Yes, partly. A Notion form takes a description under its title and a separate description under every question. For Notion form images, you get two slots: a cover banner and an icon, both added by hovering over the form title. Notion’s forms help doesn’t describe a way to place an image between questions, so diagrams or examples need a workaround.
What Notion form images and text you can add
A native Notion form has six places for your own text and images: the title, the form description, question descriptions, the cover, the icon and the submit screen. The Notion forms help covers each one in the form builder steps.
| Slot | Text or image | Where to add it |
|---|---|---|
| Form title | Text | Top of the form builder |
| Form description | Text | Under the title, optional |
| Question description | Text | Question’s ••• menu → Description |
| Form cover | Image | Hover over the title → Form cover |
| Form icon | Emoji or image | Hover over the title → Form icon |
| Submit screen | Text | Form settings → Submit screen |
What’s missing is an image block between questions. In a normal Notion page you’d type /image and drop one in. The forms help doesn’t mention that inside a form, and none of the question settings add a picture.
How to add a form description
The form description sits under the title and is the first thing respondents read. Say what the form is for, how long it takes and what happens after they submit.
- Open the form in the form builder.
- Click under the title, where the optional description goes.
- Type two or three short lines.
A good example for a client intake form: “Takes about 5 minutes. We reply within two working days. Have your project budget ready.” Specific beats friendly here. People skim the description to decide whether to start.
How to add a description to each question
A question description is helper text under one question, added from that question’s ••• menu. Notion’s help says it’s there “so people can better understand what you’re asking about.”
Use it when a question can be read two ways. A “Budget” question gets a description like “Total for the project, in USD, before tax.” A “Website” question gets “Paste the full link, starting with https://.”
Keep the question short and put the explanation in the description. With Sync with property name on, renaming the question also renames the database property, per Notion’s help. Short questions keep your database columns readable. The guide on mapping form fields to Notion properties covers that sync in more detail.
How to add a cover image and an icon
The form cover and form icon both appear when you hover over the form’s title in the builder. They work like the cover and icon on any Notion page.
For the cover, Notion’s styling guide lists four sources: a gallery curated by Notion, your own upload, a link to an image URL, or Unsplash. Covers resize with the window, so Notion says no single size works best. It recommends images “at least 1,500 pixels wide.” Keep text and faces near the middle, since the edges get cropped on narrow screens.
For the icon, pick an emoji or upload your logo. Notion says uploaded icons should ideally be 280 x 280 pixels.
Upload limits depend on your plan. Notion’s media help says files on the Free Plan must be under 5MB, and paid plans allow up to 5GB per file. A photo straight off a phone camera can hit the free limit, so resize it first.
For more on colours and branding, see whether you can customize a Notion form’s design.
Workarounds for images inside the form
You can show respondents an image mid-form without an image block, but each workaround costs you something.
Use the cover as the image. If there’s one picture that matters, such as a product photo or a seating plan, make it the cover. It’s the only large image slot a native form has.
Link to the image from a description. Put the image on a public Notion page or another host, then paste the URL into the question description. Test the link in a logged-out browser before you share the form.
Or skip the image and describe it. For a “Which size do you need?” question, a short description like “Small fits A5 paper, large fits A4” often replaces a size chart.
Picture a print shop that wants customers to pick a paper finish from photos. Native Notion can’t show four photos next to four options. The shop either puts all four in one cover image, links to a page of samples, or moves to a form tool that has image blocks.
Don’t confuse this with file uploads. A Files & media question lets respondents send you images. It doesn’t let you show them one. See how file uploads work on a Notion form.
When a form tool with image blocks makes sense
A form tool with image blocks makes sense when the images are part of the question, not decoration. Product pickers, visual surveys and onboarding forms with screenshots all fall in that group.
nDBForms supports headings, paragraphs, images, video, dividers and page breaks between its 17 question types. Each submission still lands as a new row in your Notion database. It also has custom branding with colours, logos and themes, plus a success screen you can edit.
My take: for most forms, the native slots are enough. A clear form description and a good description on each confusing question do more for completion than any picture. I’d only switch tools when a respondent can’t answer without seeing an image.
The limitation is real, though. You can’t place a picture next to a specific question, and every link out pulls people away from the form. For the full list of gaps, read the limitations of Notion forms.
FAQ
Can I put an image between questions in a Notion form?
Notion’s forms help doesn’t list any image block for forms. The image slots it describes are the form cover and the form icon. To show an image next to a question, link to it from the question description or use a form tool with image blocks.
What size should a Notion form cover be?
Notion says covers resize with the window, so no single size fits every screen. It recommends images at least 1,500 pixels wide. Keep the important part of the image near the middle.
Where do I add a description to a Notion form?
Under the form title in the form builder. Each question also has its own Description, added from the question’s ••• menu.
Why won’t my cover image upload?
On the Free Plan, every file you upload must be under 5MB. Compress the image, or link to it with an image URL instead of uploading it.