) [@Innovatix](https://community.openai.com/u/Innovatix)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/can-i-upload-to-vector-store-image-file/1302137/4 "2025-06-29T16:01:02Z")

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OpenAI’s vector store can **only process actual text content** , not embedded images inside PDFs.

 ![The image lists four known limitations being addressed in the coming months, with the second item, 'Support for parsing images within documents,' highlighted. (Captioned by AI)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/original/4X/8/2/d/82d1209cc3fe65639e59e65e71de80796faeb9fa.png)