Connect your Canva account to open your Canva designs from inside CoSchedule and attach them to social messages, projects and discussions. Available on every plan, including the free plan and trials.
Connect Canva
Each team member connects their own Canva account and sees the designs that account can see.
- From your calendar, open Settings.
- Click Integrations.
- In the Cloud Storage section, click Canva.
- Click Enable, then follow the prompts to sign in to Canva and connect your account.
Enabling an integration needs access to calendar Settings. By default, the Owner, Managers and Admins have it.
Attach a Canva design to a social message
You can export any Canva design as an image or a video. Use the image icon to export an image, or the video icon to export a video.
- In your social message, click the image or video icon to attach a file. The file library opens.
- Open the Canva tab and find your design.
- To change the design first, click Edit in Canva.
- Select the design and click Export from Canva.
Attach a Canva design to a project or discussion
Designs you attach to a project or discussion export as images. Video export isn't available here.
- In your project or discussion, click to attach a file. The file library opens.
- Open the Canva tab and find your design.
- To change the design first, click Edit in Canva.
- Select the design and click Export from Canva.
Canva designs export to CoSchedule as JPG images. For the sharpest result, make the design at the size the network recommends.
See Image, video and GIF sizes for social messages for the sizes each network recommends.
Manage connected Canva accounts
As team members connect their Canva accounts, you can sync or disconnect them in one place.
- From your calendar, open Settings.
- Click Integrations.
- Click Canva.
- Near the bottom of the page, click Sync or Disconnect next to the account.
To remove Canva from your calendar entirely, click Disable Canva at the very bottom of the page.
If your designs don't load
If the Canva tab shows your folders but keeps loading when you select a design, reconnect your account:
- Go to Settings > Integrations > Canva.
- Click Sync next to your account.
- If designs still don't load, click Disconnect, then connect your Canva account again.
If designs still won't load after you reconnect, contact support.
Frequently asked questions
Who can export from a connected Canva account?
Only the person who connected the account. Once a design is exported, anyone on your team can find it in All Uploads in the file library.
What happens to designs with several pages?
All pages export. You can't choose single pages.
Does deleting a Canva export in CoSchedule delete it from Canva?
No. The design stays in your Canva account.